Strength athletics in Canada

Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various strongman events throughout Canada and its provinces in the sport of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man. The roots of strongman in Canada go back long before the birth of WSM in 1977, particularly with Louis Cyr in the early 1900s, who was deemed the "Strongest Man on Earth" during his lifetime. Canada has never won a WSM title and have only finished on the podium on 2 occasions, coming 2nd in 1982 with Tom Magee and 3rd in 2005 with Dominic Filiou. The provinces of Canada hold annual championships with the top 2-4 athletes going on to the National Championships at the end of the year to crown Canada's Strongest Man.

Canada's Strongest Man

Canada's Strongest Man
2013
Tournament information
Location Canada
Established 1982
Format Multi-event competition
Current champion
Canada Jean-Francois Caron

Canada's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in Canada, and features exclusively Canadian athletes. The event first started in 1982, with Tom Magee winning the first 2 titles.[1] Hugo Girard would later go on to win a record 6 titles. After Hugo withdrew from competition due to injuries, fellow training partner and 5 time runner-up Jessen Paulin won in 2005 & 2006.[2] Dominic Filiou won in 2007, becoming the first man to defeat Hugo Girard on Canadian soil.[3]

Official results - top three places

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1982 Canada Tom Magee
1983 Canada Tom Magee
1984 Event not held
1985 Event not held
1986 Canada Dusko Markovich
1987 Canada Robert Dubeau Canada Marco Fortier Canada Ken Fisher
1988 Canada Tom Magee
1989 Event not held
1990 Canada Gregg Ernst
1991 Canada Gregg Ernst
1992 Event not held
1993 Canada Chuck Haase
1994 Canada Ron Trottier
1995 Canada Robert Ploughman
1996 Event not held
1997 Canada Ginaud Dupuis
1998 Event not held
1999 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Ed Brost Canada Ginaud Dupuis Quebec, Canada
2000 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Geoff Dolan Quebec, Canada
2001 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Jessen Paulin Quebec, Canada
2002 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Travis Lyndon North Bay, Ontario
2003 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Geoff Dolan Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec
2004 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Travis Lyndon Gatineau, Quebec
2005 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Dominic Filiou Gatineau, Quebec
2006 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Louis-Philippe Jean Gatineau, Quebec
2007 Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Hugo Girard Gatineau, Quebec
2008 Canada Louis-Philippe Jean Canada Jean-Francois Caron Canada Christian Savoie Gatineau, Quebec
2009 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Louis-Philippe Jean Canada Jean-Francois Caron Quebec City, Quebec
2010 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-Francois Caron Canada Scott Cummine Quebec City, Quebec
2011 Canada Jean-Francois Caron Canada Christian Savoie Canada Scott Cummine Quebec City, Quebec
2012[4] Canada Jean-Francois Caron Canada Christian Savoie Canada Scott Cummine Quebec City, Quebec
2013 Canada[5] Jean-Francois Caron Canada Christian Savoie Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Quebec City, Quebec
2014 Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Simon Boudreau Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Quebec City, Quebec
2015 Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Maxime Boudreault Canada Simon Boudreau Dubreuilville, Ontario

Repeat champions

Champion Times
Canada Hugo Girard 6
Canada Jean-Francois Caron 5
Canada Tom Magee 3
Canada Gregg Ernst 2
Canada Jessen Paulin 2
Canada Christian Savoie 2

Quebec's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1999 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Ginaud Dupuis Canada Ron Trottier
2000 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Ginaud Dupuis
2001 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Steve Bourgeois
2002 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Steve Bourgeois Canada Franky Bonneau
2003 Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Franky Bonneau
2004 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Yannick Normandin Canada Steve Bourgeois
2005 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Steve Bourgeois Canada Christian Savoie
2006 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Louis-Phillipe Jean
2007 Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Louis-Phillipe Jean
2008 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jessen Paulin
2009 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-Francois Caron Canada Franky Bonneau
2010 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-Francois Caron

Ontario's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2000 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Jamie Aszmies Canada Rob Verkest North Bay, Ontario
2001 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Jamie Aszmies Canada Chris Ronzon North Bay, Ontario
2002 Canada Mark Lozer Canada Ryan Green Canada Travis Lyndon North Bay, Ontario
2003 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Ryan Green Canada Mark Lozer London, Ontario
2004 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Ryan Green Canada Jamie Aszmies Kitchener, Ontario
2005 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Mike Bade Canada Joe Montgomery North Bay, Ontario
2006 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Joe Montgomery Canada Sean Bates Port Stanley, Ontario
2007 Canada Joe Montgomery Canada John Dungey Canada Len Elliott Ottawa, Ontario
2008 Canada Jose Plante Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Len Elliott Wawa, Ontario
2009 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada John Dungey Canada Luke Skaarup Kitchener, Ontario
2010 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Eric Rautenberg Canada Luke Skaarup Cornwall, Ontario
2011 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Kyle Rayner Canada Karl Hjelholt Toronto, Ontario
2012 Canada Luke Skaarup Canada Kyle Rayner Canada David Droeske Kitchener, Ontario
2013[7] Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Canada Kyle Rayner Canada Max Boudreault Thunder Bay, Ontario
2014 Canada Luke Skaarup Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Canada Paul Vaillancourt Thunder Bay, Ontario
2015 Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Canada Luke Skaarup Canada Maxime Boudreault Toronto, Ontario

Western Canada's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1999 Canada NOT HELD
2000 Canada Grant McReynolds Canada Geoff Dolan Canada Beerd Beekman
2001 Canada Beerd Beekman Canada Geoff Dolan Canada Ed Brost
2002 Canada Geoff Dolan Canada Maurice Paquette Canada Cory Gillespie
2003 Canada Geoff Dolan Canada Alan Block Canada Brad Provick
2004 Canada Brad Provick Canada Geoff Dolan Canada Gino Castonguay
2005 Canada Alan Block Canada Chris Colonval Canada Ed Brost
2006 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Al Block Canada Chris Colonval
2007 Canada Chris Colonval Canada Scott Cummine Canada Matt Parkes
2008 Canada Matt Parkes Canada Scott Cummine Canada Alan Block
2009 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Jon Moerike Canada Maurice Paquette
2010 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Brad Provick Canada Maurice Paquette
2011 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Nathan Rolston Canada Jon Wade
2012 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Brad Provick Canada Jay Smith
2013 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Brad Provick

Canada Jon Wade

2014 Canada Scott Cummine Canada Brad Provick

Canada Quinton Falk

2015 Canada Dom Liontas Canada Brad Provick

Canada Artur Walus

Atlantic Canada's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2000 Canada Shane Murphy Canada Brad Carty
2001 Canada Shane Murphy Canada Brad Carty
2002 Canada Shane Murphy Canada Brad Carty Canada Grant Connors
2003 Canada Shane Murphy Canada Brad Carty Canada Grant Connors
2004 Canada Brad Carty Canada Shane Murphy Canada Grant Connors
2005 Canada Grant Connors Canada Darrell Crouse Canada Kevin O'Keefe
2006 Canada Grant Connors Canada Jonathan Schooten Canada Chris Bulman
2007 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Jonathan Schooten
2008 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Chris Harper
2009 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Jonathan Schooten
2010 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Kalen Brennan
2011 Canada Grant Connors Canada Jonathan Schooten Canada Jay Smith
2012 Canada Kalen Brennan Canada Alex Wallace

North America's Strongest Man

North America's Strongest Man
2012
Tournament information
Location various locations, North America
Established 1992
Format Multi-event competition
Current champion
Canada Jean-Francois Caron

North America's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition consisting of athletes from both USA and Canada. The event was established in 1992.[9]

Official results - top three places

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1992 United States Gary Mitchell
1993 United States Steve Pulcinella
1994 Event not held
1995 Event not held
1996 Event not held
1997 Event not held
1998 United States David Brown
1999 United States Steve Dmytrow
2001 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Geoff Dolan United States Phil Pfister Gatineau, Quebec
2002 Canada Hugo Girard
2003 United States Jon Andersen United States Chad Coy United States Walt Gogola
2004 Event not held
2005 Event not held
2006 Event not held
2007 Canada Jessen Paulin United States Brian Shaw Canada Christian Savoie Gatineau, Quebec[10]
2008 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Christian Savoie United States Pete Konradt Gatineau, Quebec[11]
2009 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-Francois Caron United States Josh Thigpen Gatineau, Quebec[12]
2010[13] Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-Francois Caron Canada Scott Cummine Gatineau, Quebec
2011[14] Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-Francois Caron United States Karl Gillingham Gatineau, Quebec
2012 Canada Jean-Francois Caron United States Dave Ostlund Canada Jackie Oulette Gatineau, Quebec

References

  1. ↑ CSM 1999
  2. ↑ CSM 2005
  3. ↑ CSM 2007
  4. ↑ Jean-Francois Caron Wins Canada’s Strongest Man
  5. ↑ Canada’s Strongest Man: Jean-Francois Caron Wins
  6. 1 2 3 4 Competition Results
  7. ↑ OntarioStrongman • View topic - OSM 2013 June 22-23, Thunder Bay
  8. ↑ ATLANTICS05
  9. ↑ David Horne's World of Grip
  10. ↑ North America's Strongest Man
  11. ↑ North America's Strongest Man: Christian Savoie in the Lead
  12. ↑ Canadian Strongman Surges at North America’s Strongest Man Contest
  13. ↑ Tuesday, September 7, 2010, Christian Savoie Wins North American Strongman Championships, by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. IronMind
  14. ↑ Christian Savoie Wins North American Strongman Championships
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