# 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 holds the record for most wins with six titles. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson holds five titles, Geoff Capes, Riku Kiri, Žydrūnas Savickas each hold three titles & Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Jamie Reeves, Manfred Hoeberl, Jouko Ahola and Luke Stoltman each hold two titles.
As of 2010, the Europe's Strongest Man contest has become a part of the Giants Live season of annual grand prix events. The contest serves as a qualifying event for the World's Strongest Man contest, with the top 3 placings qualifying for that year's WSM contest.

## Championship breakdown

| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Location |
| 1980 | Geoff Capes | Richard Slaney | Vincenz Hortnagl | London, United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Lars Hedlund | Geoff Capes | Un­known | Sweden |
| 1982 | Geoff Capes | Simon Wulfse | Roger Ekstrom | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1983 | Simon Wulfse | Geoff Capes | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Arnhem, Netherlands |
| 1984 | Geoff Capes | Ab Wolders | Rudolf Kuster | Marken, Netherlands |
| 1985 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Un­known | Un­known | Iceland |
| 1986 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Un­known | Un­known | Portugal |
| 1987 | Ab Wolders | Geoff Capes | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Netherlands |
| 1988 | Jamie Reeves | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Mark Higgins | Netherlands |
| 1989 | Jamie Reeves | Mark Higgins | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland |
| 1990 | Henning Thorsen | Ted Van Der Parre | Mark Higgins | Denmark |
| 1991 | Gary Taylor & Forbes Cowan | Gary Taylor & Forbes Cowan | Jamie Reeves | United Kingdom |
| 1992 | László Fekete | Ilkka Nummisto | Markku Suonenvirta | Budapest, Hungary |
| 1992 | Ted van der Parre | Magnús Ver Magnússon & Jamie Reeves | Magnús Ver Magnússon & Jamie Reeves | Denmark |
| 1993 | Manfred Hoeberl | Gary Taylor | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Norway |
| 1994 | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known |
| 1994 | Manfred Hoeberl | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Gary Taylor | France |
| 1995 | Riku Kiri | Jouko Ahola | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Heide, Germany |
| 1996 | Riku Kiri | Heinz Ollesch | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1997 | Riku Kiri | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Berend Veneberg | Hardenburg, Netherlands |
| 1998 | Jouko Ahola | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Svend Karlsen | Finland |
| 1999 | Jouko Ahola | Regin Vagadal | Magnus Samuelsson | Faroe Islands |
| 2000 | Berend Veneberg | Magnus Samuelsson | Jarek Dymek | Sevenum, Netherlands |
| 2001 | Svend Karlsen | Janne Virtanen | Magnus Samuelsson | Helsinki, Finland |
| 2002 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jarek Dymek | Svend Karlsen | Gdynia, Poland |
| 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Jarek Dymek | Raimonds Bergmanis | Sandomierz, Poland |
| 2004 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Tomasz Nowotniak | Žydrūnas Savickas | Jelenia Góra, Poland |
| 2005 | Jarek Dymek | Janne Virtanen | Mykhailo Starov | Płock, Poland |
| 2006 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2007 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Stoyan Todorchev | Sebastian Wenta | Łódź, Poland |
| 2008 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Grzegorz Szymański | Sławomir Toczek | Szczecinek, Poland |
| 2009 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Krzysztof Radzikowski | Mateusz Baron | Bartoszyce, Poland |
| 2010 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Terry Hollands | Mark Felix | London, United Kingdom |
| 2011 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2012 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vytautas Lalas | Laurence Shahlaei | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vytautas Lalas | Krzysztof Radzikowski | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Johannes Arsjo | Graham Hicks | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2015 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Krzysztof Radzikowski | Mark Felix & Dainis Zageris | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Laurence Shahlaei | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson & Johannes Arsjo | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson & Johannes Arsjo | | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2017 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Eddie Hall | Terry Hollands | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2018 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Konstantine Janashia | Mateusz Kieliszkowski | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Mateusz Kieliszkowski | Konstantine Janashia | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2020 | Luke Richardson | Adam Bishop | Ervin Toots | Harrogate, United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Luke Stoltman | Oleksii Novikov | Graham Hicks | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2022 | Oleksii Novikov | Luke Stoltman | Konstantine Janashia | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Pavlo Kordiyaka | Oleksii Novikov | Aivars Šmaukstelis | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2024 | Luke Stoltman | Aivars Šmaukstelis | Oleksii Novikov | Leeds, United Kingdom |

### Notes

* All names from either Dave Horne's world of grip or Body.Builder.hu Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine except those specified by Note 1

### Multiple champions

| Name | Country | Times | Years |
| Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 6 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 5 | 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Geoff Capes | United Kingdom | 3 | 1980, 1982, 1984 |
| Riku Kiri | Finland | 3 | 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| Žydrūnas Savickas | Lithuania | 3 | 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 2 | 1985, 1986 |
| Jamie Reeves | United Kingdom | 2 | 1988, 1989 |
| Manfred Hoeberl | Austria | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
| Jouko Ahola | Finland | 2 | 1998, 1999 |
| Luke Stoltman | United Kingdom | 2 | 2021, 2024 |

### Championships by country

| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| Iceland | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Poland | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| Finland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |