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Strongman Super Series

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.

World Strongman Super Series
The official logo of World Strongman Super Series 2010
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Ceased2010
Last
champion(s)		United States Brian Shaw
Tournament formatMulti-event competition

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 edit

Year Athlete Nationality
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 edit

See also: International Federation of Strength Athletes

The International Federation of Strength Athletes co-produced the Strongman Super Series events from 2001 to 2004 along with World Class Events (WCE)/Ulf Bengtsson.

 
The official logo of IFSA World Strongman Super Series from 2001 to 2004
Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Netherlands
Holland Grand Prix[3]
   Wout Zijlstra   Magnus Samuelsson   Svend Karlsen 20 May 2001
  Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Grand Prix[4]
   Hugo Girard   Svend Karlsen   Magnus Samuelsson 18 August 2001
  Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden Grand Prix[5]
   Magnus Samuelsson   Hugo Girard   Svend Karlsen 28 October 2001
Overall placings
   Magnus Samuelsson
(15 points) 		  Hugo Girard
(13 points) 		  Svend Karlsen
(13 points)

2002 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland Grand Prix
   Svend Karlsen   Hugo Girard   Janne Virtanen 16 June 2002
  Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden Grand Prix[6][7]
   Hugo Girard   Svend Karlsen   Žydrūnas Savickas 23 November 2002
  Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Hawaii Grand Prix[8]
   Hugo Girard   Žydrūnas Savickas   Mariusz Pudzianowski 17 January 2003[note 1]
Overall placings[8]
   Hugo Girard
(17 points) 		  Svend Karlsen
(13 points) 		  Žydrūnas Savickas
9 points)
  1. ^ Although held in 2003 the 2002 Hawaii Grand Prix was the final event of the 2002 Strongman Super Series and was not a part of, and had no effect on, the 2003 series.[9]

2003 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Hawaii Grand Prix [10]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Raimonds Bergmanis   Žydrūnas Savickas 18 January 2003
  Silvolde, Netherlands
Holland Grand Prix[11]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Žydrūnas Savickas   Jarno Hams 14 June 2003
  North Bay, Canada
Canada Grand Prix[12]
   Hugo Girard   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Svend Karlsen 1 August 2003
  Imatra, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[13]
   Hugo Girard   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Raimonds Bergmanis 16 August 2003
  Columbus, Ohio, United States
2004 Arnold's Strongest Man[14]
   Žydrūnas Savickas   Svend Karlsen   Raimonds Bergmanis 5-6 March 2004[note 1]
Overall placings
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Žydrūnas Savickas   Raimonds Bergmanis
  1. ^ Although held in 2004 the 2004 Arnold's Strongest Man was the final event of the 2003 Strongman Super Series and was not apart of and had no effect on the 2004 series.

2004 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Moscow, Russia
Moscow Grand Prix[15]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Žydrūnas Savickas   Vasyl Virastyuk 11 July 2004
  Gothenburg, Sweden
Sweden Grand Prix[16]
   Magnus Samuelsson   Žydrūnas Savickas   Svend Karlsen 5 December 2004
Overall placings
   Žydrūnas Savickas   Vasyl Virastyuk   Mariusz Pudzianowski/
  Magnus Samuelsson

2005 edit

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 to 2008.

 
The official logo of World's Strongest Man Super Series from 2005 to 2008
Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Los Angeles, California, United States
Met-Rx Grand Prix[17]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jesse Marunde   Janne Virtanen 18 June 2005
  Malbork, Poland
Nautilus Grand Prix[18]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Slawomir Toczek   Jesse Marunde 16 July 2005
  Varberg, Sweden
Vulkan Grand Prix[19]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Janne Virtanen   Jesse Marunde 30 July 2005
  Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[20]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jessen Paulin   Don Pope 10 August 2005
Overall placings
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jesse Marunde   Janne Virtanen

2006 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[21]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jesse Marunde   Josh Thigpen 1 June 2006
  Moscow, Russia
Moscow Grand Prix[22]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Elbrus Nigmatullin   Jessen Paulin 2 July 2006
  Milicz, Poland
Poland Grand Prix[23]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jarek Dymek   Sebastian Wenta 12 August 2006
Overall placings
   Mariusz Pudzianowski

2007 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[24]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Kevin Nee   Mark Felix 22 April 2007
  Los Angeles, California, United States
Venice Beach Grand Prix[25]
   Dave Ostlund   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jesse Marunde 16 June 2007
  Gol, Norway
Viking Power Challenge[26]
   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Jarek Dymek   Magnus Samuelsson 7 July 2007
Overall placings
   Mariusz Pudzianowski

2008 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[27]
   Derek Poundstone   Mariusz Pudzianowski   Terry Hollands 19 January 2008
  New York City, New York, United States
Madison Square Garden Grand Prix[28]
   Travis Ortmayer   Derek Poundstone   Dave Ostlund 21 June 2008
  Gol, Norway
Viking Power Challenge[29]
   Arild Haugen   Sebastian Wenta   Richard Skog 5 July 2008
  Lysekil, Sweden
Sweden Grand Prix[30]
   Magnus Samuelsson   Tarmo Mitt   Richard Skog 16 August 2008
Overall placings
   Derek Poundstone

2009 edit

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.[31]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Bucharest, Romania
Romania Grand Prix[32]
   Marshall White   Nick Best   Johannes Arsjo 4 July 2009
  Los Angeles, California, United States
Venice Beach Grand Prix[33]
   Brian Shaw   Stoyan Todorchev   Jason Bergmann 14 November 2009
  Gothenburg, Sweden
Sweden Grand Prix[34]
   Brian Shaw   Stoyan Todorchev   Jason Bergmann 5 December 2009
Overall placings[34]
   Brian Shaw (27 points)   Stoyan Todorchev (24 points)   Nick Best (21 points)

2010 edit

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[35]
   Derek Poundstone   Brian Shaw   Stoyan Todorchev 25 April 2010
  Gol, Norway
Viking Power Challenge[36]
   Brian Shaw   Johannes Arsjo   Laurence Shahlaei 26 June 2010
  Lysekil, Sweden
Sweden Grand Prix[37]
   Brian Shaw   Nick Best   Laurence Shahlaei 17 December 2010
Overall placings[37]
   Brian Shaw
(33 points) 		  Dave Ostlund
(19.5 points) 		  Laurence Shahlaei
(16 points)

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ GIANTS LIVE NAMED OFFICIAL QUALIFYING TOUR FOR WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN COMPETITION Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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