| World Strongman Super Series 2010 |
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The official logo of World Strongman Super Series 2010 |
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| Tournament information | |
| Location | Various |
| Established | 2001 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
| Current champion | |
| Brian Shaw | |
The Strongman Super Series, known from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics. It was introduced in 2001 in response to concerns that, unlike other individual sports such as golf or tennis, there was no recognized international "tour" in strength athletics. The Strongman Super Series ensures that there are a number of high-profile, professionally run contests during the year, with competitors' placings being used to decide the overall Super Series Champion.
Typically, ten to twelve athletes take part in each GP, comprising the top six in the international rankings and at least four qualifiers or wildcard entries. The winner of each grand prix receives ten series points, the second placed, nine, and so on. The highest scoring competitor at the end of the series is named World Champion.
World Class Events ("WCE") ran the Super Series and signed a deal with TWI (the world’s largest independent producer and distributor of sports programming) to have the exclusive rights worldwide to be the only qualifying tour to the MET-Rx World's Strongest Man event for 2006-2008.[1] The top four athletes from each Grand Prix competition receive an automatic invitation to WSM.
On April 27, 2009 Giants Live, an arena-based series of live strongman competitions, was named the Official World's Strongest Man Qualifying Tour for 2009–2011, thus taking over from the Strongman Super Series in this regard. The first 2009 qualifying event took place on May 17 at the Mohegan Sun Casino Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, and with the second event being the Viking Power competition, Giants Live appears to be mirroring the Super Series for its desired locations.[2]
Contents |
| Year | Athlete | Nationality |
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| 2001 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden |
| 2002 | Hugo Girard | Canada |
| 2003/4 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland |
| 2004/5 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Lithuania |
| 2005* | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland |
| 2006* | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland |
| 2007* | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland |
| 2008* | Derek Poundstone | United States |
| 2009 | Brian Shaw | United States |
| 2010 | Brian Shaw | United States |
*WSM Super Series
Eight elite competitors were selected by IFSA to compete in all events of the grand prix series. They were:
Additional athletes were selected on a per-event basis.[3] Points were awarded based on the position in the event, in the following manner: 1st:6; 2nd:5; 3rd:4; 4th:3; 5th:2; and 6th:1.
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Dutch Grand Prix 2001 | Wout Zijlstra | Magnus Samuelsson | Svend Karlsen | |
| Czech Grand Prix 2001 (Hammer Strength) (August 2001)[4] | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Magnus Samuelsson | Prague |
| Stockholm Grand Prix 2001 (27 October) | Magnus Samuelsson | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Scandinavian Fitness Expo in Älvsjö, Stockholm |
| Overall placings | Magnus Samuelsson (15pts) | Hugo Girard (13pts) | Svend Karlsen (13pts) | Stockholm |
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Aberdeen Grand Prix (World Muscle Power 2002) | Svend Karlsen | Hugo Girard | Janne Virtanen | Aberdeen |
| Sweden Grand Prix 2002 (Hammer Strength) | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Zydrunas Savickas | Sweden |
| Hawaii Grand Prix Final (held in Jan 2003) (24-Hour Fitness Grand Prix Final) | Hugo Girard | Zydrunas Savickas | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Hawaii |
| Overall placings | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Zydrunas Savickas | Canada |
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Hawaii Grand Prix 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Raimonds Bergmanis | Zydrunas Savickas | Hawaii |
| Dutch Grand Prix 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Jarno Hams | Netherlands |
| Canada Grand Prix 2003 | Hugo Girard | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Svend Karlsen | Canada |
| Finland Grand Prix 2003 | Hugo Girard | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Raimonds Bergmanis | Finland |
| Arnold's Strongest Man and Grand Prix Final 2003/4 | Zydrunas Savickas | Svend Karlsen | Raimonds Bergmanis | Columbus, Ohio |
| Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Raimonds Bergmanis | Poland |
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Moscow Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Vasyl Virastyuk | Moscow |
| Sweden Grand Prix | Magnus Samuelsson | Zydrunas Savickas | Svend Karlsen | Sweden |
| Overall placings | Zydrunas Savickas | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mariusz Pudzianowski/ Magnus Samuelsson |
The tentative schedule for 2004/05 was to have been: May - Germany Grand Prix; July - Russia Grand Prix; August - Canada Grand Prix; August - Sweden Grand Prix; November - Hawaii Grand Prix; March - USA Grand Prix Final.[6]
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Met-Rx Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Janne Virtanen | Muscle Beach |
| Nautilus Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Slawomir Toczek | Jesse Marunde | Poland |
| Vulkan Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Janne Virtanen | Jesse Marunde | Sweden |
| Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jessen Paulin | Don Pope | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Janne Virtanen |
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Arnold Strongman Classic 2006 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mikhail Koklyaev | Columbus, Ohio |
| Moscow Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Elbrus Nigmatullin | Jessen Paulin | Russia |
| Poland Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jarek Dymek | Sebastian Wenta | Poland |
| Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Josh Thigpen | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski | TBC | TBC |
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Kevin Nee | Mark Felix | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| Venice Beach Super Series | Dave Ostlund | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Venice Beach |
| Viking Power Super Series 2007 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jarek Dymek | Magnus Samuelsson | Norway |
| Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski | TBC | TBC |
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Derek Poundstone | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Terry Hollands | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| Madison Square Garden Super Series | Travis Ortmayer | Derek Poundstone | Dave Ostlund | Madison Square Garden |
| Viking Power Super Series 2008 | Arild Haugen | Sebastian Wenta | Richard Skog | Storefjell Resort Hotel |
| Sweden Super Series | Magnus Samuelsson | Tarmo Mitt | Richard Skog | Lysekil, Sweden |
| Overall placings | Derek Poundstone |
Giants Live replaced the Super Series from 2009 as the official qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man. However, the dotFIT World Strongman Super Series continued in 2009, taking over from the World's Strongest Man Super Series.[7] The class of athletes is of a high quality with such notables as Marshall White, Nick Best, Johannes Arsjo, Brian Shaw, Stojan Todorchev and Janne Virtanen competing.
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Bucharest Grand Prix July 4, 2009 |
Marshall White | Nick Best | Johannes Arsjo | Centre Ville Complex, Bucharest |
| Los Angeles Grand Prix formerly Venice Beach Super Series Nov 14 2009[8] |
Brian Shaw | Stojan Todorchev | Jason Bergmann | Venice Beach |
| Gothenburg Grand Prix formerly Sweden Super Series World Final Dec 5th 2009[9] |
Brian Shaw | Stojan Todorchev | Jason Bergmann | Congress Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Overall placings[9] | Brian Shaw (27pts) | Stojan Todorchev (24pts) | Nick Best (21pts) |
The New York Grand Prix (formerly Madison Square Garden Super Series) was scheduled for September 26, 2009 at Madison Square Garden but was cancelled due to the proximity of its date to that of the World's Strongest Man at which its top athletes were competing.
Events from 2001 to 2006 from Archive of www.super-series.com
| Event | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[10] April 25, 2010 |
Derek Poundstone | Brian Shaw | Stojan Todorchev | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| Svend Karlsen Viking Power Challenge[11] June 26, 2010 |
Brian Shaw | Johannes Arsjo | Laurence Shahlaei | Storefjell Resort Hotel |
| Swedish Grand Prix Dec. 17, 2010[12] |
Brian Shaw | Nick Best | Laurence Shahlaei | Sweden |
| Overall placings[12] | Brian Shaw (33 pts.) | Dave Ostlund (19.5 pts.) | Laurence Shahlaei (16 pts.) |
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