Strongman Super Series

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The Strongman Super Series, now known as the World's Strongest Man Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics. It was introduced in 2001 in response to concerns that, unlike other individual sports such as golf or tennis, there was no recognized international "tour" in strength athletics. The Strongman Super Series ensures that there are a number of high-profile, professionally run contests during the year, with competitors' placings being used to decide the overall Super Series Champion.

Typically, ten to twelve athletes take part in each GP, comprising the top six in the international rankings and at least four qualifiers or wildcard entries. The winner of each grand prix receives ten series points, the second placed, nine, and so on. The highest scoring competitor at the end of the series is named World Champion.

World Class Events ("WCE") ran the Super Series and signed a deal with TWI (the world’s largest independent producer and distributor of sports programming) to have the exclusive rights worldwide to be the only qualifying tour to the MET-Rx World's Strongest Man event for 2006-2008.[1] The top four athletes from each Grand Prix competition receive an automatic invitation to WSM.

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[edit] Super Series World Champions

Year Athlete Nationality
2001 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden
2002 Hugo Girard  Canada
2003/4 Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland
2004/5 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania
2005* Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland
2006* Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland
2007* Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland
2008* Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland

*WSM Super Series


[edit] 2001

Eight elite competitors were selected by IFSA to compete in all events of the grand prix series. They were:

Additional athletes were selected on a per-event basis.[2] Points were awarded based on the position in the event, in the following manner: 1st:6; 2nd:5; 3rd:4; 4th:3; 5th:2; and 6th:1.

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Holland Grand Prix 2001 Flag of the Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of the Netherlands
Czech Grand Prix 2001 (Hammer Strength) (August 2001)[3] Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Flag of the Czech Republic Prague
Stockholm Grand Prix 2001 (27th October) Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Sweden Scandinavian Fitness Expo in Älvsjö, Stockholm
Overall placings Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson (15pts) Flag of Canada Hugo Girard (13pts) Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen (13pts) Flag of Sweden Stockholm

[edit] Notes

[edit] 2002

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Aberdeen Grand Prix (World Muscle Power 2002) Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Finland Janne Virtanen Flag of Scotland Aberdeen
Sweden Grand Prix 2002 (Hammer Strength) Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Sweden Sweden
Hawaii Grand Prix Final (held in Jan 2003) (24-Hour Fitness Grand Prix Final) Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of the United States Hawaii
Overall placings Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Canada Canada

[edit] 2003/04

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Hawaii Grand Prix 2003 Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Latvia Raimonds Bergmanis Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of the United States Hawaii
Holland Grand Prix 2003 Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of the Netherlands Jorma Hamms Flag of the Netherlands Holland
Canada Grand Prix 2003 Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Canada Canada
Finland Grand Prix 2003 Flag of Canada Hugo Girard Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Latvia Raimonds Bergmanis Flag of Finland Finland
Arnold's Strongest Man and Grand Prix Final 2003/4 Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Latvia Raimonds Bergmanis Flag of the United States Columbus, Ohio
Overall placings Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Latvia Raimonds Bergmanis Flag of Poland Poland

[edit] Super Series 2004/2005

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Moscow Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk Flag of Russia Moscow
Sweden Grand Prix Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Norway Svend Karlsen Flag of Sweden Sweden

[edit] WSM Super Series 2005

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Met-Rx Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of the United States Jesse Marunde Flag of Finland Janne Virtanen Flag of the United States Muscle Beach
Nautilus Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland Slawomir Toczek Flag of the United States Jesse Marunde Flag of Poland Poland
Vulkan Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Finland Janne Virtanen Flag of the United States Jesse Marunde Flag of Sweden Sweden
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Canada Jessen Paulin Flag of the United States Don Pope Flag of the United States Mohegan Sun
Overall placings Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of ? TBC Flag of ? TBC

[edit] WSM Super Series 2006

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Moscow Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Russia Elbrus Nigmatullin Flag of Canada Jessen Paulin Flag of Russia Russia
Poland Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland Jarek Dymek Flag of Poland Sebastian Wenta Flag of Poland Poland
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of the United States Jesse Marunde Flag of the United States Josh Thigpen Flag of the United States Mohegan Sun
Overall placings Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of ? TBC Flag of ? TBC

[edit] WSM Super Series 2007

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of the United States Kevin Nee Flag of the United Kingdom Mark Felix Flag of the United States Mohegan Sun
Venice Beach Super Series Flag of the United States Dave Ostlund Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of the United States Jesse Marunde Flag of the United States Venice Beach
Viking Power Super Series 2007 Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland Jarek Dymek Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Norway Norway
Overall placings Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of ? TBC Flag of ? TBC

[edit] WSM Super Series 2008

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
Mohegan Sun Grand Prix Flag of the United States Derek Poundstone Flag of Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of the United Kingdom Terry Hollands Flag of the United States Mohegan Sun
Madison Square Garden Super Series Flag of the United States Travis Ortmayer Flag of the United States Derek Poundstone Flag of the United States Dave Ostlund Flag of the United States Madison Square Garden
Viking Power Super Series 2008 Flag of Norway Arild Haugen Flag of Poland Sebastian Wenta Flag of Norway Richard Skog Flag of Norway Storefjell
Sweden Super Series Flag of Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Estonia Tarmo Mitt Flag of Norway Richard Skog Flag of Sweden Sweden
Overall placings Flag of the United States Derek Poundstone

Events from 2001 to 2006 from Archive of www.super-series.com

[edit] References

  1. ^ WCE AND TWI SHOW STRENGTH IN PARTNERSHIP
  2. ^ IFSA Grand Prix Competitors Named . . . by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2008 IronMind
  3. ^ Girard Wins IFSA Prague Super Series by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2008 IronMind
  4. ^ Sweden's Strongest Man site

[edit] External links

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