Europe's Strongest Man

Europe's Strongest Man
Tournament information
LocationLeeds, England
Established1980
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
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.

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[1] Vincenz Hortnagl London, UK [2]
1981 Lars Hedlund Geoff Capes (To be confirmed) Sweden
1982 Geoff Capes Simon Wulfse Roger Ekstrom Amsterdam, Netherlands[2]
1983 Simon Wulfse Geoff Capes Jón Páll Sigmarsson Arnhem, Netherlands
1984 Geoff Capes Ab Wolders Rudolf Kuster Marken, Netherlands
1985 Jón Páll Sigmarsson (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Iceland
1986 Jón Páll Sigmarsson (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) 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 Jamie Reeves United Kingdom
1992[3] László Fekete Ilkka Nummisto Markku Suonenvirta Budapest, Hungary
1992 Ted van der Parre Magnús Ver Magnússon & Jamie Reeves Denmark
1993 Manfred Hoeberl Gary Taylor Magnús Ver Magnússon Norway
1994[3] Manfred Hoeberl Magnús Ver Magnússon Gary Taylor France
1994 Magnús Ver Magnússon (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
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 Nowotniak Žydrūnas Savickas 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, UK
2011 Event not held
2012[4] Žydrūnas Savickas Vytautas Lalas Laurence Shahlaei Leeds, UK
2013[5] Žydrūnas Savickas Vytautas Lalas Krzysztof Radzikowski
2014[6] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Johannes Arsjo Graham Hicks
2015[7] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Krzysztof Radzikowski Mark Felix & Dainis Zageris
2016[8] Laurence Shahlaei Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson & Johannes Arsjo
2017[9] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Eddie Hall Terry Hollands
2018[10] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Konstantine Janashia Mateusz Kieliszkowski
2019[11] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Mateusz Kieliszkowski Konstantine Janashia
2020[12] Luke Richardson Adam Bishop Ervin Toots Harrogate, UK
2021[13] Luke Stoltman Oleksii Novikov Graham Hicks Leeds, UK
2022[14] Oleksii Novikov Luke Stoltman Konstantine Janashia
2023[15] Pavlo Kordiyaka Oleksii Novikov Aivars Šmaukstelis
2024[16] Luke Stoltman Aivars Šmaukstelis Oleksii Novikov
2025[17] Luke Richardson Paddy Haynes Mateusz Kieliszkowski

Multiple champions

Name Country Times Years
Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland 6 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 5 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Geoff Capes  United Kingdom 3 1980, 1982, 1984
Riku Kiri  Finland 3 1995, 1996, 1997
Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 3 2010, 2012, 2013
Jón Páll Sigmarsson  Iceland 2 1985, 1986
Jamie Reeves  United Kingdom 2 1988, 1989
Manfred Hoeberl  Austria 2 1993, 1994
Jouko Ahola  Finland 2 1998, 1999
Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 2 2021, 2024
Luke Richardson  United Kingdom 2 2020, 2025

Championships by country

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 United Kingdom 12 12 9 33
 Iceland 8 6 6 20
 Poland 7 8 7 22
 Finland 5 4 1 10
 Netherlands 4 3 1 8
 Lithuania 3 2 1 6
 Ukraine 2 2 2 6
 Austria 2 0 1 3
 Sweden 1 2 3 6
 Norway 1 0 2 3
 Hungary 1 0 0 1
 Denmark 1 0 0 1
 Georgia 0 1 2 3
 Germany 0 1 1 2

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