Strongman Super Series

World Strongman Super Series
2010
The official logo of World Strongman Super Series 2010
Tournament information
Location Various
Established 2001
Final year 2010
Format Multi-event competition
Final champion
United States 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

YearAthleteNationality
2001Magnus Samuelsson Sweden
2002Hugo Girard Canada
2003/4Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland
2004Žydrūnas Savickas Lithuania
2005*Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland
2006*Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland
2007*Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland
2008*Derek Poundstone United States
2009Brian Shaw United States
2010Brian 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.

The official logo of IFSA World Strongman Super Series from 2001 to 2004
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Holland Grand Prix 2001Netherlands Wout ZijlstraSweden Magnus SamuelssonNorway Svend KarlsenNetherlands Netherlands
Czech Grand Prix 2001[3]Canada Hugo GirardNorway Svend KarlsenSweden Magnus SamuelssonCzech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Sweden Grand Prix 20012001 Super Series FinalsSweden Magnus SamuelssonCanada Hugo GirardNorway Svend KarlsenSweden Älvsjö, Stockholm
Overall placingsSweden Magnus Samuelsson (15pts)Canada Hugo Girard (13pts)Norway Svend Karlsen (13pts)

2002

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Scotland Grand Prix (World Muscle Power 2002)Norway Svend KarlsenCanada Hugo GirardFinland Janne VirtanenScotland Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sweden Grand Prix 2002 (Hammer Strength)Canada Hugo GirardNorway Svend KarlsenLithuania Zydrunas SavickasSweden Stockholm, Sweden
Hawaii Grand Prix 2002 2002 Super Series FinalsCanada Hugo GirardLithuania Zydrunas SavickasPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited States Honolulu, Hawaii
Overall placingsCanada Hugo GirardNorway Svend KarlsenLithuania Zydrunas Savickas

2003/04

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Hawaii Grand Prix 2003Poland Mariusz PudzianowskiLatvia Raimonds BergmanisLithuania Zydrunas SavickasUnited States Honolulu, Hawaii
Holland Grand Prix 2003Poland Mariusz PudzianowskiLithuania Zydrunas SavickasNetherlands Jarno HamsNetherlands Netherlands
Canada Grand Prix 2003Canada Hugo GirardPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiNorway Svend KarlsenCanada North Bay, Ontario Canada
Finland Grand Prix 2003Canada Hugo GirardPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiLatvia Raimonds BergmanisFinland Finland
2004 Arnold Strongman Classic 2003/04 Super Series FinalsLithuania Zydrunas SavickasNorway Svend KarlsenLatvia Raimonds BergmanisUnited States Columbus, Ohio
Overall placingsPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiLithuania Zydrunas SavickasLatvia Raimonds Bergmanis

2004

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Moscow Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiLithuania Zydrunas SavickasUkraine Vasyl VirastyukRussia Moscow, Russia
Sweden Grand PrixSweden Magnus SamuelssonLithuania Zydrunas SavickasNorway Svend KarlsenSweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Overall placingsLithuania Zydrunas SavickasUkraine Vasyl VirastyukPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski/
Sweden 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.

The official logo of World's Strongest Man Super Series from 2005 to 2008
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Met-Rx Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited States Jesse MarundeFinland Janne VirtanenUnited States Muscle Beach, California
Nautilus Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiPoland Slawomir ToczekUnited States Jesse MarundePoland Poland
Vulkan Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiFinland Janne VirtanenUnited States Jesse MarundeSweden Varberg, Sweden
Mohegan Sun Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiCanada Jessen PaulinUnited States Don PopeUnited States Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Overall placingsPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited States Jesse MarundeFinland Janne Virtanen

2006

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Mohegan Sun Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited States Jesse MarundeUnited States Josh ThigpenUnited States Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Arnold Strongman Classic 2006Lithuania Žydrūnas SavickasUkraine Vasyl VirastyukRussia Mikhail KoklyaevUnited States Columbus, Ohio
Moscow Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiRussia Elbrus NigmatullinCanada Jessen PaulinRussia Moscow, Russia
Poland Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiPoland Jarek DymekPoland Sebastian WentaPoland Poland
Overall placingsPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski

2007

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Mohegan Sun Grand PrixPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited States Kevin NeeUnited Kingdom Mark FelixUnited States Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Venice Beach Super SeriesUnited States Dave OstlundPoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited States Jesse MarundeUnited States Venice Beach, California
Viking Power Super Series 2007Poland Mariusz PudzianowskiPoland Jarek DymekSweden Magnus SamuelssonNorway Norway
Overall placingsPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski

2008

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Mohegan Sun Grand PrixUnited States Derek PoundstonePoland Mariusz PudzianowskiUnited Kingdom Terry HollandsUnited States Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Madison Square Garden Super SeriesUnited States Travis OrtmayerUnited States Derek PoundstoneUnited States Dave OstlundUnited States Madison Square Garden
Viking Power Super Series 2008Norway Arild HaugenPoland Sebastian WentaNorway Richard SkogNorway Storefjell Resort Hotel, Norway
Sweden Super SeriesSweden Magnus SamuelssonEstonia Tarmo MittNorway Richard SkogSweden Lysekil, Sweden
Overall placingsUnited States 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]

The official logo of World Strongman Super Series from 2009 to 2010
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Bucharest Grand Prix
July 4, 2009		United States Marshall WhiteUnited States Nick BestSweden Johannes ArsjoRomania Bucharest, Romania
Venice Beach Grand PrixNov 14 2009[5]United States Brian ShawBulgaria Stoyan TodorchevUnited States Jason BergmannUnited States Venice Beach, California
Sweden Grand Prix2009 Super Series Finals
Dec 5th 2009[6]		United States Brian ShawBulgaria Stoyan TodorchevUnited States Jason BergmannSweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Overall placings[6]United States Brian Shaw (27pts)Bulgaria Stoyan Todorchev (24pts)United States Nick Best (21pts)

Events from 2001 to 2006 from Archive of www.super-series.com

2010

Event Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[7]
April 25, 2010		United States Derek PoundstoneUnited States Brian ShawBulgaria Stoyan TodorchevUnited States Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Svend Karlsen Viking Power Challenge[8]
June 26, 2010		United States Brian ShawSweden Johannes ArsjoUnited Kingdom Laurence ShahlaeiNorway Storefjell Resort Hotel, Norway
Swedish Grand Prix
Dec. 17, 2010[9] 2010 Super Series Finals		United States Brian ShawUnited States Nick BestUnited Kingdom Laurence ShahlaeiSweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Overall placings[9]United States Brian Shaw (33 pts.)United States Dave Ostlund (19.5 pts.)United Kingdom Laurence Shahlaei (16 pts.)

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