South Africa's Strongest Man
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South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual strongman
competition held in South Africa
and features exclusively South African strength athletes. Gerrit Badenhorst
has won the title 8 times, and Ettiene Smit
has won the title 6 times.
Strongman
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competition held in South Africa
South Africa
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and features exclusively South African strength athletes. Gerrit Badenhorst
Gerrit Badenhorst
Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man...
has won the title 8 times, and Ettiene Smit
Ettiene Smit
Etienne Smit is a South African strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.-Biography:...
has won the title 6 times.
Official results - top three places
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | |
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| 1989 |  Gerrit BadenhorstGerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
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| 1990 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
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| 1991 | Wayne Price |
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| 1992 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
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| 1993 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
Wayne Price |
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| 1994 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
Anton Boucher |
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| 1995 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
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| 1996 | Event not held | |||
| 1997 | Johan Rheeder |
Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
Pieter de Bruyn |
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| 1998 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
Pieter de Bruyn |
Johan Reeder |
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| 1999 | Event not held | |||
| 2000 | Event not held | |||
| 2001 | Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man... |
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| 2002 | Johan Ver Heerden |
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| 2003 | David Cooks |
Etienne Smit |
Gerhard Botha |
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| 2004 | Etienne Smit |
David Cooks |
Arno Lambrechts |
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| 2005 | Etienne Smit |
David Cooks |
Arno Lambrechts |
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| 2006 | Etienne Smit |
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| 2007 | Etienne Smit |
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| 2008 | Etienne Smit |
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| 2009 | Etienne Smit |
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| 2010 | Frankie Scheun |
Gerhard Van Staden |
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- Results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip