South Africa's Strongest Man

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South Africa's Strongest Man
Tournament information
LocationSouth Africa
Established1989
FormatSouth Africa's Strongest Man
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills (2025)

South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in South Africa and features primarily South African strength athletes. [1] It has been held since 1989. Gerrit Badenhorst and Ettiene Smit holds the record for the most titles with 8 wins each. [1]

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South Africa has also been the venue for Africa's Strongest Man competition which is the continents largest strongman competition. It has been held since 2015.

National competitions

South Africa's Strongest Man

YearChampionRunner-up3rd place
1989 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1990 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1991 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Price Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gerrit Badenhorst (To be confirmed)
1992 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1993 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1994 Flag of South Africa.svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of Namibia.svg Anton Boucher Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Price
1995 Flag of South Africa.svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Price Flag of Namibia.svg Anton Boucher
1996Event not held
1997 Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Rheeder Flag of South Africa.svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter de Bruyn
1998 Flag of South Africa.svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter de Bruyn Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Rheeder
1999–2000Event not held
2001 Flag of South Africa.svg Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter de Bruyn Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit
2002 Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Ver Heerden Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg David Cooks
2003 Flag of South Africa.svg David Cooks Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Gerhard Botha
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg David Cooks Flag of South Africa.svg Arno Lambrechts
2005 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg David Cooks Flag of South Africa.svg Arno Lambrechts
2006 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Rory Scheepers Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Jordaan
2007 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Jordaan Flag of South Africa.svg Rory Scheepers
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Jordaan Flag of South Africa.svg Rory Scheepers
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Jordaan Flag of South Africa.svg Rory Scheepers
2010 Flag of South Africa.svg Frankie Scheun Flag of South Africa.svg Gerhard van Staden Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Moore
2011 [2] Flag of South Africa.svg Gerhard van Staden Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Jordaan
2012 [3] Flag of South Africa.svg Tristen O'Brien Flag of South Africa.svg Andre Sweeney Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit
2013Event not held
2014 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Sholto Luiters Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Frankie Scheun Flag of South Africa.svg Tristen O'Brien Flag of South Africa.svg Theron Kleinhans
2016 Flag of South Africa.svg Ettiene Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley Flag of South Africa.svg Andre Sweeney
2017 Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Rudd Flag of South Africa.svg Stefan Smit Flag of South Africa.svg Tristen O'Brien
2018 Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley Flag of South Africa.svg Chris van der Linde
2019 Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills Flag of South Africa.svg Ryan Preston Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley
2020–2021Event not held
2022 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Schoonwinkel(To be confirmed)(To be confirmed)
2023 Flag of South Africa.svg Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg Chris van der Linde Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley
2024 Flag of South Africa.svg Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg Jacque De Jager Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Boshoff
2025 Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley Flag of South Africa.svg Armand Goosen

Regional competitions

Africa's Strongest Man

YearChampionRunner-up3rd place
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Gerhard van Staden Flag of South Africa.svg Andre Sweeney Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Rudd
2016 Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Els Flag of Grenada.svg Mark Felix Flag of South Africa.svg Frankie Scheun
2017 Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley Flag of South Africa.svg Andre Sweeney Flag of Namibia.svg Sven Reimers
2018 Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Els Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Rudd Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley
2019 Flag of South Africa.svg Chris van der Linde Flag of South Africa.svg Tristen O'Brien Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills
2020 Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley Flag of South Africa.svg Chris van der Linde Flag of South Africa.svg Tristen O'Brien
2021 Flag of South Africa.svg Thobelani Mabaso Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Schoonwinkel Flag of South Africa.svg Ben Bucarizza
2022 Flag of South Africa.svg Kelin Mills(To be confirmed)(To be confirmed)
2023 Flag of South Africa.svg Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley Flag of South Africa.svg Chris van der Linde
2024 [4] Flag of South Africa.svg Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg Jacque de Jager Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Boshoff
2025 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Schoonwinkel Flag of Ghana.svg Evans Aryee Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Shelley

References

  1. 1 2 David Horne's World of Grip
  2. ↑ Gerhard Van Staden (Strongman/Lionheart) – 2011 South African Stronges | Strongman
  3. ↑ 2012 South Africa’s Strongest Man – Tristen O’Brien | Strongman
  4. ↑ "Strongman Archives - Contests". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
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