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World's Strongest Woman was an annual strongwoman

Strongwoman

Strongwoman refers to either a woman performing feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics. Traditionally, strongwomen have had a special appeal, as women involved in demonstrated feats of strength were exceptions....

contest organized by the International Federation of Strength Athletes

International Federation of Strength Athletes

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

(IFSA). The format was similar to 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...

contest, but with lighter weights. The contest was first held in 2001.

The 2004 contest was cancelled after the withdrawal of sponsors TWI and BBC

BBC

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. The IFSA

IFSA

IFSA can refer to the following:* International Federation of Strength Athletes* International Financial Services Authority* International Forestry Students' Association* International Free Skiers Association* International Freestyle Skater Association...

replaced it with the Strongwoman World Championships.

Official results

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Location
2009*	Poland Aneta Florczyk Aneta Florczyk Aneta Florczyk pseud. Atena – Polish female athlete, especially strongwoman.Aneta Florczyk started her career at the age of 16, as a powerlifter. She won Polish Championships several times, and in 2000 became European Champion. As a first Polish athlete she has broken the barrier of...	England Gemma Taylor	United States Jill Mills Jill Mills Jill Mills is an American powerlifter and strongwoman.Mills competed in bodybuilding from 1993 to 1995, but turned to powerlifting in 1996. She is undefeated in powerlifting competition, and has set many state and national records....	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
2008*	Poland Aneta Florczyk Aneta Florczyk Aneta Florczyk pseud. Atena – Polish female athlete, especially strongwoman.Aneta Florczyk started her career at the age of 16, as a powerlifter. She won Polish Championships several times, and in 2000 became European Champion. As a first Polish athlete she has broken the barrier of...	United States Kristin Rhodes	Finland Kati Luoto	Tczew Tczew Tczew is a town on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 60,279 inhabitants . It is an important railway junction with a classification yard dating to the Prussian Eastern Railway... , Poland
2007*	NA	NA	NA	NA
2006*	Poland Aneta Florczyk Aneta Florczyk Aneta Florczyk pseud. Atena – Polish female athlete, especially strongwoman.Aneta Florczyk started her career at the age of 16, as a powerlifter. She won Polish Championships several times, and in 2000 became European Champion. As a first Polish athlete she has broken the barrier of...	Sweden Anna Rosen	Sweden Anki Oberg	Opalenica Opalenica Opalenica is a town in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 9,861 inhabitants .The noble de Opalenica Opaliński family originated here as lords of the area and a branch of the de Bnin Bniński family of Clan Łodzia.There was a narrow-gauge railway in Opalenica but it closed... , Poland
2005*	Poland Aneta Florczyk	England Gemma Taylor	United States Jill Mills Jill Mills Jill Mills is an American powerlifter and strongwoman.Mills competed in bodybuilding from 1993 to 1995, but turned to powerlifting in 1996. She is undefeated in powerlifting competition, and has set many state and national records....	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
2004	NOT HELD
2003	Poland Aneta Florczyk	Sweden Anna Rosen	Finland Heini Koivuniemi	Victoria Falls Victoria Falls The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.-Introduction:... , Zambia
2002	United States Jill Mills	United Kingdom Abbey Louise Haigh	Finland Heini Koivuniemi	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... , Malaysia
2001	United States Jill Mills	Finland Heini Koivuniemi	United States Robin Coleman Robin Coleman Robin Coleman is an American actress with backgrounds in figure competition, rowing, professional strongwoman, and former female bodybuilder....	Victoria Falls, Zambia
2000	NOT HELD
1999	NOT HELD
1998	NOT HELD
1997	Denmark Michelle Sorensen	England Joanne Barter	Norway Anna Stikkelstad	Denmark

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