2009 World's Strongest Man
2009 World's Strongest Man | |
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Competition information | |
Dates | 26 September - 3 October 2009 |
Venue | Valetta |
Country | Malta |
Athletes participating | 30 |
Nations participating | 17 |
Champion(s) | |
Žydrūnas Savickas | |
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The World's Strongest Man 2009 was the 32nd edition of
Qualifying
The official qualifying competition for the 2009 WSM was the newly created
This ethos led to a mixture of qualifying criteria applied.
Competitors
The 2009 WSM line-up was widely agreed to have been one of, if not the best ever. Every major federation and Strongman competition was represented. Among those competing were the current and 5-time World's Strongest Man,
Source:[3]
Name | Nationality | WSM record | Other Strongman Achievements |
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Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 5 time World's Strongest Man champion (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) 2nd place 2006 World's Strongest Man, 4th place 2000 |
2 time World Strongman Cup overall champion 2006, 2007 overall World Champion
4 time Strongman Super Series |
Jarek Dymek | Poland | 4th place 2005 World's Strongest Man | Europe's Strongest Man 2005 |
Alexander Klyushev | Russia | Russia's Strongest Man 2008 Second place in World's Strongest Nation 2008 | |
Richard Skog | Norway | 2009 Norway's strongest man 2nd place 2009 Giants Live Norway | |
Mark Felix | England | 4th place 2006 World's Strongest Man | 2 time Rolling Thunder World Champion and World Record HolderIFSA Britain's Strongest Man 2005 |
Stefán Sölvi Pétursson | Iceland | Iceland's Strongest Man 2009 (and 2008 IFSA) 3rd place Giants Live Poland 2009 | |
Travis Ortmayer | United States | 5th place 2008 World's Strongest Man | 3rd at Arnold Strongman Classic 2009 2nd place 2005 IFSA Pan-American Championships 1st place 2008 Strongman Super Series Madison Square Garden Grand Prix 1st place 2009 Giants Live Norway |
Derek Poundstone | United States | 2nd place 2008 World's Strongest Man | 2 time IFSA Strongman World Championships
2nd place 2007 World's Strongest Team |
Brian Shaw | United States | 3rd place Fortissimus 2009 Winner of 2009 FIT Expo | |
Phil Pfister | United States | 2006 World's Strongest Man champion 4th place 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008 |
3rd place America's Strongest Man
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Kevin Nee | United States | 6th place 2007 World's Strongest Man(youngest competitor to ever make the finals) | Youngest ever competitor in WSM in 2005 2nd place 2007 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix |
Zydrunas Savickas
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Lithuania | 2nd place World's Strongest Man 2002-2004 | Six time winner of World Log Lift Championships
World Record Holder in 8 separate Strongman events 10 time winner Lithuania's Strongest Man 1st place 2007 World's Strongest Team |
Jimmy Laureys | Belgium | 2008 Belgium's Strongest Man | |
Terry Hollands | England | 3rd WSM 2007 | England's Strongest Man (WSM) 2009
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Jimmy Marku | England | England's Strongest Man 2006-2008
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Laurence Shahlaei | England | England's Strongest Man 2009
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Darren Sadler | England | 2007 Champion IFSA World Strongman Challenge u105k 2nd 2005 World Championships u105k(IFSA) | |
Sebastian Wenta | Poland | 2nd at 2007 WSM | Highlander World Champion (07,08,09)
3rd at 2008 Fortissimus |
Johannes Arsjo
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Sweden | 4th Place Viking Power Challenge 2009 | |
Martin Wildauer | Austria | 3rd Strongman Champions League Finland Grand Prix 2009 | |
Dave Ostlund
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United States | 3rd WSM 2008 | 1st Madison Square Garden Super Series 2008
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Marshall White | United States | Bucharest WSMSS Grand Prix 2009 winner
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Agris Kazelniks
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Latvia | 2nd Strongman Champions League Holland Grand Prix 2009 | |
Andrus Murumets | Estonia | Estonia's Strongest Man (02 and 05) Multiple wins in Strongman Champions League Grand Prixs 3rd 2007 Arnold Strongman Classic | |
Konstantin Ilin
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Ukraine | 2009 Ukraine's Strongest Man | |
Florian Trimpl | Germany | 2009 Germany's Strongest Man | |
Ettiene Smit | South Africa | 6 times South Africa's Strongest Man | |
Ervin Katona | Serbia | 2nd place in 2008 Strongman Champions League | |
Christian Savoie | Canada | 2009 Canada's Strongest Man | |
Louis Philippe Jean
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Canada | 2008 Canada's Strongest Man | |
Tarmo Mitt |
Reserve:Estonia | 5th in 2006 4 consecutive finals (2005–08) |
6x Estonia's Strongest Man 2nd overall in 2006 Sweden Super Series 2008
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Simon Sulaiman |
Reserve:Netherlands/ Syria | Holland's Strongest Man 2009 |
Format
The 25 competitors were split into five separate heats, each consisting of six events. After each event each competitor was given points, from 5 for first to 1 for last. Half points occurred if more than one competitor has the same result, and no points were scored if a competitor did not take part in an event. The points were tallied after the six events and the two competitors with the most points from each heat progressed to the final. The final consisted of seven events and the champion was the competitor with the most points after all of the events.
The Head referee was Colin Bryce, assisted by Svend Karlsen (the 2001 World's Strongest Man). Jouko Ahola, World's Strongest Man winner from 1997 and 1999, was the equipment manager.
Events
There were a total of 15 different events used in the competition:
In the Group stages the a mixture of the following events were used:
- Medley - Cannon ball & sledge (the event took place on the Valletta Waterfront)
- Medley - Anchor & chain & barrels (the event took place on the Valletta Waterfront)
- Truck Pull (the event took place on the Valletta Waterfront - all groups were involved)
- Squat Lift (the event took place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior - groups one and four involved)
- Dead Lift (the event took place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior - groups two, three and five involved)
- Car Walk (the event took place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior - groups one, three and four involved)
- Fingal's Fingers (the event took place on the Birgu Waterfront - groups two and five were involved)
- Dumbbell Press (the event took place on the Birgu Waterfront - groups one and three were involved)
- Keg Toss (the event took place at Golden Bay - groups two, four and five were involved)
- Atlas Stones (the event took place at Golden Bay - all groups were involved)
In the final:
- Fingal's Fingers (the event took place at Fort St Elmo)
- Giant Farmer's Walk (the event took place at Fort St Elmo)
- Plane Pull (limited public access)
- Overhead Lift - Apollon's Axle (the event took place at Wied iz-Zurrieq)
- Boat Pull (the event took place at Wied iz-Zurrieq)
- Car Deadlift (the event took place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior)
- Atlas Stones (the event took place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior)
Heats
Group 1
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Medley |
Event 2 Truck Pull |
Event 3 Squat Lift |
Event 4 Carwalk |
Event 5 Dumbbell Press |
Event 6 Atlas Stones |
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1 (34pts) | Derek Poundstone | United States | 1 (38.71s) | 1 (42.66s) | 2 (6 in 30.02s) | 1 (19.09s) | 1 (9 reps) | 2 (4 stones in 25.1s) |
4 (18pts) | Jimmy Marku | England | 2 (44.06s) | 6 (1m 07.47s) | 1 (6 in 25.57s) | 5 (12.3m) | 4= (0 reps) | 3 (4 stones in 59.6s) |
WD (after Rd 5) | Kevin Nee | United States | 6 (16.6m) | 5 (1m 05.59s) | 3 (6 in 31.19s) | 3 (46.53s) | 4= (0 reps) | WD |
3 (21pts) | Konstiantyn Ilin
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Ukraine | 5 (1m 06.49s) | 2 (50.08s) | 4 (6 in 31.85s) | 4 (49.34s) | 2 (8 reps) | 4 (2 stones in 37.42s) |
2 (25pts) | Louis-Philippe Jean | Canada | 3 (46.00s) | 3 (58.28s) | 5 (5 in 26.38s) | 2 (26.6s) | 3 (6 reps) | 1 (5 stones in 48.73s) |
WD (after Rd 2) | Sebastian Wenta | Poland | 4 (54.37s) | 4 (58.37s) | WD | WD | WD | WD |
Group 2
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Medley |
Event 2 Truck Pull |
Event 3 Dead Lift |
Event 4 Fingal's Fingers |
Event 5 Keg Toss |
Event 6 Atlas Stones |
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2 (30pts) | Brian Shaw | United States | 2 (22.79s) | 1 (42.19s) | 3 (7 in 35.97s) | 2 (5 in 31.34s) | 2 (8 in 29.41s) | 2 (5 stones in 29.27s) |
4 (17pts) | Mark Felix | England | 3 (24.13s) | 5 (51.56s) | 1 (7 in 31.36s) | 5 (4 in 34.15s) | 6 (4 in 1m15:00s) | 5 (5 stones in 48.49s) |
6 (12.5pts) | Marshall White | United States | 6 (28.67s) | 6 (56.97s) | 6 (4 in 17.67s) | 3 (5 in 56.67s) | 4= (6 in 1m15:00s) | 4 (5 stones in 37.67s) |
5 (13.5pts) | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 4 (25.28s) | 4 (50.94s) | 4 (7 in 36.26s) | 6 (4 in 56.68s) | 4= (6 in 1m15:00s) | 6 (4 stones in 30.90s) |
3 (21pts) | Stefan Solvi Petursson
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Iceland | 5 (26.78s) | 3 (50.07s) | 5 (6 in 31.57s) | 4 (4 in 29.22s) | 1 (8 in 23.53s) | 3 (5 stones in 30.43s) |
1 (32pts) | Zydrunas Savickas
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Lithuania | 1 (22.63s) | 2 (43.53s) | 2 (7 in 31.64s) | 1 (5 in 31.06s) | 3 (8 in 30.19s) | 1 (5 stones in 28.20s) |
Group 3
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Medley |
Event 2 Truck Pull |
Event 3 Dead Lift |
Event 4 Carwalk |
Event 5 Dumbbell Press |
Event 6 Atlas Stones |
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5 (17.5pts) | Alexander Klyushev | Russia | 6 (49.83s) | 5 (1m10.06s) | 4 (7 in 45.97s) | 3 (25.06s) | 1= (6 reps) | 5 (4 in 38.27s) |
3 (22pts) | Darren Sadler | England | 4 (45.17s) | 4 (1m02.31s) | 1 (7 in 35.19s) | 5 (47.41s) | 3 (4 reps) | 3 (4 in 35.85s) |
4 (20.5pts) | Ervin Katona | Serbia | 3 (44.12s) | 3 (49.22s) | 3 (7 in 43.03s) | 4 (28.28s) | 4= (3 reps) | 4 (4 in 37.14s) |
6 (7pts) | Jimmy Laureys | Belgium | 5 (49.53s) | 6 (1m10.91s) | 5 (5 in 33.07s) | 6 (5.8m) | 6 (0 reps) | 6 (4 in 39.21s) |
2 (27.5pts) | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 2 (37.81s) | 2 (45.40s) | 2 (7 in 36.50s) | 2 (20.72s) | 4= (3 reps) | 2 (5 in 33.91s) |
1 (30.5pts) | Phil Pfister | United States | 1 (35.90s) | 1 (40.91s) | 6 (4 in 23.25s) | 1 (20.30s) | 1= (6 reps) | 1 (5 in 24.88s) |
Group 4
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Medley |
Event 2 Truck Pull |
Event 3 Squat Lift |
Event 4 Carwalk |
Event 5 Keg Toss |
Event 6 Atlas Stones |
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6 (15.5pts) | Agris Kazelniks
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Latvia | 6 (33.85s) | 5 (56.88s) | 3 (6 in 32.27s) | 4 (25.63s) | 4= (4 in 1m15s) | 4 (4 in 47.43s) |
4 (20pts) | Ettiene Smit | South Africa | 5 (25.58s) | 6 (1m02.50s) | 2 (6 in 27.48s) | 2 (22.66s) | 1 (8 in 25.89s) | 6 (3 in 51.19s) |
3 (22pts) | Johannes Arsjo
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Sweden | 1 (22.09s) | 4 (56.32s) | 4 (6 in 36.65s) | 6 (34.41s) | 2 (7 in 1m15s) | 3 (5 in 35.23s) |
1 (26pts) | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 2 (23.84s) | 1 (45.42s) | 1 (7 in 35.65s) | 1 (21.87s) | 6 (3 in 1m15s) | 5 (3 in 25.54s) |
5 (19.5pts) | Richard Skog | Norway | 4 (25.03s) | 2 (46.75s) | 5 (4 in 18.05s) | 5 (32.22s) | 4= (4 in 1m15s) | 2 (5 in 29.97s) |
2 (23pts) | Travis Ortmayer | United States | 3 (24.15s) | 3 (49.13s) | 6 (2 in 7.57s) | 3 (24.44s) | 3 (6 in 1m15s) | 1 (5 in 27.96s) |
Group 5
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Medley |
Event 2 Truck Pull |
Event 3 Dead Lift |
Event 4 Fingal's Fingers |
Event 5 Keg Toss |
Event 6 Atlas Stones |
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3 (26pts) | Andrus Murumets | Estonia | 1 (34.38s) | 4 (47.07s) | 2 (6 in 30.89s) | 4 (4 in 45.45s) | 2= (6 in 1m15s) | 2 (5 in 30.03s) |
4 (18pts) | Christian Savoie | Canada | 3 (37.78s) | 2 (45.91s) | 4 (6 in 38.79s) | 6 (3 in 22.83s) | 6 (4 in 1m15s) | 3 (5 in 32.85s) |
2 (26pts) | Dave Ostlund
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United States | 5 (42.15s) | 3 (46.28s) | 3 (6 in 30.96s) | 1 (5 in 33.84s) | 2= (6 in 1m15s) | 1 (5 in 26.66s) |
6 (12pts) | Florian Trimpl | Germany | 4 (41.98s) | 5 (57.43s) | 6 (5 in 32.74s) | 5 (4 in 49.85s) | 5 (5 in 1m15s) | 5 (4 in 32.66s) |
5 (15pts) | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 6 (46.40s) | 6 (16.2m) | 5 (5 in 24.30s) | 3 (4 in 32.47s) | 1 (7 in 1m15s) | 6 (4 in 34.49s) |
1 (29pts) | Terry Hollands | England | 2 (36.41s) | 1 (40.50s) | 1 (7 in 32.70s) | 2 (4 in 27.83s) | 2= (6 in 1m15s) | 4 (5 in 44.05s) |
Final
Dates: 1, 2, 3 September 2009. Results published at Official WSM site
Results
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Fingal's Fingers |
Event 2 Medley Giant Farmer's Walk |
Event 3 Plane Pull |
Event 4 Overhead Lift Apollon's Axle |
Event 5 Boat Pull |
Event 6 Car Deadlift |
Event 7 Atlas Stones |
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01 (58pts) | Žydrūnas Savickas | Lithuania | 01 (5 in 28.69s WR) | 04 (36.20s) | 02 (40.24s) | 01 (9 lifts) | 08 (1m02.94s) | 01 (11 lifts) | 02 (5 in 24.63s) |
02 (53pts) | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 06 (5 in 36.47s) | 01 (25.05s) | 05 (40.91s) | 02= (8 lifts) | 02 (39.38s) | 02= (9 lifts) | 05 (5 in 26.57s) |
03 (49pts) | Brian Shaw | United States | 03 (5 in 32.37s) | 07 (48.80s) | 03= (40.53s) | 05 (6 lifts) | 01 (32.44s) | 04= (8 lifts) | 04 (5 in 25.62s) |
04 (46pts) | Derek Poundstone | United States | 05 (5 in 35.38s) | 02 (31.63s) | 06 (41.12s) | 02= (8 lifts) | 07 (1m06.14s) | 02= (9 lifts) | 06 (5 in 27.03s) |
05 (45.5pts) | Travis Ortmayer | United States | 04 (5 in 34.85s) | 10 (45.05m) | 03 (40.53s) | 04 (7 lifts) | 03 (45.88s) | 06 (7 lifts) | 01 (5 in 24.29s) |
06 (41pts) | Terry Hollands | England | 08 (5 in 43.07s) | 06 (37.13s) | 01 (38.19s) | 09= (2 lifts) | 04 (47.07s) | 04= (8 lifts) | 03 (5 in 25.22s) |
07 (28.5pts) | Phil Pfister | United States | 07 (5 in 37.57s) | 05 (36.86s) | 07 (42.56s) | 06= (5 lifts) | 05 (50.89s) | 10 (0 lifts) | 07 (5 in 28.67s) |
08 (25pts) | Dave Ostlund
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United States | 02 (5 in 32.08s) | 09 (1m12.37s) | 08 (45.53s) | 08 (4 lifts) | 09 (1m06.14s) | 08 (5 lifts) | 08 (5 in 32.13s) |
09 (23.5pts) | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 09 (4 in 38.03s) | 03 (33.54s) | 09 (45.54s) | 09= (2 lifts) | 06 (51.13s) | 07 (6 lifts) | 10 (4 in 28.03s) |
10 (14.5pts) | Louis-Philippe Jean | Canada | 10 (4 in 44.11s) | 08 (50.45s) | 10 (46.69s) | 06= (5 lifts) | 10 (12.3m) | 09 (3 lifts) | 09 (5 in 51.47s) |
Television broadcast
United States
In the USA the event was broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 in January 2010, on Thursday 7 January and Saturday 9 January, with some repeat screenings on Sunday 10, 17 and 24 January. Further screenings in late February and March are planned.[5]
United Kingdom
In the UK
References
- ^ World’s Strongest Man 2009: More on the Competitors, Ironmind, Thursday, 6 August 2009 , by Randall J. Strossen
- ^ a b "Thursday, August 6, 2009 World's Strongest Man: Who's Invited?, Ironmind, by Randall J. Strossen". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Official Site - 2009 Competitors
- ^ Heats result tables Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Official site - Broadcast schedule
- Bravo.