South Africa's Strongest Man

South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in South Africa and features primarily South African strength athletes.^[1] It has been held since 1989. Gerrit Badenhorst and Ettiene Smit holds the record for the most titles with 8 wins each.^[1]

South Africa's Strongest Man

Tournament information
Location	South Africa
Established	1989
Format	South Africa's Strongest Man
Current champion
Rayno Nel

South Africa has also been the venue for Africa's Strongest Man competition which is the continents largest strongman competition. It has been held since 2015.

National competitions

South Africa's Strongest Man

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
1989	Gerrit Badenhorst	Wayne Price	(To be confirmed)
1990	Gerrit Badenhorst	Wayne Price	(To be confirmed)
1991	Wayne Price	Gerrit Badenhorst	(To be confirmed)
1992	Gerrit Badenhorst	Wayne Price	(To be confirmed)
1993	Gerrit Badenhorst	Wayne Price	(To be confirmed)
1994	Gerrit Badenhorst	Anton Boucher	Wayne Price
1995	Gerrit Badenhorst	Wayne Price	Anton Boucher
1996	Event not held
1997	Johan Rheeder	Gerrit Badenhorst	Pieter de Bruyn
1998	Gerrit Badenhorst	Pieter de Bruyn	Johan Rheeder
1999–2000	Event not held
2001	Gerrit Badenhorst	Pieter de Bruyn	Ettiene Smit
2002	Johan Ver Heerden	Ettiene Smit	David Cooks
2003	David Cooks	Ettiene Smit	Gerhard Botha
2004	Ettiene Smit	David Cooks	Arno Lambrechts
2005	Ettiene Smit	David Cooks	Arno Lambrechts
2006	Ettiene Smit	Rory Scheepers	Hennie Jordaan
2007	Ettiene Smit	Hennie Jordaan	Rory Scheepers
2008	Ettiene Smit	Hennie Jordaan	Rory Scheepers
2009	Ettiene Smit	Hennie Jordaan	Rory Scheepers
2010	Frankie Scheun	Gerhard van Staden	Willem Moore
2011[2]	Gerhard van Staden	Ettiene Smit	Hennie Jordaan
2012[3]	Tristen O'Brien	Andre Sweeney	Ettiene Smit
2013	Event not held
2014	Ettiene Smit	Sholto Luiters	Kelin Mills
2015	Frankie Scheun	Tristen O'Brien	Theron Kleinhans
2016	Ettiene Smit	Dean Shelley	Andre Sweeney
2017	Johan Rudd	Stefan Smit	Tristen O'Brien
2018	Kelin Mills	Dean Shelley	Chris van der Linde
2019	Kelin Mills	Ryan Preston	Dean Shelley
2020–2021	Event not held
2022	Jaco Schoonwinkel	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2023	Rayno Nel	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2024	Rayno Nel	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2025	Kelin Mills	Dean Shelley	Armand Goosen

Regional competitions

Africa's Strongest Man

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
2015	Gerhard van Staden	Andre Sweeney	Johan Rudd
2016	Johan Els	Mark Felix	Frankie Scheun
2017	Dean Shelley	Andre Sweeney	Sven Reimers
2018	Johan Els	Johan Rudd	Dean Shelley
2019	Chris van der Linde	Tristen O'Brien	Kelin Mills
2020	Dean Shelley	Chris van der Linde	Tristen O'Brien
2021	Thobelani Mabaso	Jaco Schoonwinkel	Ben Bucarizza
2022	Kelin Mills	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2023	Rayno Nel	Dean Shelley	Chris van der Linde
2024[4]	Rayno Nel	Jacque de Jager	Jacques Boshoff