Strongman Super Series
2010 | |
The official logo of World Strongman Super Series 2010 | |
Tournament information | |
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Location | Various |
Established | 2001 |
Final year | 2010 |
Format | Multi-event competition |
Final champion | |
Brian Shaw |
The Strongman Super Series, known from 2001 to 2004 as the IFSA World Strongman Super Series, 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 in co-operation with the International Federation of Strength Athletes ("IFSA")from 2001 to 2004 until IFSA cut ties with WCE and World's Strongest Man and began promoting their own grand prix events and world championships. In 2005, WCE signed a deal with Trans World International ("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 2005-2008.[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 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and the second event being the Viking Power competition in Norway, and finishing off the 2009 season in Poland.[2]
Super Series World Champions
Year | Athlete | Nationality |
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2001 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden |
2002 | Hugo Girard | Canada |
2003/4 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland |
2004 | 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
2001
The International Federation of Strength Athletes co-produced the Strongman Super Series events from 2001-2004 along with World Class Events (WCE)/Ulf Bengtsson.
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Holland Grand Prix 2001 | Wout Zijlstra | Magnus Samuelsson | Svend Karlsen | Netherlands |
Czech Grand Prix 2001[3] | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Magnus Samuelsson | Prague, Czech Republic |
Sweden Grand Prix 20012001 Super Series Finals | Magnus Samuelsson | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Älvsjö, Stockholm |
Overall placings | Magnus Samuelsson (15pts) | Hugo Girard (13pts) | Svend Karlsen (13pts) |
2002
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Scotland Grand Prix (World Muscle Power 2002) | Svend Karlsen | Hugo Girard | Janne Virtanen | Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Sweden Grand Prix 2002 (Hammer Strength) | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Zydrunas Savickas | Stockholm, Sweden |
Hawaii Grand Prix 2002 2002 Super Series Finals | Hugo Girard | Zydrunas Savickas | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Overall placings | Hugo Girard | Svend Karlsen | Zydrunas Savickas |
2003/04
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Hawaii Grand Prix 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Raimonds Bergmanis | Zydrunas Savickas | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Holland Grand Prix 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Jarno Hams | Netherlands |
Canada Grand Prix 2003 | Hugo Girard | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Svend Karlsen | North Bay, Ontario Canada |
Finland Grand Prix 2003 | Hugo Girard | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Raimonds Bergmanis | Finland |
2004 Arnold Strongman Classic 2003/04 Super Series Finals | Zydrunas Savickas | Svend Karlsen | Raimonds Bergmanis | Columbus, Ohio |
Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Raimonds Bergmanis |
2004
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Moscow Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Vasyl Virastyuk | Moscow, Russia |
Sweden Grand Prix | Magnus Samuelsson | Zydrunas Savickas | Svend Karlsen | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Overall placings | Zydrunas Savickas | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mariusz Pudzianowski/ Magnus Samuelsson |
2005
Beginning in 2005, WSM/WCE cut all ties with IFSA, who had begun promoting their own separate grand prix events and world championships. The Strongman Super Series then became known as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and was the official qualifying tour for World's Strongest Man from 2005-2008.
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Met-Rx Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Janne Virtanen | Muscle Beach, California |
Nautilus Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Slawomir Toczek | Jesse Marunde | Poland |
Vulkan Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Janne Virtanen | Jesse Marunde | Varberg, Sweden |
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jessen Paulin | Don Pope | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut |
Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Janne Virtanen |
2006
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Josh Thigpen | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut |
Arnold Strongman Classic 2006 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mikhail Koklyaev | Columbus, Ohio |
Moscow Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Elbrus Nigmatullin | Jessen Paulin | Moscow, Russia |
Poland Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jarek Dymek | Sebastian Wenta | Poland |
Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski |
2007
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Kevin Nee | Mark Felix | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut |
Venice Beach Super Series | Dave Ostlund | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jesse Marunde | Venice Beach, California |
Viking Power Super Series 2007 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jarek Dymek | Magnus Samuelsson | Norway |
Overall placings | Mariusz Pudzianowski |
2008
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | Derek Poundstone | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Terry Hollands | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut |
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, Norway |
Sweden Super Series | Magnus Samuelsson | Tarmo Mitt | Richard Skog | Lysekil, Sweden |
Overall placings | Derek Poundstone |
2009
Giants Live replaced the World's Strongest Man Super Series beginning in 2009 as the official qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man. However, Strongman Super Series continued to hold events under the new title of World Strongman Super Series in 2009 & 2010.[4]
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Bucharest Grand Prix July 4, 2009 | Marshall White | Nick Best | Johannes Arsjo | Bucharest, Romania |
Venice Beach Grand PrixNov 14 2009[5] | Brian Shaw | Stoyan Todorchev | Jason Bergmann | Venice Beach, California |
Sweden Grand Prix2009 Super Series Finals Dec 5th 2009[6] | Brian Shaw | Stoyan Todorchev | Jason Bergmann | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Overall placings[6] | Brian Shaw (27pts) | Stoyan Todorchev (24pts) | Nick Best (21pts) |
Events from 2001 to 2006 from Archive of www.super-series.com
2010
Event | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[7] April 25, 2010 | Derek Poundstone | Brian Shaw | Stoyan Todorchev | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut |
Svend Karlsen Viking Power Challenge[8] June 26, 2010 | Brian Shaw | Johannes Arsjo | Laurence Shahlaei | Storefjell Resort Hotel, Norway |
Swedish Grand Prix Dec. 17, 2010[9] 2010 Super Series Finals | Brian Shaw | Nick Best | Laurence Shahlaei | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Overall placings[9] | Brian Shaw (33 pts.) | Dave Ostlund (19.5 pts.) | Laurence Shahlaei (16 pts.) |
See also
- List of strongman competitions
- International Federation of Strength Athletes
- World's Strongest Man
- Giants Live
- Arnold Strongman Classic
- World Muscle Power Championships
References
- ↑ WCE AND TWI SHOW STRENGTH IN PARTNERSHIP
- ↑ GIANTS LIVE NAMED OFFICIAL QUALIFYING TOUR FOR WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN COMPETITION
- ↑ Girard Wins IFSA Prague Super Series by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2008 IronMind
- ↑ Official site breaking news
- ↑ Brian Shaw: Strong Showing at World Strongman Super Series by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D., IronMind
- 1 2 Brian Shaw Wins Big at World Strongman Super Series: Takes Swedish Grand Prix and Overall Title by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D., IronMind
- ↑ Randall J. Strossen, Derek Poundstone Three-Peats at the Mohegan Sun: World Strongman Series Grand Prix Winner, Ironmind, Sunday, April 25, 2010
- ↑ Randall J. Strossen, Brian Shaw Wins Viking Power Challenge, Ironmind, June 26, 2010
- 1 2 http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2010/Dec/Brian_Shaw_Wins_World_Strongman_Super_Series_Swedish_Grand_Prix_and_Overall_Title.html
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