Europe's Strongest Man

Europe's Strongest Man is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 1980. The event is held in various locations throughout Europe, and features exclusively European strongman competitors. Mariusz Pudzianowski holds the record for most wins with six titles.

Europe's Strongest Man

Tournament information
Location	Leeds, England
Established	1980
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Luke Richardson
Most recent tournament
2025 Europe's Strongest Man

As of 2010, the Europe's Strongest Man contest has become a part of the Giants Live season of annual grand prix events. The contest serves as a qualifying event for the World's Strongest Man contest, with the top 3 placings qualifying for that year's WSM contest.

Championship breakdown

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Location
1980	Geoff Capes	Richard Slaney[1]	Vincenz Hortnagl	London, United Kingdom[2]
1981	Lars Hedlund	Geoff Capes	(To be confirmed)	Sweden
1982	Geoff Capes	Simon Wulfse	Roger Ekstrom	Amsterdam, Netherlands[2]
1983	Simon Wulfse	Geoff Capes	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Arnhem, Netherlands
1984	Geoff Capes	Ab Wolders	Rudolf Kuster	Marken, Netherlands
1985	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Iceland
1986	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Portugal
1987	Ab Wolders	Geoff Capes	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Netherlands
1988	Jamie Reeves	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Mark Higgins	Netherlands
1989	Jamie Reeves	Mark Higgins	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Iceland
1990	Henning Thorsen	Ted Van Der Parre	Mark Higgins	Denmark
1991	Gary Taylor & Forbes Cowan		Jamie Reeves	United Kingdom
1992[3]	László Fekete	Ilkka Nummisto	Markku Suonenvirta	Budapest, Hungary
1992	Ted van der Parre	Magnús Ver Magnússon & Jamie Reeves		Denmark
1993	Manfred Hoeberl	Gary Taylor	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Norway
1994[3]	Manfred Hoeberl	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Gary Taylor	France
1994	Magnús Ver Magnússon	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1995	Riku Kiri	Jouko Ahola	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Heide, Germany
1996	Riku Kiri	Heinz Ollesch	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Helsinki, Finland
1997	Riku Kiri	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Berend Veneberg	Hardenburg, Netherlands
1998	Jouko Ahola	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Svend Karlsen	Finland
1999	Jouko Ahola	Regin Vagadal	Magnus Samuelsson	Faroe Islands
2000	Berend Veneberg	Magnus Samuelsson	Jarek Dymek	Sevenum, Netherlands
2001	Svend Karlsen	Janne Virtanen	Magnus Samuelsson	Helsinki, Finland
2002	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Jarek Dymek	Svend Karlsen	Gdynia, Poland
2003	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Jarek Dymek	Raimonds Bergmanis	Sandomierz, Poland
2004	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Tomasz Nowotniak	Žydrūnas Savickas	Jelenia Góra, Poland
2005	Jarek Dymek	Janne Virtanen	Mykhailo Starov	Płock, Poland
2006	Event not held
2007	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Stoyan Todorchev	Sebastian Wenta	Łódź, Poland
2008	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Grzegorz Szymański	Sławomir Toczek	Szczecinek, Poland
2009	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Mateusz Baron	Bartoszyce, Poland
2010	Žydrūnas Savickas	Terry Hollands	Mark Felix	London, United Kingdom
2011	Event not held
2012[4]	Žydrūnas Savickas	Vytautas Lalas	Laurence Shahlaei	Leeds, United Kingdom
2013[5]	Žydrūnas Savickas	Vytautas Lalas	Krzysztof Radzikowski
2014[6]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Johannes Arsjo	Graham Hicks
2015[7]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Mark Felix & Dainis Zageris
2016[8]	Laurence Shahlaei	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson & Johannes Arsjo
2017[9]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Eddie Hall	Terry Hollands
2018[10]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Konstantine Janashia	Mateusz Kieliszkowski
2019[11]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Mateusz Kieliszkowski	Konstantine Janashia
2020[12]	Luke Richardson	Adam Bishop	Ervin Toots	Harrogate, United Kingdom
2021[13]	Luke Stoltman	Oleksii Novikov	Graham Hicks	Leeds, United Kingdom
2022[14]	Oleksii Novikov	Luke Stoltman	Konstantine Janashia
2023[15]	Pavlo Kordiyaka	Oleksii Novikov	Aivars Šmaukstelis
2024[16]	Luke Stoltman	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Oleksii Novikov
2025[17]	Luke Richardson	Paddy Haynes	Mateusz Kieliszkowski

Most championships

Name	Country	Times	Years
Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland	6	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	5	2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Geoff Capes	United Kingdom	3	1980, 1982, 1984
Riku Kiri	Finland		1995, 1996, 1997
Žydrūnas Savickas	Lithuania		2010, 2012, 2013
Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Iceland	2	1985, 1986
Jamie Reeves	United Kingdom		1988, 1989
Manfred Hoeberl	Austria		1993, 1994
Jouko Ahola	Finland		1998, 1999
Luke Stoltman	United Kingdom		2021, 2024
Luke Richardson	United Kingdom		2020, 2025

Most podium finishes

No.	Name	Times
1	Magnus Ver Magnusson	8
2	Geoff Capes	6
	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
	Mariusz Pudzianowski
	Jón Páll Sigmarsson
6	Jamie Reeves	4
	Zydrunas Savickas
	Oleksii Novikov
	Jarek Dymek
10	Riku Kiri	3
	Mark Higgins
	Gary Taylor
	Jouko Ahola
	Svend Karlsen
	Magnus Samuelsson
	Luke Stoltman
	Konstantine Janashia
	Mateusz Kieliszkowski
	Krzysztof Radzikowski

Championships by country

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United Kingdom	12	12	9	33
Iceland	8	6	6	20
Poland	7	8	7	22
Finland	5	4	1	10
Netherlands	4	3	1	8
Lithuania	3	2	1	6
Ukraine	2	2	2	6
Austria	2	0	1	3
Sweden	1	2	3	6
Norway	1	0	2	3
Hungary	1	0	0	1
Denmark	1	0	0	1
Georgia	0	1	2	3
Germany	0	1	1	2