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