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International Federation of Strength Athletes
TypSports federation
HauptsitzGlasgow, Scotland
Official language
Englisch
Managing Director
Christian Fennell

The International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA or IFSA Strongman) was an international governing body for strongman competition. IFSA operated from 1995 to 2007 and was based in Glasgow, Scotland.[1]

History

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Origins

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In 1995, David Webster, a Scotsman who later received an OBE for his services to sport and head coordinator of the World's Strongest Man from its inception, and his colleague Dr Douglas Edmunds, seven-times Scottish shot and discus champion and twice world caber champion,[2] along with representatives from the competitors in strength athletics including Jamie Reeves, Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert formed a governing body called the International Federation of Strength Athletes ("IFSA"). IFSA ran its own grand prix events from 1995 to 2001 in cooperation with WSM. IFSA began co-producing the Strongman Super Series events from 2001 to 2004, still in cooperation with WSM. IFSA entered an agreement with World Class Events (WCE), headed by Ulf Bengtsson, to run the Strongman Super Series. The Strongman Super Series was designed to award the annual Strongman World Championship title, but also acted as a qualifying vehicle for the World's Strongest Man contest.

Split with WSM

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For almost a decade IFSA and WSM worked in full cooperation, but this changed at the end of the 2004 season when IFSA returned to organizing its own grand prix events and World Strongman Championships from 2005 to 2007. The InvestGroup Ventures' sports rights management arm, InvestGroup Sports Management, invested heavily into IFSA and this led to the creation of IFSA Strongman. The strategy was to acquire most of the international assets and properties relating to the strongman sport. In essence this was a new organization[3] with some, such as Magnus Samuelsson describing it as "a new company...with the same name as our old federation".[4] The attempt at dominance was not well received by TWI/WSM and disagreement ensued leading to a split in the sport. When IFSA and WSM split in 2004, the Strongman Super Series sided with TWI/WSM forming a rival federation to the IFSA.[3] With the WSM being a TWI owned event, IFSA Holdings announced its own World Strongman Championships for 2005, to be held in Quebec, and thus from that point had no involvement in the WSM contest. From this point, IFSA continued to organize the annual IFSA World Strongman Championships and a series of Grand Prix events throughout the year. Between 2005 and 2007 IFSA had their own version of other major events such as a rival IFSA version of Europe's Strongest Man, known as Europe's Strongest Man (IFSA).

Thus, the world of strength athletics became fragmented, with a number of individuals being able to lay claim to be the strongest in the world by virtue of having won mutually exclusive events. Athletes affiliated to IFSA Strongman were not allowed to compete in the World's Strongest Man ("WSM"), which is produced by TWI and thus neither WSM and its associated Strongman Super Series nor the IFSA circuit could claim to have a comprehensive field of the top athletes. Some events did exist that bridged the divide between the major organizations, such as the Arnold Strongman Classic and Fortissimus.

Dissolution of IFSA/birth of SCL

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After the 2007 IFSA World Championships in South Korea, news began to circulate of athletes not being paid, and equipment shipping costs not being honored.[5] IFSA eventually ended up owing $63,000[5] for shipping their equipment from England to South Korea and finally to Philadelphia. When the money was not paid, the equipment was put up for sale and was eventually purchased by other strongman contest promoters.[6] The 2007 IFSA World Championships would be the final contest run solely by, and under the banner of, IFSA.

In 2008 IFSA executives Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert developed the Strongman Champions League and negotiated with IFSA to use its athletes. However, the dissolution of IFSA meant that since the end of 2007, the Strongman Champions League still operated independent of IFSA. Gradually, the last vestiges of IFSA influence began to diminish which led to the breaking down of barriers between the various concurrent circuits. Strength athletes were able to compete in more than one circuit and did so, with a cross over of athletes between the Giants Live circuit, the Strongman Champions League and the Strongman Super Series being apparent. The 2009 World's Strongest Man was therefore anticipated by the strength athletics world as promising to be "the best one yet"[7] because the organisers could ensure invites were made to "every top athlete in the world" regardless of their affiliation to any particular strength athletics body.

IFSA Strongman World Championships

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IFSA Strongman World Championships
Gegründet2005
Ceased2007
Last
champion(s)		Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk
(2007)
Tournament formatMulti-event competition

2005: IFSA Strongman World Championships

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Dates: 25 September 2005

Quebec City, Canada Kanada

Position Name Land Points
1. Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen 103
2. Vasyl Virastyuk Ukraine 96
3. Mikhail Koklyaev Russland 93.5
4. Andrus Murumets Estland 86
5. Raimonds Bergmanis Lettland 84.5
6. Phil Pfister Vereinigte Staaten 82.5
7. Vidas Blekaitis Litauen 81.5
8. Magnus Samuelsson Schweden 69
9. Robert Szczepanski Polen 67
10. Travis Ortmayer Vereinigte Staaten 64.5
11. Geoff Dolan Kanada 54.5
12. Karl Gillingham Vereinigte Staaten 43

2006: IFSA Strongman World Championships

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Dates: 24, 25 November 2006

Reykjavik, Iceland Island

  • This was the first year that qualifying heats were used. There were 3 heats, with the top 4 from each heat moving on to the finals.
Position Name Land Points
1. Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen 80.5
2. Mikhail Koklyaev Russland 78.5
3. Vasyl Virastyuk Ukraine 72
4. Vidas Blekaitis Litauen 70
5. Andrus Murumets Estland 55
6. Robert Szczepanski Polen 46.5
7. Benedikt Magnusson Island 44.5
8. Oli Thompson Vereinigtes Königreich 43
9. Nick Best Vereinigte Staaten 38
10. Travis Ortmayer Vereinigte Staaten 35
11. Saulius Brusokas Litauen 33.5
12. Ervin Katona Serbien 20.5

2007: IFSA Strongman World Championships

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Dates: 12–15 September 2007

Geumsan, South Korea Südkorea

  • The 2007 competition included 6 qualifying heats, with the top 2 from each heat moving on to the finals.
Position Name Land Points
1. Vasyl Virastyuk Ukraine 57.5
2. Mikhail Koklyaev Russland 52.5
3. Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen 51.5
4. Derek Poundstone Vereinigte Staaten 50.5
5. Andrus Murumets Estland 46.5
6. Vidas Blekaitis Litauen 41.5
7. Robert Szczepanski Polen 40
8. Van Hatfield Vereinigte Staaten 32.5
9. Saulius Brusokas Litauen 29.5
10. Tom McClure Vereinigte Staaten 26
11. Ervin Katona Serbien 20.5
12. Jarno Hams Niederlande 17.5

Grand Prix events

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1995

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
Dänemark Copenhagen, Dänemark
World's Strongest Viking[8]
 Deutschland Heinz Ollesch Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen Island Torfi Olaffson
Litauen Klaipėda, Litauen
Lithuania Grand Prix[9]
 Vereinigtes Königreich Gary Taylor Vereinigtes Königreich Forbes Cowan Litauen Stasys Mėčius
Deutschland Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Deutschland
Manfred Höberl Classic[10]
 Island Magnus Ver Magnusson Wales Gary Taylor Deutschland Heinz Ollesch
Scandinavia's Strongest Man
 Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen

1996

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Dänemark Copenhagen, Dänemark
World's Strongest Viking[11]
 Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen Island Magnus Ver Magnusson Island Torfi Olaffson
Dänemark Dänemark
Denmark Grand Prix
 Finnland Riku Kiri Island Magnus Ver Magnusson Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen
Litauen Klaipėda, Litauen
Lithuania Grand Prix[12]
 Finnland Riku Kiri Deutschland Heinz Ollesch Island Magnus Ver Magnusson 7 July 1996
Scandinavia's Strongest Man
 Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen

1997

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
Niederlande Meerssen, Niederlande
European Open
 Finnland Riku Kiri Südafrika Gerrit Badenhorst Island Magnus Ver Magnusson
Dänemark Copenhagen, Dänemark
World's Strongest Viking[13]
 Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen Finnland Riku Kiri Island Magnus Ver Magnusson
Litauen Klaipėda, Litauen
Lithuania Grand Prix[14]
 Litauen Stasys Mecius Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis Island Magnus Ver Magnusson
Scandinavia's Strongest Man
 Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen

1998

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finnland Helsinki, Finnland
Helsinki Grand Prix[15]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Riku Kiri Norwegen Svend Karlsen 14 March 1998
Litauen Klaipėda, Litauen
Lithuania Grand Prix[16]
 Vereinigtes Königreich Jamie Reeves Litauen Raimunds Kencivikius Südafrika Wayne Price 1 August 1998
Ungarn Budapest, Ungarn
Hungary Grand Prix[17]
 Finnland Riku Kiri Dänemark Flemming Rasmussen Ungarn László Fekete 2 August 1998
Deutschland Arnbruck, Deutschland
Germany Grand Prix[18]
 Finnland Riku Kiri Finnland Jouko Ahola Deutschland Heinz Ollesch 5 September 1998
Färöer Inseln Färöer Inseln
Atlantic Giant[19]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Riku Kiri Norwegen Svend Karlsen

1999

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finnland Helsinki, Finnland
Finland Grand Prix[20]
 Finnland Jouko Ahola Finnland Sami Heinonen Finnland Janne Virtanen 6 March 1999
Färöer Inseln Färöer Inseln
Atlantic Giant[21]
 Finnland Jouko Ahola Färöer Inseln Regin Vagadal Schweden Magnus Samuelsson 16 May 1999
Ungarn Keszthely. Ungarn
Hungary Grand Prix[22]
 Niederlande Berend Veneberg Südafrika Gerrit Badenhorst Finnland Jouko Ahola 18 July 1999
Niederlande Hardenberg, Niederlande
Holland Grand Prix[23]
 Südafrika Gerrit Badenhorst Finnland Jouko Ahola Niederlande Berend Veneberg 24 July 1999
Tschechische Republik Prague, Tschechische Republik
Czech Grand Prix[24]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Jouko Ahola Amerikanisch-Samoa Joe Onosai 14 August 1999
Island Island
Viking of the North[25]
 Kanada Hugo Girard Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Janne Virtanen 17 October 1999
Nordic Strongman Championships
 Finnland Matti Uppa

2000

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finnland Helsinki, Finnland
Finland Grand Prix[26]
 Finnland Janne Virtanen Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Norwegen Svend Karlsen 18 March 2000
Republic of Ireland Irland
Ireland Grand Prix[27]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Janne Virtanen Norwegen Svend Karlsen 30 April 2000
Polen Sopot, Polen
Poland Grand Prix[28]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Janne Virtanen Polen Jarek Dymek 25 June 2000
Färöer Inseln Färöer Inseln
Atlantic Giant[29]
 Färöer Inseln Regin Vagadal Finnland Janne Virtanen Schweden Magnus Samuelsson 2 September 2000
Tschechische Republik Prague, Tschechische Republik
Czech Grand Prix[30]
 Tschechische Republik Jan Bartl Norwegen Svend Karlsen Deutschland Martin Muhr 2 September 2000
Rumänien Bucharest, Rumänien
Romania Grand Prix[31]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Janne Virtanen Dänemark Rene Minkwitz 16 September 2000
China Panyu, China
China Grand Prix[32]
 Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Kanada Hugo Girard Finnland Janne Virtanen 8 October 2000

2001

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Polen Sopot, Polen
Poland Grand Prix[33]
 Polen Jarek Dymek Finnland Janne Virtanen Norwegen Svend Karlsen 10 March 2007
Färöer Inseln Färöer Inseln
Atlantic Giant[34]
 Färöer Inseln Regin Vágadal Finnland Janne Virtanen Polen Jarek Dymek 28 July 2007
Finnland Kokkola, Finnland
Strongman World Record Breakers[35]
 Norwegen Svend Karlsen Niederlande Wout Zijlstra Dänemark Rene Minkwitz 26 August 2007

2002

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Polen Szczyrk, Polen
Winter Cup International[36]
 Finnland Janne Virtanen Polen Jarek Dymek Kanada Hugo Girard 9 February 2002
Finnland Vantaa, Finnland
Finland Grand Prix[37]
 Finnland Janne Virtanen Norwegen Svend Karlsen Finnland Juha-Matti Räsänen 20 April 2002
Türkei Istanbul, Türkei
Turkey Grand Prix[38]
 Finnland Janne Virtanen Niederlande Wout Zijlstra Österreich Bernd Kerschbaumer 18 May 2002
Finnland Mariehamn, Finnland
Åland Grand Prix[39]
 Schweden Jorma Paananen Dänemark Rene Minkwitz Finnland Harri Simonen 10 August 2002
Finnland Imatra, Finnland
Nordic Championships[40]
 Finnland Juha-Matti Räsänen Dänemark Rene Minkwitz Schweden Anders Johansson 17 August 2002
China Panyu, China
China Grand Prix[41]
 Norwegen Svend Karlsen Finnland Juha-Matti Räsänen Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas 20 October 2002

2003

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Polen Inowrocław, Polen
Poland Grand Prix[42]
 Polen Jarek Dymek Polen Robert Szczepański Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis 12 April 2003
Finnland Vantaa, Finnland
Finland Grand Prix[43]
 Finnland Janne Virtanen Polen Mariusz Pudzianowski Finnland Juha-Matti Räsänen 17 May 2003
Kanada Winnipeg, Kanada
All Strength Challenge[44]
 Vereinigtes Königreich Eddy Ellwood Estland Andrus Murumets Niederlande Peter Baltus 15 June 2003
Finnland Ylitornio, Finnland
Ylitornio Challenge[45]
 Polen Mariusz Pudzianowski Finnland Janne Virtanen Litauen Vidas Blekaitis 28 June 2003
Polen Gdynia, Polen
Strongman World Record Breakers[46]
 Polen Mariusz Pudzianowski Polen Jarek Dymek Schweden Magnus Samuelsson 24 August 2003
Ungarn Sopron, Ungarn
Hungarian Strongman Challenge[47]
 Serbien Ervin Katona Ungarn Ádám Darázs Finnland Tomi Lotta 15 November 2003

2004

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Lettland Jūrmala, Lettland
Baltic Strongest Man[48]
 Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen Vilius Petrauskas 22 May 2004
Türkei Türkei
Turkey Champions Trophy[49]
 Polen Mariusz Pudzianowski Finnland Tomi Lotta Norwegen Svend Karlsen 22 May 2004
Niederlande Doetinchem, Niederlande
Holland Champions Trophy[50]
 Polen Mariusz Pudzianowski Norwegen Svend Karlsen Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas 13 June 2004
Ukraine Ukraine
Ukraine Grand Prix[48]
 Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas 20 June 2004
Litauen Šiauliai, Litauen
CEKOL Cup[48]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Polen Tomasz Nowotniak 3 July 2004
Lettland Riga, Lettland
All Strength Challenge[48]
 Polen Mariusz Pudzianowski Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk 18 July 2004
Ungarn Szeged, Ungarn
International Gold[51]
 Serbien Ervin Katona Litauen Saulius Brusokas Südafrika Ettiene Smit 11 September 2004

2005

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Beginning in 2005, IFSA cut all ties with World's Strongest Man and Strongman Super Series and began hosting their own grand prix events and world championships from 2005 to 2007.

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Ungarn Szeged, Ungarn
Hungary Grand Prix[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Dänemark Rene Minkwitz Südafrika Ettiene Smit 1 May 2005
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Dubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Dubai Grand Prix[52]
 Finnland Tomi Lotta Polen Robert Szczepański Estland Andrus Murumets 19 May 2005
Russland Moscow, Russland
Russia Grand Prix[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis Russland Mikhail Koklyaev 6 June 2005
Niederlande Doetinchem, Niederlande
Holland Grand Prix[52]
 Finnland Tomi Lotta Niederlande Jarno Hams Dänemark Rene Minkwitz 12 June 2005
Ungarn Ungarn
West European Championships[52]
 Niederlande Jarno Hams Ungarn Ádám Darázs Slowakei Jan Křeháček 25 June 2005
Lettland Riga, Lettland
European Championships[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Finnland Tomi Lotta Estland Andrus Murumets 17 July 2005
Norwegen Kristiansand, Norwegen
Nordic Championships[52]
 Norwegen Svend Karlsen Schweden Magnus Samuelsson Finnland Juha-Matti Räsänen 6 August 2005
Brasilien São Paulo, Brasilien
World Open[53]
 Russland Mikhail Koklyaev Norwegen Svend Karlsen Polen Robert Szczepański 20 August 2005
Brasilien São Paulo, Brasilien
Pan American Championships[54]
 Vereinigte Staaten Phil Pfister Vereinigte Staaten Travis Ortmayer Vereinigte Staaten Karl Gillingham 21 August 2005
Litauen Šiauliai, Litauen
CEKOL Cup[55]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen Vilius Petrauskas Estland Andrus Murumets 27 August 2005
Dänemark Dänemark
Denmark Grand Prix[54]
 Dänemark Rene Minkwitz Vereinigte Staaten Van Hatfield Finnland Juha-Pekka Aitala 20 November 2005

2006

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Open
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Dänemark Rene Minkwitz Südafrika Ettiene Smit 18 April 2006
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Dubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Dubai Grand Prix[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Kanada Geoff Dolan Estland Andrus Murumets 24 April 2006
Russland Moscow, Russland
Russia Grand Prix[52]
 Russland Mikhail Koklyaev Estland Andrus Murumets Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas 14 May 2006
Vereinigte Staaten Tulsa, Oklahoma
World Strongman Challenge[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Vereinigte Staaten Derek Poundstone Vereinigte Staaten Jon Andersen 21 May 2006
Spanien Salou, Spanien
Spain Grand Prix[56]
 Finnland Juha-Pekka Aitala Syria Simon Sulaiman Niederlande Jarno Hams 5 June 2006
Ungarn Eger, Ungarn
Hungary Grand Prix[52]
 Russland Mikhail Koklyaev Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Vereinigte Staaten Travis Ortmayer 5 June 2006
Niederlande Terborg, Niederlande
Holland Grand Prix[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Vereinigte Staaten Jon Andersen Niederlande Jarno Hams 10 June 2006
Lettland Riga, Lettland
Latvia World Cup[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis Russland Mikhail Koklyaev 18 July 2006
Finnland Tornio, Finnland
Finland Grand Prix[54]
 Estland Andrus Murumets Polen Robert Szczepanski Vereinigte Staaten Steve MacDonald 5 August 2006
Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine Grand Prix
 Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Litauen Vidas Blekaitis Ukraine Oleksandr Pekanov 29 December 2006

United Strongman Series

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
USS Kyiv[54]
 Polen Sebastian Wenta Russland Igor Pedan Ukraine Viktor Yurchenko 18 April 2006
Zypern Limassol, Zypern
USS Cyprus[52]
 Vereinigte Staaten Travis Ortmayer Russland Igor Pedan Lettland Raimonds Bergmanis 28 May 2006
Serbien Belgrade, Serbien
USS Belgrade[52]
 Serbien Ervin Katona Kanada Geoff Dolan Polen Sebastian Wenta 20 June 2006
Russland Moscow, Russland
USS Moscow[57]
 Polen Sebastian Wenta Russland Igor Pedan Serbien Ervin Katona 1 July 2006
Litauen Marijampolė, Litauen
USS Lithuania[54]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen Vidas Blekaitis Russland Igor Pedan 19 August 2006

2007

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Lettland Riga, Lettland
Latvia Grand Prix[52][58]
 Estland Andrus Murumets Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Litauen Vidas Blekaitis 17 March 2007
Niederlande Ulft, Niederlande
Holland Grand Prix[52][59]
 Niederlande Jarno Hams Südafrika Ettiene Smit Island Georg Ögmundsson 17 June 2007
Bulgarien Sofia, Bulgarien
Bulgaria Grand Prix[52]
 Polen Robert Szczepanski Finnland Janne Illikainen Serbien Ervin Katona 23 June 2007
Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
European Championships[52][60]
 Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Estland Andrus Murumets Litauen Vidas Blekaitis 22 July 2007
Litauen Klaipėda, Litauen
Lithuania Grand Prix[52]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Estland Andrus Murumets Finnland Janne Illikainen 28 July 2007
Finnland Oulu, Finnland
Finland Grand Prix[52][61]
 Estland Andrus Murumets Finnland Janne Illikainen Polen Robert Szczepanski 2 September 2007

Strongman Champions League

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Main article: Strongman Champions League

Developed by Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert, the Strongman Champions League was launched in 2008 as "a new episode in strongman". It negotiated with IFSA to use its athletes. Since the end of 2008, the Strongman Champions League still operates independently after the dissolution of IFSA:

2008

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Lettland Riga, Lettland
SCL Latvia[62]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Vereinigte Staaten Travis Ortmayer Lettland Agris Kazelniks 22 March 2008
Serbien Subotica, Serbien
SCL Serbia[62]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Serbien Ervin Katona Estland Andrus Murumets 10 May 2008
Niederlande Varsseveld, Niederlande
SCL Holland[62]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Estland Andrus Murumets Vereinigte Staaten Travis Ortmayer 1 June 2008
Bulgarien Sofia, Bulgarien
SCL Bulgaria[62]
 Estland Andrus Murumets Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Serbien Ervin Katona 21 June 2008
Litauen Vilnius, Litauen
SCL Lithuania[62]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Litauen Vidas Blekaitis Litauen Saulius Brusokas 2 August 2008
Rumänien Constanța, Rumänien
SCL Romania[62]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Serbien Ervin Katona Ukraine Oleksandr Lashyn 16 August 2008
Finnland Kokkola, Finnland
SCL Finland[62]
 Russland Mikhail Koklyaev Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas Serbien Ervin Katona 29 August 2008
Overall placings[62]
 Litauen Žydrūnas Savickas
130 points 		Serbien Ervin Katona
72 points 		Lettland Agris Kazelniks
60 points

Events were planned in the following locations but cancelled: Dubai, Germany and Hungary

UK Regional Competitions

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British Championships (IFSA)

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See also: Strength Athletics in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2005 England Mark Felix England Oli Thompson England Andrew Raynes

UK Championship (IFSA)

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1997 Scotland Stuart Murray England Steve Brooks England Russ Bradley
1999 Northern Ireland Glenn Ross TBC TBC

IFSA England's Strongest Man

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2005 England Eddy Ellwood England Mark Felix England Oli Thompson

See also

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