Strength athletics in the United States

Strength athletics in the United States refers to the various strongman events throughout USA and North America in the sport of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") contest. America has both an amateur and a professional sanctioning body.

Pro/Amateur organizations

American Strongman Corporation ("ASC") is the sole sanctioning body for all professional American strength athletes and organizes the annual America's Strongest Man contest,^[1] as well as the NAS US Amateur National Championships, the winner of which receives their pro card to compete in professional contests.^[2] North American Strongman ("NASM") organizes the majority of the amateur contests in the United States, and holds pro qualifier events and national championship events throughout the year with men's, woman's, teen's and master's divisions as well as lightweight and heavyweight classes similar to ASC.

United States Strongman ^[3] is a relatively new organization.

America's Strongest Man

America's Strongest Man

2015
Tournament information
Location	USA
Established	1997
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Dimitar Savatinov

America's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in the USA and featuring only American athletes. The contest was established in 1997, with Mark Philippi winning the inaugural contest. Steve Kirit and Brian Schoonveld each have 2 titles and Derek Poundstone holds the record with 3 titles.^[4]

Official results - top three places

^[4]

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Location
1997	Mark Phillipi	Harold Collins	Tommy Ingalsbe	Primm Valley Resort, Primm, Nevada
1998	Karl Gillingham	Doug Ahr	Harold Collins	Las Vegas, Nevada
1999	Brian Neese	Ken Brown	Odd Haugen	Honolulu, Hawaii[5]
2000	Brian Schoonveld	Phil Pfister	Whit Baskin	Maryland Heights, Missouri[6]
2001	Brian Schoonveld	Phil Pfister	Johnny Perry	Kokomo, Indiana[7]
2002	Steve Kirit	Johnny Perry	Karl Gillingham	St. Louis, Missouri[8]
2003	Steve Kirit	Phil Pfister	Mark Phillipi	St. Louis, Missouri[9]
2004	Van Hatfield	Phil Pfister	Karl Gillingham	Atlanta, Georgia[10]
2005	Event not held
2006	Steve MacDonald	Jon Andersen	Travis Ortmayer	Columbia, South Carolina[11]
2007	Derek Poundstone	Nick Best	Van Hatfield	Charlotte, North Carolina[12]
2008	Jason Kristal	Jason Bergmann	Van Hatfield	Charleston, West Virginia
2009	Derek Poundstone	Travis Ortmayer	Andy Vincent	Morgantown, West Virginia
2010[13]	Derek Poundstone	Mike Jenkins	Marshall White	Las Vegas, Nevada
2011[14]	Travis Ortmayer	Dave Ostlund	Mike Burke	Hot Springs, Arkansas
2012[15]	Mike Burke	Mike Caruso	Robert Oberst	Las Vegas, Nevada
2013[16]	Brian Shaw	Robert Oberst	Dimitar Savatinov	Las Vegas, Nevada
2014[17]	Dimitar Savatinov	Robert Oberst	John Posen	Phoenix, Arizona
2015[18]	Dimitar Savatinov	Martin Licis	Scott Weech	Atlanta, Georgia

Repeat champions

Champion	Times
Derek Poundstone	3
Brian Schoonveld	2
Steve Kirit	2
Dimitar Savatinov	2

North America's Strongest Man

North America's Strongest Man

2011
Tournament information
Location	various locations, North America
Established	1992
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Christian Savoie

North America's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition consisting of athletes from both USA and Canada. The event was established in 1992.^[4]

Official results - top three places

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Location
1992	Gary Mitchell
1993	Steve Pulcinella
1994	Event not held
1995	Event not held
1996	Event not held
1997	Event not held
1998	David Brown
1999	Steve Dmytrow
2001	Hugo Girard	Geoff Dolan	Phil Pfister	Gatineau, Quebec
2002	Hugo Girard
2003	Jon Andersen	Chad Coy	Walt Gogola
2004	Event not held
2005	Event not held
2006	Event not held
2007	Jessen Paulin	Brian Shaw	Christian Savoie	Gatineau, Quebec[19]
2008	Jessen Paulin	Christian Savoie	Pete Konradt	Gatineau, Quebec[20]
2009	Christian Savoie			Gatineau, Quebec[21]
2010[22]	Christian Savoie	Jean-Francois Caron	Scott Cummine	Gatineau, Quebec
2011[23]	Christian Savoie	Jean-Francois Caron	Karl Gillingham	Gatineau, Quebec

• Results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip: http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html

NAS US Amateur Strongman Championships

The Amateur US Nationals were created in 1997 and are held annually in various locations throughout the United States, with the winner of each weight class earning their pro card to compete professionally. Traditionally, the winner of the men's heavyweight class will go on to compete in major national and international strongman contests such as the World's Strongest Man and the Arnold Strongman Classic.^[2]

Men's Heavyweight Champions

Year	Winner	Venue
2004	Travis Ortmayer
2005	Tom McClure[24]	Louisville, Kentucky
2009	Justin Warren[25]	Carencro, Louisiana
2010	Eric Peterson	Reno, Nevada
2011	Adam Scherr[2]	Tunica, Mississippi

References