Europe's Strongest Man

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Europe's Strongest Man
Tournament information
Location Leeds, England
Established1980
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Richardson
Most recent tournament
2025 Europe's Strongest Man

Europe's Strongest Man is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 1980. The event is held in various locations throughout Europe, and features exclusively European strongman competitors. Mariusz Pudzianowski holds the record for most wins with six titles.

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As of 2010, the Europe's Strongest Man contest has become a part of the Giants Live season of annual grand prix events. The contest serves as a qualifying event for the World's Strongest Man contest, with the top 3 placings qualifying for that year's WSM contest.

Championship breakdown

YearChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceLocation
1980 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Slaney [1] Flag of Austria.svg Vincenz Hortnagl Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom [2]
1981 Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Hedlund Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes (To be confirmed) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1982 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simon Wulfse Flag of Sweden.svg Roger Ekstrom Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam, Netherlands [2]
1983 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simon Wulfse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arnhem, Netherlands
1984 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ab Wolders Flag of Germany.svg Rudolf Kuster Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marken, Netherlands
1985 Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson (To be confirmed)(To be confirmed) Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
1986 Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson (To be confirmed)(To be confirmed) Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
1987 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ab Wolders Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1988 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Reeves Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1989 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Reeves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
1990 Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Thorsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ted Van Der Parre Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
1991 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Taylor & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Forbes Cowan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Reeves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1992 [3] Flag of Hungary.svg László Fekete Flag of Finland.svg Ilkka Nummisto Flag of Finland.svg Markku Suonenvirta Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary
1992 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ted van der Parre Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Reeves Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
1993 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Hoeberl Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Taylor Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of Norway.svg Norway
1994 [3] Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Hoeberl Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Taylor Flag of France.svg France
1994 Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon (To be confirmed)(To be confirmed)(To be confirmed)
1995 Flag of Finland.svg Riku Kiri Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of Germany.svg Heide, Germany
1996 Flag of Finland.svg Riku Kiri Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Ollesch Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
1997 Flag of Finland.svg Riku Kiri Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berend Veneberg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hardenburg, Netherlands
1998 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of Norway.svg Svend Karlsen Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1999 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Regin Vagadal Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Samuelsson Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands
2000 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berend Veneberg Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sevenum, Netherlands
2001 Flag of Norway.svg Svend Karlsen Flag of Finland.svg Janne Virtanen Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
2002 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek Flag of Norway.svg Svend Karlsen Flag of Poland.svg Gdynia, Poland
2003 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek Flag of Latvia.svg Raimonds Bergmanis Flag of Poland.svg Sandomierz, Poland
2004 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Nowotniak Flag of Lithuania.svg Žydrūnas Savickas Flag of Poland.svg Jelenia Góra, Poland
2005 Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek Flag of Finland.svg Janne Virtanen Flag of Ukraine.svg Mykhailo Starov Flag of Poland.svg Płock, Poland
2006Event not held
2007 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stoyan Todorchev Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Wenta Flag of Poland.svg Łódź, Poland
2008 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Szymański Flag of Poland.svg Sławomir Toczek Flag of Poland.svg Szczecinek, Poland
2009 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Radzikowski Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Baron Flag of Poland.svg Bartoszyce, Poland
2010 Flag of Lithuania.svg Žydrūnas Savickas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terry Hollands Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Felix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom
2011Event not held
2012 [4] Flag of Lithuania.svg Žydrūnas Savickas Flag of Lithuania.svg Vytautas Lalas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laurence Shahlaei Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leeds, United Kingdom
2013 [5] Flag of Lithuania.svg Žydrūnas Savickas Flag of Lithuania.svg Vytautas Lalas Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Radzikowski
2014 [6] Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Flag of Sweden.svg Johannes Arsjo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks
2015 [7] Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Radzikowski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Felix & Flag of Latvia.svg Dainis Zageris
2016 [8] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laurence Shahlaei Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson & Flag of Sweden.svg Johannes Arsjo
2017 [9] Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Hall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terry Hollands
2018 [10] Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantine Janashia Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kieliszkowski
2019 [11] Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kieliszkowski Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantine Janashia
2020 [12] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Bishop Flag of Estonia.svg Ervin Toots Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harrogate, United Kingdom
2021 [13] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leeds, United Kingdom
2022 [14] Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantine Janashia
2023 [15] Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis
2024 [16] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov
2025 [17] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paddy Haynes Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kieliszkowski

Most championships

NameCountryTimesYears
Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 5 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Geoff Capes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 31980, 1982, 1984
Riku Kiri Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1995, 1996, 1997
Žydrūnas Savickas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2010, 2012, 2013
Jón Páll Sigmarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 21985, 1986
Jamie Reeves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1988, 1989
Manfred Hoeberl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1993, 1994
Jouko Ahola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1998, 1999
Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2021, 2024
Luke Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2020, 2025

Most podium finishes

No.NameTimes
1 Flag of Iceland.svg Magnus Ver Magnusson 8
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Capes 6
Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Páll Sigmarsson
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Reeves 4
Flag of Lithuania.svg Zydrunas Savickas
Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
10 Flag of Finland.svg Riku Kiri 3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Taylor
Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola
Flag of Norway.svg Svend Karlsen
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Samuelsson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman
Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantine Janashia
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kieliszkowski
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Radzikowski

Championships by country

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1212933
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 86620
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 78722
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54110
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4318
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 3216
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2226
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2013
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1236
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1023
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1001
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1001
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0123
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0112

References

  1. ↑ Body.Builder.hu Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine suggests that Lars Hedlund came second in 1980 whereas Dave Horne's world of grip names Richard Slaney
  2. 1 2 David Webster, Sons of Samson Volume 2 Profiles, page 78 (Ironmind Enterprises), ISBN   0-926888-06-4
  3. 1 2 David Horne's World of Grip names two tournaments in both 1992 and 1994
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  9. ↑ "Europe's Strongest Man 2017". Giants Live. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Luke Richardson Wins Europe's Strongest Man 2020". Fitness Volt. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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  14. ↑ Lockridge, Roger (2 April 2022). "Oleksii Novikov wins 2022 Europe's Strongest Man". BarBend. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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  16. ↑ Tabakovic, Vedad (13 April 2024). "2024 Europe's Strongest Man Results — Luke Stoltman Wins". Fitness Volt. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  17. ↑ Tabakovic, Vedad (5 April 2025). "2025 Europe's Strongest Man Results — Luke Richardson Wins". Fitness Volt. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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