Strength athletics in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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Strength athletics in the United Kingdom and Ireland, has a long history going back many centuries before the televisation of strongman
Strongman (strength athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...

competitions in the 1970s. The ancient heritage of the sport in the United Kingdom and Ireland lies in a number of traditional events, the most famous of which is arguably the traditional Highland Games
Highland games
Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &(-è_çà in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain...

, which itself is a source of many events now practiced in modern strongman
Strongman (strength athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...

 competitions, such as World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 and IFSA
International Federation of Strength Athletes
The International Federation of Strength Athletes was an international governing body for strongman competition...

 sponsored events. However, the traditional events still are popularly contested events today. In the more modern phenomena that is the World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 and its associated competitions, the United Kingdom and Ireland remain well represented, with regular appearances at world finals, and three men having won the coveted title of World's Strongest Man.

History

See also Highland games
Highland games
Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &(-è_çà in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain...

 and Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

 for more details


The origin of strength athletics in the UK and Ireland lies in the realms of pre-history, but the within the British Isles records many centuries old record more formally the existence of organised events. Formalisation and annual Highland gatherings began around 1820 when Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

 encouraged the revival of Highland Culture. By 1848, such was the status of such games that Queen Victoria attended the Braemar Highland Games.

The strongmen of the world of weightlifting and circus acts were also active in the UK and Ireland in the Victorian age. A number of famous names emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century. Thomas Inch
Thomas Inch
Thomas Inch held the titles of Britain's Strongest Youth and Britain's Strongest Man.He is known for the Thomas Inch dumbbell, known as "172", a dumbbell that weighs 172lbs and 9 ounces...

, Britain's Strongest Youth at 16, and the first official Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

 was active at this time and is still remembered today for his Grip Strength. and his Challenge Dumbbell, known as the Inch Dumbbell, that "has defied thousands of strong men over the last hundred years...Many a strength athlete tried but failed to break it off the ground.". Other notable names in this genre were Bert Assirati
Bert Assirati
Bartolomeo Esserati , also known as Bert Assirati, was an English professional wrestler who became a multiple time British Heavyweight Champion, and, posthumously, a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame...

, Launceston Elliot
Launceston Elliot
Launceston Elliot was a Scottish weightlifter. He was the first British Olympic champion.Launceston Elliot was born in India. His family was an established part of the Scottish aristocracy with Lord Minto being head of the family which had strong connections with India. The 4th Earl Minto served...

, Edward Aston, and W.A. Pullum. Others emerged in the twentieth century as well. Notably, David Prowse
David Prowse
David Prowse, MBE is an English former bodybuilder, weightlifter and actor, most widely known for playing the role of Darth Vader in physical form. In Britain, he is also remembered as having played the Green Cross Code man...

 was initially famous in 1964 for his lifting the famed 785 pound
Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...

 Dinnie Stones, the first man to do so since Donald Dinnie
Donald Dinnie
Donald Dinnie was a Scottish strongman, born at Balnacraig, Birse, near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. He has been recognized as "The Nineteenth Century's Greatest Athlete"...

 himself a century earlier. Prowse later became more famous still for playing Darth Vader
Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a central character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy....

 in Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

.

In the late 1970s, televised strongman competitions began with Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

 (BSM) first being shown in 1979 by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

. A new generation emerged, with the events attracting individuals from many disciplines such as field athletics, weightlifting
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...

 and powerlifting
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...

. These competitions fed other international competitions such as Europe's Strongest Man
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 currently holds the record for most wins with 6 titles...

 and World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

. Household names, such as Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

, Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 and Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 dominated, with these three in particular going on to win World's Strongest Man titles. The modern era has seen this trend continue with Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...

, Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

 and Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

 being regular faces at World's Strongest Man and its associated Super Series. Featured events in these contests have been tailored to emphasize a more well-rounded athlete, to reflect that viewpoint on strongman as a whole, and in the interests of increased popularity and marketability among the masses. Almost inevitably, more than one interested party has seen the benefits of strength competitions. Alternative organizations have formed in recent years, comprising a new wave of influence in the field, with the United Kingdom Strength Council (UKSC) founded by Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

 multi-year champion Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 setting up events separate from BSM, as has the IFSA
International Federation of Strength Athletes
The International Federation of Strength Athletes was an international governing body for strongman competition...

. Ross and his UK Strongest Man competitions hold a philosophical difference in approach with the World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 related venues, including more brute strength events similar to traditional strongman and powerlifting, with less emphasis on field athleticism and endurance.

Alongside these current interpretations still exists the traditional, such as the Highland Games
Highland games
Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &(-è_çà in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain...

. Although exported around the world they remain inextricably linked with the heritage of both Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and the British Isles
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

 as a whole.

Competitions

Across the UK and Ireland there are and have been many competitions testing individuals strength, ranging from local to regional to national to pan-British Isles.

List of Champions

Year Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

British Muscle Power Championship UK Strongest Man Britain's Most Powerful Man UK Championship (IFSA) British Championships (IFSA) UK Strongman Docklands Challenge WSM invitees
2010 Not held Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei is a British strongman competitor, winner of the England's Strongest Man title at 2009 and repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.-Early life:...


Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...


Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...


Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...


Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler was a British strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.-Early life:Darren Sadler was born on 22 March 1980 in...


Reserve: Rob Frampton
2009 Not held Not held Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

Paul Carter Not held Not held Not held Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei is a British strongman competitor, winner of the England's Strongest Man title at 2009 and repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.-Early life:...


Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...


Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...


Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...


Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler was a British strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.-Early life:Darren Sadler was born on 22 March 1980 in...

2008 Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei is a British strongman competitor, winner of the England's Strongest Man title at 2009 and repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.-Early life:...


Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...


Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...


Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...


Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson made his MMA debut on 3 Feb 2009, defeating Ashley Pollard by a second round arm triangle choke. He has continued to fight since then, On 26 March 2011, after amassing a record of 7-2-0, with his only losses coming to future UFC heavyweight Rob Broughton and former UFC fighter Joe...

2007 Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...

Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Jay Hughes Not held Not held Not held Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler was a British strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.-Early life:Darren Sadler was born on 22 March 1980 in...


Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...


Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...


Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...


Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...

2006 Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson made his MMA debut on 3 Feb 2009, defeating Ashley Pollard by a second round arm triangle choke. He has continued to fight since then, On 26 March 2011, after amassing a record of 7-2-0, with his only losses coming to future UFC heavyweight Rob Broughton and former UFC fighter Joe...

Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler was a British strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.-Early life:Darren Sadler was born on 22 March 1980 in...


Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...


Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

2005 Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling is famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2005. He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Richard Gosling....

Not held Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...

Not held Not held Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

Not held Brian Irwin
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...


Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling is famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2005. He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Richard Gosling....


Carl Waitoa (rep. NZL)
2004 Rich Gosling Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...

2003 Rich Gosling Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...


Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood is a British professional bodybuilder and Strongman competitor. Ellwood is best known for being a 5 time NABBA Mr Universe...


Carl Broomfield
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...


Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling is the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2003. He currently lives in Cannock, England.-Injury:...

2002 Marc Iliffe
Marc Iliffe
Marc Iliffe was a British strongman famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2002.-Career:Iliffe was acknowledged as being extremely dedicated to the sport of strength athletics...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Stuart Murray
Gregor Edmunds
Gregor Edmunds
Gregor Edmunds is a Scottish Highland Games competitor and strongman. Gregor is a winner of the World Highland Games Championships, Highlander Challenge, and Scotland's Strongest Man....


Marc Illiffe
David Warner
Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling is famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2005. He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Richard Gosling....

2001 Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Steve Brooks Not held Not held Not held Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...


Rob Dixon
Marc Illiffe
Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...


Andrew Raynes
2000 Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling is the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2003. He currently lives in Cannock, England.-Injury:...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...


Rob Dixon
Brian Bell
Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson
Adrian Rollinson is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...

1999 Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

Not held Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling is the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2003. He currently lives in Cannock, England.-Injury:...

Not held Not held Not held Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...


Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...


Steve Brooks
Lee Bowers
Jamie Barr
1998 Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

Russ Bradley Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

Not held Not held Not held Russ Bradley Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...


Russ Bradley
Frazer Tranter
Lee Bowers
Jamie Barr
1997 Rob Dixon Russ Bradley Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

Not held Stuart Murray Not held Adam Waldron Robert Weir
Robert Weir (athlete)
Robert Weir is a retired English discus thrower, who is a twelve-time national champion. Weir attended Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham....


Russ Bradley
Brian Bell
1996 Russ Bradley Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

Graham Mullins Not held Not held Not held Not held Brian Bell
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...


Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

1995 Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

/ Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

Dave Miles Not held Not held Not held Not held Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...


Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...


Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

1994 Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

Tommy Smith Not held Not held Not held Not held Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...


Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

1993 Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

1992 Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...


Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

1991 Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

1990 Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

1989 Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

Tom Hawk
Tom Hawk
Tom Hawk was a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 67th district. He served 2005-2010, until being defeated by Republican Susan Mosier....

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

1988 Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...


John Smith's Trial of Strength
Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

1987 Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held No WSM –
Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

 in Pure Strength
Pure Strength
Pure Strength was a strongman competition held from 1987 to 1990 which was created by Tjalling van den Bosch.-Event History:The first year of the event was known as "Pure Strength Challenge" and was a single man competition featuring only Bill Kazmaier, Geoff Capes and Jon Pall Sigmarsson. The...

1986 Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

Not held Peter Tancred
Peter Tancred
Peter Arthur Tancred is a former athlete, and professional strongman from England. He competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the discus and came sixth at the 1978 Commonwealth Games...

Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1985 Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1984 Alan Crossley
Alan Crossley
Alan Crossley is a former English cricketer. Crossley was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Oldham, Lancashire....

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1983 Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1982 Richard Slaney
Richard Slaney
Richard Charles Slaney is a British discus thrower who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat winner of the Britain's Strongest Man title.-Biography:...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1981 Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1980 Richard Slaney
Richard Slaney
Richard Charles Slaney is a British discus thrower who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat winner of the Britain's Strongest Man title.-Biography:...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

1979 Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...


Pan-British Isles

  • Britain's Strongest Man
    Britain's Strongest Man
    Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

  • British Championships (IFSA)
  • UK Strongest Man

British Championships (IFSA)

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2005   Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

 
  Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson made his MMA debut on 3 Feb 2009, defeating Ashley Pollard by a second round arm triangle choke. He has continued to fight since then, On 26 March 2011, after amassing a record of 7-2-0, with his only losses coming to future UFC heavyweight Rob Broughton and former UFC fighter Joe...

 
  Andrew 'Stumpy' Raynes  TBC

UK Championship (IFSA)
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1997   Stuart Murray    Steve Brooks    Russ Bradley  TBC

Britain's Most Powerful Man
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2009   Paul Carter    Chris Gearing    Paul Wood
Paul Wood
Paul Wood is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League.Wood played for Warrington in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos....

 
TBC
2007   Jay Hughes    Adam Townsend    Paul Wood
Paul Wood
Paul Wood is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League.Wood played for Warrington in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos....

 
TBC
1986   Peter Tancred
Peter Tancred
Peter Arthur Tancred is a former athlete, and professional strongman from England. He competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the discus and came sixth at the 1978 Commonwealth Games...

 
  Peter Davis    Joe Walker  TBC

UK Strongman Docklands Challenge
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1999   Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

 
  Andy Bolton
Andy Bolton
Andy Bolton is an English powerlifter and strongman who was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Andy is best known for being the first man to lift a 1,000 lb...

 
  Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
  Peacock Gym, Canning Town
Canning Town
Canning Town is an area of east London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on the north side of the River Thames. It is the location of Rathbone Market...

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

1998   Russ Bradley    Frazer Tranter    TBC   Peacock Gym, Canning Town
Canning Town
Canning Town is an area of east London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on the north side of the River Thames. It is the location of Rathbone Market...

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

1997   Adam Waldron    Steve Winter   Frazer Tranter    Peacock Gym, Canning Town
Canning Town
Canning Town is an area of east London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on the north side of the River Thames. It is the location of Rathbone Market...

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...


British Muscle Power Championship
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1998   Russ Bradley    Lee Bowers    Regin Vagadal
Regin Vagadal
Regin Vagadal is a strongman from the Faroe Islands. He was seven times Faroe Islands Strongest Man from 1994 to 2000. And participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1996 and 2000.- Biography :...

 
TBC
1997   Russ Bradley  TBC TBC TBC
1996   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1995   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1994   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1993   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1992   Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1991   Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1990   Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1989   Tom Hawk
Tom Hawk
Tom Hawk was a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 67th district. He served 2005-2010, until being defeated by Republican Susan Mosier....

 
  Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

 
  Ian Murray  TBC
1988   Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins (athlete)
Mark Higgins was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1987   Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1986   Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

 
TBC TBC TBC

Truck Pulling

  • UK Truck Pulling Championships – (Mercedes Benz)
  • National Truck Pulling Championships – (ASA/Bristol Street Motors)
  • British Truck Pulling Championships – (Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC)

England's Strongest Man

There have been a number of competitions laying claim to be able to confer this title. The UKSC version, which acts as a qualifier for the UK Strongest Man competition, is generally regarded as the official version. For this reason, the UKSC results since they took over the running of the competition are presented below simply as a continuation of the former year's official event. In 2005, the IFSA introduced their own version of the championships which only lasted for one year. In 2009, with the apparent demise of Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man"...

, a traditional qualifier for World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

, Colin Bryce
Colin Bryce
Colin Bryce is a former Great Britain Olympic bobsledder and strongman now working as a television presenter and producer...

 promoted a competition held at the Doncaster Dome that also acted as a WSM qualifier. The latter saw Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...

, Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler was a British strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.-Early life:Darren Sadler was born on 22 March 1980 in...

 and Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

 compete thus reinforcing its credentials. The UKSC did have every other recognised athlete including BSM 2008 champion Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

. There were athletes that competed in both, such as Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...

. Until 2010, Bob Daglish's Elite strongman promotions was inextricably associated with the UKSC and the UKSC version of England's Strongest Man was also the Elite Strongman Promotions event. However, it was announced in March 2010 that "In view of recent events and also some personal differences, Elite Strongman Promotions are hereby separating all affiliations with Big G promotions, the UK Strength Council and the UK strongest man competition." Elite Strongman promotions continued to run a version of the England’s strongest man final, whilst a separate competition run by UKSC was also run in 2010.
Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location Promoter
2010  Eddy Hall  Jay Hughes
Jay Hughes
James Jay Hughes was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, who played four seasons from to .Hughes was born in Sacramento, California...

 
 Paul Amor    Billingham
Billingham
Billingham is a town in the unitary authority of Stockton on Tees, in north east England, with a population of 35,765 . It was founded circa 650 by a group of Saxons known as Billa's people, which is where the name Billingham is thought to have originated...

, Teeside
Elite
2010  Dean Slater  Gary Gardener   Rob Frampton    UKSC
2009   Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei
Laurence Shahlaei is a British strongman competitor, winner of the England's Strongest Man title at 2009 and repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.-Early life:...

 
  Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby
Mark Westaby is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Biography :...

 
  Alex Culletto    Lichfield
Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...

Elite/UKSC
2009   Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...

 
  Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

 
  Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler
Darren Sadler was a British strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.-Early life:Darren Sadler was born on 22 March 1980 in...

 
  Doncaster Dome Colin Bryce/WSM qualifier
2008   Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

 
  Dave McAneney    Spencer Hyland  Lichfield
Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...

Elite/UKSC
2007   Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

 
  Jay Hughes    Rob Frampton  Lichfield
Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...

Elite/UKSC
2006   Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku
Jimmy Marku is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.-Early life:Jimmy Marku was born 27 August 1974 in Albania...

 
  Dave Meer    Simon R Flint  Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

 
Elite/UKSC
2005   Adam Townsend    Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands
Terry Hollands , is one of the world's leading strongman competitors and was Britain's Strongest Man .-Early life:...

 
  Simon Morton  Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

Elite/UKSC
2005   Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood is a British professional bodybuilder and Strongman competitor. Ellwood is best known for being a 5 time NABBA Mr Universe...

 
  Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

 
  Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson
Oli Thompson made his MMA debut on 3 Feb 2009, defeating Ashley Pollard by a second round arm triangle choke. He has continued to fight since then, On 26 March 2011, after amassing a record of 7-2-0, with his only losses coming to future UFC heavyweight Rob Broughton and former UFC fighter Joe...

 
Sheffield Stadium IFSA
2004   Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood is a British professional bodybuilder and Strongman competitor. Ellwood is best known for being a 5 time NABBA Mr Universe...

 
  Andrew 'Stumpy' Raynes    Mark Felix
Mark Felix
Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition...

 
TBC TBC
2003   Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood
Eddy Ellwood is a British professional bodybuilder and Strongman competitor. Ellwood is best known for being a 5 time NABBA Mr Universe...

 
  Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

 
  Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling
Richard Gosling is the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2003. He currently lives in Cannock, England.-Injury:...

 
TBC TBC
2002   Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

 
  Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling
Mick Gosling is famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2005. He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Richard Gosling....

 
  Ade Rollinson  TBC TBC
2001   Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

 
  Steve Brooks    Andrew 'Stumpy' Raynes  TBC TBC
2000 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
1999 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
1998 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
1997   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1996   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1995   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1994   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1993   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1992   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1991   Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck
Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1990   Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (strongman)
Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1989   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1988   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC
1987   Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves
Jamie Reeves is a former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC TBC

Scotland's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2007   Chris Innes    Andy Cairney    Louis McLean  TBC
2006   Jamie Barr    Andy Cairney    Raymond Christie  TBC
2005   Brian Turner    Jamie Barr    Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and leader of the opposition in the Manitoba legislature from 2000 to 2006.-Early life and career:...

 
TBC
2004   Paul Porteous    Brian Turner    Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and leader of the opposition in the Manitoba legislature from 2000 to 2006.-Early life and career:...

 
TBC
2003   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
  Paul Porteous    Gregor Edmunds
Gregor Edmunds
Gregor Edmunds is a Scottish Highland Games competitor and strongman. Gregor is a winner of the World Highland Games Championships, Highlander Challenge, and Scotland's Strongest Man....

 
TBC
2002   Gregor Edmunds
Gregor Edmunds
Gregor Edmunds is a Scottish Highland Games competitor and strongman. Gregor is a winner of the World Highland Games Championships, Highlander Challenge, and Scotland's Strongest Man....

 
  Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
  Brian Bell  TBC
2001   Jamie Barr  TBC TBC TBC
2000   Jamie Barr  TBC TBC TBC
1999   Jamie Barr  TBC TBC TBC
1998   Brian Bell  TBC TBC TBC
1997 TBC TBC TBC TBC
1996   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1995   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1994   Jamie Barr  TBC TBC TBC
1993   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1992   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1991   Brian Bell/  Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and leader of the opposition in the Manitoba legislature from 2000 to 2006.-Early life and career:...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1990   Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan
Forbes Cowan is a former leading Scottish strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1989   Brian Bell  TBC TBC TBC
1988   Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and leader of the opposition in the Manitoba legislature from 2000 to 2006.-Early life and career:...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1987   Ian Murray  TBC TBC TBC

Wales' Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2007   Jamie Redwood    Mike Williams    Ross Stone  TBC
2006   Dale Norris    Ross Stone    Mike Williams  TBC
2005   Dale Norris    Michael Williams    Walid El Hind  TBC
2004   Dean Bolt  TBC TBC TBC
2003   Christian Clay  TBC   Dean Bolt  TBC
2002   Christian Clay    Dean Bolt  TBC TBC
2001   Christian Clay  TBC TBC TBC
2000   Christian Clay  TBC TBC TBC
1999   Christian Clay  TBC TBC TBC
1998 TBC TBC TBC TBC
1997   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1996   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1995   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
TBC TBC TBC
1994   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
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1993   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
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1992   Robin McBryde
Robin McBryde
Robin Currie McBryde , is a former rugby union player who gained 37 rugby union caps for Wales as a hooker between 1994 and 2005....

 
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1991   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
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1990   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
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1989   Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor (strongman)
Gary Taylor is a former strongman competitor, Olympic Weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Wales.-Strength sports:...

 
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Ireland's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2009   Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
James Fennelly  Eoin Shanahan   Lisburn
Lisburn
DemographicsLisburn Urban Area is within Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area and is classified as a Large Town by the . On census day there were 71,465 people living in Lisburn...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

2008   Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
  Gary Mckelvey James Fennelly  Drogheda
Drogheda
Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea....

, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

2007   Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
  Gary Mckelvey   Brian McMullan   Armagh
Armagh
Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

2006   Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
  Gary Mckelvey   Nigel Troy  Letterkenny
Letterkenny
Letterkenny , with a population of 17,568, is the largest town in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. The town is located on the River Swilly...

, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

2005   Brian Irwin  Paul Roberts Pat McNamara   Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

2004   Brian Irwin  Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

 
  Stephen Gracey    Bangor
Bangor, County Down
Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

2003 Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

 
Rodney Fullerton Stephen Gracey County Wicklow
County Wicklow
County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

2002 Phil Porter
Phil Porter
Phil Porter is an English playwright, librettist and television writer, particularly known for his plays for young people. He is a graduate of the University of Birmingham.-Plays and libretti:Plays and libretti include:...

 
Martin Campbell Francis Kirby   Ballymoney
Ballymoney
Ballymoney is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,021 people in the 2001 Census. It is currently served by Ballymoney Borough Council....

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

2001 Andrew Sheehan  Tom Mullholland  Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

 
County Wicklow
County Wicklow
County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

2000 Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

 
Mark Yates  Frances Kirby    Glenarm
Glenarm
Glenarm is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough. It had a population of 582 people in the 2001 Census. Glenarm takes it name from the glen in which it lies,...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...


Northern Ireland (Ulster) Strongest Man/Ulster's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2009   Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
  Bertie Clark    Jonathan Kelly    Castlederg
Castlederg
Castlederg is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Derg and is close to the border with County Donegal. The village has a ruined castle and two ancient tombs known as the Druid's Altar and Todd's Den...

2008   Francis Kirby    Gary Mckelvey    Brian McMullan
Brian McMullan
Brian James McMullan is the mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the position in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election. He was previously a St. Catharines city councillor and a Niagara regional councillor.-Early life and career:...

 
Holywood
Holywood
Holywood is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival.-Name:...

2007   Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
  Gary Mckelvey  TBC   Holywood
Holywood
Holywood is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival.-Name:...

2006   Francis Kirby    Dave Warner
Dave Warner (strongman)
Dave Warner is a strongman competitor from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. Dave has also competed in Highland Games and Armwrestling. Dave is a 4 time winner of Ireland's Strongest Man, and a 2 time winner of Northern Ireland/Ulster's Strongest Man. Dave is a member of the Irish Strength Association...

 
  Gary McKelvey    Craigavon
Craigavon
Craigavon is a settlement in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement that was begun in 1965 and named after Northern Ireland's first Prime Minister — James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be a linear city incorporating Lurgan and Portadown, but this plan...

2005   Brian Irwin    Francis Kirby    Gary McKelvey    Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus , known locally and colloquially as "Carrick", is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,201 at the 2001 Census and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th century king...

2004   Brian Irwin    Stephen Gracey    Martin Tweedle    Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus , known locally and colloquially as "Carrick", is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,201 at the 2001 Census and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th century king...

2003   Francis Kirby    Rodney Fulerton    Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

 
  Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus , known locally and colloquially as "Carrick", is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,201 at the 2001 Census and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th century king...

2002   Francis Kirby    Phil Porter
Phil Porter
Phil Porter is an English playwright, librettist and television writer, particularly known for his plays for young people. He is a graduate of the University of Birmingham.-Plays and libretti:Plays and libretti include:...

 
  Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

 
  Portrush
Portrush
Portrush is a small seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border. The main part of the old town, including the railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a mile–long peninsula, Ramore Head, pointing north-northwest....

2001   Pat Dreary    Sean Keeley    Francis Kirby    Bangor
Bangor, County Down
Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status...

2000   Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
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1999   Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
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1998   Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
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1997   Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
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1996   Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
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1995   Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...

 
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Republic of Ireland's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2007 Jason Reilly  TBC TBC TBC
2006 Jason Reilly  Pat McNamara  Daniel Troy  TBC
2005 Carl Waitoa  Paul Roberts  Christopher Bowe  TBC
2004 Paul Roberts  Carl Waitoa  Jason Reilly  TBC
2003 Ray O'Dwyer  Kevin Murray  Pat McNamara  TBC
2002 Kevin Murray  Paul Roberts  Pat McNamara  TBC
2001 Andrew Sheehan  Ray O'Dwyer  Martin Keogh TBC

Other Regional

  • CNP Professional Strongman Premier League
  • Midland's Strongest Man
  • Mighty Midlander
  • Mighty Midlander
  • Corby Great Strength Eccleston
  • East Britain Strongest Man
  • North of England Strongest Man
  • Yorkshire’s Strongest Man
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