2021 Europe's Strongest Man

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2021 Europe's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates4 September 2021
Venue First Direct Arena
Location Leeds
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Athletes participating10
Nations participating6
Champion(s)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman
  2020
2022  

The 2021 Europe's Strongest Man was a strongman competition that took place in Leeds, England on 4 September 2021 at the First Direct Arena. [1] This event was part of the 2021 Giants live tour.

Contents

Defending champion Luke Richardson did not take part in the competition as he was recovering from an injury with Luke Stoltman winning the competition. [2] [3]

Participants

Results of events

Event 1: Max Log Lift

#NameNationalityWeight LiftedEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 195 kilograms (430 lb)9.59.5
1 Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 195 kilograms (430 lb)9.59.5
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 180 kilograms (400 lb)88
4 Marius Lalas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania N/A00
4 Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia N/A00
4 Pa O'Dwyder Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland N/A00
4 Adam Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom N/A00
4 Ervin Toots Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia N/A00
4 Johnny Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden N/A00
4 Gavin Bilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom N/A00

[3]

Event 2: Shield Carry

#NameNationalityDistance (m)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Marius Lalas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 54.201010
2 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 42.20918.5
3 Ervin Toots Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 37.7088
4 Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 37.0577
5 Pa O'Dwyder Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 34.6566
6 Gavin Bilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 32.1055
7 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.65412
8 Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 27.40312.5
9 Johnny Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.3022
10 Adam Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7.4511

^ Adam Bishop sustained an injury in this event and took no further part in the competition. [3]

Event 3: Deadlift

#NameNationalityRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 91017
2 Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8921.5
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6719
3 Marius Lalas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6717
3 Pa O'Dwyder Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6713
6 Gavin Bilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5510
7 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3422.5
8 Ervin Toots Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2311
9 Johnny Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 002

[3]

Event 4: Car Walk

#NameNationalityTime (s)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 11.191029
2 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 13.59931.5
3 Pa O'Dwyder Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 16.07821
4 Marius Lalas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 16.79724
5 Johnny Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20.6068
6 Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 22.84522
7 Ervin Toots Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 24.91415
8 Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25.76324.5
9 Gavin Bilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF 7.73 metres (25.4 ft)212

^ Gavin Bilton sustained an injury in this event and took no further part in the competition. [3]

Event 5: Atlas Stones

#NameNationalityTime (s)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5 in 18.741039
2 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5 in 20.58940.5
3 Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 5 in 21.20830
4 Pa O'Dwyder Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5 in 22.23728
5 Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5 in 22.42630.5
6 Ervin Toots Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 5 in 23.50520
7 Marius Lalas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5 in 24.76428
8 Johnny Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5 in 48.01311

[3]

Final results

#NameNationalityPts
1 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 40.5
2 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 39
3 Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 30.5
4 Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30
5 Pa O'Dwyder Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 28
6 Marius Lalas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 28
7 Ervin Toots Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 20
8 Gavin Bilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 12
9 Johnny Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 11
10 Adam Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1

[4] [5] [3]

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