Austria's Strongest Man

Austria's Strongest Man is an annual strongman contest consisting of exclusively Austrian strength athletes.^[1] The event was established in 1989, the inaugural winner was Manfred Hoeberl who would go on to win the title a total of 7 times.^[1] His record was equaled by Martin Wildauer who also won the title 7 times.^[2]

Austria's Strongest Man

Tournament information
Location	Austria, various locations
Established	1989
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Thomas Glatzl

The title and winners often creates confusion as different sources provide different results, specially between 1992 and 2005, and the titles also coinciding with that of other competitions: Austrian Summer Giants and Austrian Winter Giants in addition to be governed by two different federations: Austrian Strongman Federation and Catch Wrestling Association.

Champions breakdown

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Remarks
1989	Manfred Hoeberl
1990	Manfred Hoeberl
1991	Manfred Hoeberl
1992	Manfred Hoeberl			(As per David Horne)
1992	Karl Saliger	Leopold Krendl	August Smisl	(As per Strength Results)
1993	Manfred Hoeberl			(As per David Horne)
1993	Karl Saliger	August Smisl	Leopold Krendl	(As per Strength Results)
1994	Manfred Hoeberl			(As per David Horne)
1994	Karl Saliger	Franz Siller	Anton Tucek	(As per Strength Results)
1995	Karl Saliger	August Smisl	Franz Siller
1996	Manfred Hoeberl			(As per David Horne)
1996	August Smisl	Manfred Gruber	Christian Gärtner	(As per Strength Results)
1997	Franz Siller	Manfred Gruber	Karl Bauer
1998	Ralf Ber			(As per David Horne)
1998	Franz Siller	Karl Bauer	Oliver Gratzer	(As per Strength Results)
1999	Karl Bauer	Manfred Gruber	Ralf Ber
2000	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Manfred Gruber	Hubert Dorer
2001	Ralf Ber	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Franz Mullner
2002	Hubert Dorer			(As per David Horne)
2002	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Markus Stark	Karl Bauer	(As per Strength Results)
2003	Ralf Ber			(As per David Horne)
2003	Franz Mullner	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Markus Stark	(As per Strength Results)
2004	Ralf Ber			(As per David Horne)
2004	Franz Mullner	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Oliver Gratzer	(As per Strength Results)
2005	Franz Mullner			(As per David Horne)
2005	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Oliver Gratzer	Stefan Weiermann	(As per Strength Results)
2006	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Stefan Weiermann	Wolfgang Kriechbaum
2007	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Oliver Gratzer	Wolfgang Kriechbaum
2008	Gregor Stegnar	Bernd Kerschbaumer	Martin Wildauer
2009	Martin Wildauer	Gerhard Trawöger	Michael Votter
2010	Martin Wildauer	Alexander Meyer	Michael Votter
2011	Martin Wildauer	Gerhard Trawöger	Erwin Geisler
2012	Martin Wildauer	Michael Votter	Alexander Meyer
2013	Martin Wildauer	Alexander Meyer	Thomas Wanek
2014	Michael Votter	Manuel Comper	Erwin Geisler
2015 ASF	Nemanja Tasic	Manuel Comper	Michael Votter
2015 CWA	Michael Votter	Manuel Comper	Nemanja Tasic
2016 ASF	Martin Wildauer	Michael Votter	Nemanja Tasic
2016 CWA	Michael Votter	Manuel Comper	Oliver Hanschek-Wagner
2017	Martin Wildauer	Ronald Knoll	Emanuel Pescari
2018	Michael Votter	Oliver Hanschek-Wagner	Emanuel Pescari
2019	Matjaz Belsak	Nemanja Tasic	Peter Reinthaler
2020–2021	Event not held
2022	Emanuel Pescari	Samuel Hausberger	Peter Reinthaler
2023	Emanuel Pescari	Samuel Hausberger	Peter Reinthaler
2024	Jan Trettenbrein	Maximilian Fleck	Stefan Larch
2025	Thomas Glatzl	Maximilian Fleck	Florian Fuchsluger