Strength athletics in Canada
Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various strongman (strength athlete) 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
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| Location | Canada |
| Established | 1982 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
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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. A record that would later be beaten despite Hugo's own proclamations that nobody would ever even go as far as to match it. 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] Following the end of Hugo's era after the dust settled a new champion would emerge. Jean-Francois Caron. He has dominated strongman in Canada for the last 7 years, winning the title of Canada's Strongest Man every year from 2011-2017. He has ushered in a new era of Strongman in Canada. Nurturing the success of other athletes and working to try and develop the success of the sport in the country as a whole, instead of just bettering himself.
Official results - top three places
- Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[6]
Repeat champions
| Champion | Times |
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| 7 |
| 6 |
| 3 |
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Quebec's Strongest Man
- Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[6]
Ontario's Strongest Man
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| 2000 | | | | North Bay, Ontario |
| 2001 | | | | North Bay, Ontario |
| 2002 | | | | North Bay, Ontario |
| 2003 | | | | London, Ontario |
| 2004 | | | | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2005 | | | | North Bay, Ontario |
| 2006 | | | | Port Stanley, Ontario |
| 2007 | | | | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2008 | | | | Wawa, Ontario |
| 2009 | | | | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2010 | | | | Cornwall, Ontario |
| 2011 | | | | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2012 | | | | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2013[7] | | | | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 2014 | | | | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 2015 | | | | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2016 | | | | Trenton, Ontario |
| 2017 | | | | Trenton, Ontario |
| 2018 | | | | Trenton, Ontario |
- Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[6]
Western Canada's Strongest Man
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | |
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| 2001 | | | | Calgary, Alberta |
| 2002 | |  | | Saskatoon, SK |
| 2003 | | | | Fort Qu'Appelle, SK |
| 2004 | | |  | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2005 | | |  | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2006 | | | | Regina, SK |
| 2007 | | | | Regina, SK |
| 2008 | | | | British Columbia |
| 2009 | | | | Altona, Manitoba |
| 2010 | | | | Saskatoon, SK |
| 2011 | | | | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2012 | | | | Regina, SK |
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- Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[6]
Atlantic Canada's Strongest Man
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- Results courtesy of www.acstrongman.com[8]
North America's Strongest Man
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| Location | various locations, North America |
| Established | 1992 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
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North America's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition consisting of athletes from both United States and Canada. The event was established in 1992.[9]
Official results - top three places
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
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| 1992 |  | |||
| 1993 | | |||
| 1994 | Event not held | |||
| 1995 | Event not held | |||
| 1996 | Event not held | |||
| 1997 | Event not held | |||
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| 2001 | | | | Gatineau, Quebec |
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| 2004 | Event not held | |||
| 2005 | Event not held | |||
| 2006 | Event not held | |||
| 2007 | | | | Gatineau, Quebec[10] |
| 2008 | | | | Gatineau, Quebec[11] |
| 2009 | | | | Gatineau, Quebec[12] |
| 2010[13] | | | | Gatineau, Quebec |
| 2011[14] | | | | Gatineau, Quebec |
| 2012 | | | | Gatineau, Quebec |
- Results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip: http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html
References
- ↑ CSM 1999
- ↑ CSM 2005
- ↑ CSM 2007
- ↑ Jean-Francois Caron Wins Canada’s Strongest Man
- ↑ Canada’s Strongest Man: Jean-Francois Caron Wins
- 1 2 3 4 Competition Results
- ↑ OntarioStrongman • View topic - OSM 2013 June 22-23, Thunder Bay
- ↑ ATLANTICS05
- ↑ David Horne's World of Grip
- ↑ North America's Strongest Man
- ↑ North America's Strongest Man: Christian Savoie in the Lead
- ↑ Canadian Strongman Surges at North America’s Strongest Man Contest
- ↑ Tuesday, September 7, 2010, Christian Savoie Wins North American Strongman Championships, by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. IronMind
- ↑ Christian Savoie Wins North American Strongman Championships