# Austria's Strongest Man

Austria's Strongest Man is an annual strongman contest consisting of exclusively Austrian strength athletes. The event was established in 1989, the inaugural winner was Manfred Hoeberl who would go on to win the title a total of 7 times. His record was equaled by Martin Wildauer who also won the title 7 times.
The title and winners often creates confusion as different sources provide different results, specially between 1992 and 2005, and the titles also coinciding with that of other competitions: Austrian Summer Giants and Austrian Winter Giants in addition to be governed by two different federations: Austrian Strongman Federation and Catch Wrestling Association.

## Champions breakdown

| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Remarks |
| 1989 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | |
| 1990 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | |
| 1991 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | |
| 1992 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 1992 | Karl Saliger | Leopold Krendl | August Smisl | (As per Strength Results) |
| 1993 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 1993 | Karl Saliger | August Smisl | Leopold Krendl | (As per Strength Results) |
| 1994 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 1994 | Karl Saliger | Franz Siller | Anton Tucek | (As per Strength Results) |
| 1995 | Karl Saliger | August Smisl | Franz Siller | |
| 1996 | Manfred Hoeberl | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 1996 | August Smisl | Manfred Gruber | Christian Gärtner | (As per Strength Results) |
| 1997 | Franz Siller | Manfred Gruber | Karl Bauer | |
| 1998 | Ralf Ber | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 1998 | Franz Siller | Karl Bauer | Oliver Gratzer | (As per Strength Results) |
| 1999 | Karl Bauer | Manfred Gruber | Ralf Ber | |
| 2000 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Manfred Gruber | Hubert Dorer | |
| 2001 | Ralf Ber | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Franz Mullner | |
| 2002 | Hubert Dorer | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 2002 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Markus Stark | Karl Bauer | (As per Strength Results) |
| 2003 | Ralf Ber | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 2003 | Franz Mullner | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Markus Stark | (As per Strength Results) |
| 2004 | Ralf Ber | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 2004 | Franz Mullner | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Oliver Gratzer | (As per Strength Results) |
| 2005 | Franz Mullner | | | (As per David Horne) |
| 2005 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Oliver Gratzer | Stefan Weiermann | (As per Strength Results) |
| 2006 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Stefan Weiermann | Wolfgang Kriechbaum | |
| 2007 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Oliver Gratzer | Wolfgang Kriechbaum | |
| 2008 | Gregor Stegnar | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Martin Wildauer | |
| 2009 | Martin Wildauer | Gerhard Trawöger | Michael Votter | |
| 2010 | Martin Wildauer | Alexander Meyer | Michael Votter | |
| 2011 | Martin Wildauer | Gerhard Trawöger | Erwin Geisler | |
| 2012 | Martin Wildauer | Michael Votter | Alexander Meyer | |
| 2013 | Martin Wildauer | Alexander Meyer | Thomas Wanek | |
| 2014 | Michael Votter | Manuel Comper | Erwin Geisler | |
| 2015 ASF | Nemanja Tasic | Manuel Comper | Michael Votter | |
| 2015 CWA | Michael Votter | Manuel Comper | Nemanja Tasic | |
| 2016 ASF | Martin Wildauer | Michael Votter | Nemanja Tasic | |
| 2016 CWA | Michael Votter | Manuel Comper | Oliver Hanschek-Wagner | |
| 2017 | Martin Wildauer | Ronald Knoll | Emanuel Pescari | |
| 2018 | Michael Votter | Oliver Hanschek-Wagner | Emanuel Pescari | |
| 2019 | Matjaz Belsak | Nemanja Tasic | Peter Reinthaler | |
| 2020–2021 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2022 | Emanuel Pescari | Samuel Hausberger | Peter Reinthaler | |
| 2023 | Emanuel Pescari | Samuel Hausberger | Peter Reinthaler | |
| 2024 | Jan Trettenbrein | Maximilian Fleck | Stefan Larch | |