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Strongman Super Series

Field	Value
title	World Strongman Super Series
logo	StrongmanSuperSeries09Logo.jpg
caption	The official logo of World Strongman Super Series 2010
founded
tournament_format	Multi-event competition
folded	2010
champion	USA Brian Shaw

The Strongman Super Series, known from 2001 to 2004 as the IFSA World Strongman Super Series, from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series, and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman 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 in co-operation with the International Federation of Strength Athletes ("IFSA") from 2001 to 2004 until IFSA cut ties with WCE and World's Strongest Man and began promoting their own grand prix events and world championships. In 2005, WCE signed a deal with Trans World International ("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 2005–2008. The top four athletes from each Grand Prix competition receive an automatic invitation to WSM.

On April 27, 2009 Giants Live, an arena-based series of live strongman competitions, was named the Official World's Strongest Man Qualifying Tour for 2009–2011, thus taking over from the Strongman Super Series in this regard. The first 2009 qualifying event took place on May 17 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, and the second event being the Viking Power competition in Norway, and finishing off the 2009 season in Poland.

Super Series World Champions

Year	Athlete	Nationality
2001	Magnus Samuelsson	Sweden
2002	Hugo Girard	Canada
2003/4	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland
2004	Žydrūnas Savickas
2005*	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland
2006*	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland
2007*	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland
2008*	Derek Poundstone	United States
2009	Brian Shaw	United States
2010	Brian Shaw	United States

*WSM Super Series

2001

The International Federation of Strength Athletes co-produced the Strongman Super Series events from 2001 to 2004 along with World Class Events (WCE)/Ulf Bengtsson.

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
NED Netherlands
NED Wout Zijlstra	SWE Magnus Samuelsson	NOR Svend Karlsen	20 May 2001
CZE Prague, Czech Republic
CAN Hugo Girard	NOR Svend Karlsen	SWE Magnus Samuelsson	18 August 2001
SWE Stockholm, Sweden
SWE Magnus Samuelsson	CAN Hugo Girard	NOR Svend Karlsen	28 October 2001
	SWE Magnus Samuelsson
(15 points)	CAN Hugo Girard
(13 points)	NOR Svend Karlsen
(13 points)

2002

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
SCO Aberdeen, Scotland
NOR Svend Karlsen	CAN Hugo Girard	FIN Janne Virtanen	16 June 2002
SWE Stockholm, Sweden
CAN Hugo Girard	NOR Svend Karlsen	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	23 November 2002
USA Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
CAN Hugo Girard	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	17 January 2003
	CAN Hugo Girard
(17 points)	NOR Svend Karlsen
(13 points)	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas
9 points)

|Although held in 2003 the 2002 Hawaii Grand Prix was the final event of the 2002 Strongman Super Series and was not a part of, and had no effect on, the 2003 series.

2003

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
USA Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	LAT Raimonds Bergmanis	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	18 January 2003
NED Silvolde, Netherlands
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	NED Jarno Hams	14 June 2003
CAN North Bay, Canada
CAN Hugo Girard	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	NOR Svend Karlsen	1 August 2003
FIN Imatra, Finland
CAN Hugo Girard	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	LAT Raimonds Bergmanis	16 August 2003
USA Columbus, Ohio, United States
LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	NOR Svend Karlsen	LAT Raimonds Bergmanis	5-6 March 2004
	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	LAT Raimonds Bergmanis

|Although held in 2004 the 2004 Arnold's Strongest Man was the final event of the 2003 Strongman Super Series and was not a part of, and had no effect on, the 2004 series.

2004

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
RUS Moscow, Russia
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	UKR Vasyl Virastyuk	11 July 2004
SWE Gothenburg, Sweden
SWE Magnus Samuelsson	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	NOR Svend Karlsen	5 December 2004
	LTU Žydrūnas Savickas	UKR Vasyl Virastyuk	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski/
SWE Magnus Samuelsson

2005

Beginning in 2005, WSM/WCE cut all ties with IFSA, who had begun promoting their own separate grand prix events and world championships. The Strongman Super Series then became known as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and was the official qualifying tour for World's Strongest Man from 2005 to 2008.

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
USA Los Angeles, California, United States
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	USA Jesse Marunde	FIN Janne Virtanen	18 June 2005
POL Malbork, Poland
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	POL Slawomir Toczek	USA Jesse Marunde	16 July 2005
SWE Varberg, Sweden
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	FIN Janne Virtanen	USA Jesse Marunde	30 July 2005
USA Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	CAN Jessen Paulin	USA Don Pope	10 August 2005
	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	USA Jesse Marunde	Finland Janne Virtanen

2006

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
USA Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	USA Jesse Marunde	USA Josh Thigpen	1 June 2006
RUS Moscow, Russia
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	RUS Elbrus Nigmatullin	CAN Jessen Paulin	2 July 2006
POL Milicz, Poland
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	POL Jarek Dymek	POL Sebastian Wenta	12 August 2006
	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski

2007

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
USA Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	USA Kevin Nee	GBR Mark Felix	22 April 2007
USA Los Angeles, California, United States
USA Dave Ostlund	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	USA Jesse Marunde	16 June 2007
NOR Gol, Norway
POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	POL Jarek Dymek	SWE Magnus Samuelsson	7 July 2007
	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski

2008

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
USA Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
USA Derek Poundstone	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski	GBR Terry Hollands	19 January 2008
USA New York City, New York, United States
USA Travis Ortmayer	USA Derek Poundstone	USA Dave Ostlund	21 June 2008
NOR Gol, Norway
NOR Arild Haugen	POL Sebastian Wenta	NOR Richard Skog	5 July 2008
SWE Lysekil, Sweden
SWE Magnus Samuelsson	EST Tarmo Mitt	NOR Richard Skog	16 August 2008
	USA Derek Poundstone

2009

Giants Live replaced the World's Strongest Man Super Series beginning in 2009 as the official qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man. However, Strongman Super Series continued to hold events under the new title of World Strongman Super Series in 2009 & 2010.

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
ROM Bucharest, Romania
USA Marshall White	USA Nick Best	SWE Johannes Arsjo	4 July 2009
USA Los Angeles, California, United States
USA Brian Shaw	BUL Stoyan Todorchev	USA Jason Bergmann	14 November 2009
SWE Gothenburg, Sweden
USA Brian Shaw	BUL Stoyan Todorchev	USA Jason Bergmann	5 December 2009
	USA Brian Shaw (27 points)	BUL Stoyan Todorchev (24 points)	USA Nick Best (21 points)

2010

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place
USA Uncansville, Connecticut, United States
USA Derek Poundstone	USA Brian Shaw	BUL Stoyan Todorchev	25 April 2010
NOR Gol, Norway
USA Brian Shaw	SWE Johannes Arsjo	GBR Laurence Shahlaei	26 June 2010
SWE Lysekil, Sweden
USA Brian Shaw	USA Nick Best	GBR Laurence Shahlaei	17 December 2010
	USA Brian Shaw
(33 points)	USA Dave Ostlund
(19.5 points)	GBR Laurence Shahlaei
(16 points)

References

[http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/159466/wce-and-twi-show-strength-in-partnership WCE AND TWI SHOW STRENGTH IN PARTNERSHIP]
[http://www.giantslive.net/more_info.html#official GIANTS LIVE NAMED OFFICIAL QUALIFYING TOUR FOR WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN COMPETITION] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-07-24)
"2001 Holland Grand Prix".
"2001 Czech Grand Prix".
"2001 Sweden Grand Prix".
"Hugo Girard won the Hammer Strength Grand Prix Stockholm".
"Hugo Girard Handily Wins Stockholm Super Series GP".
(18 January 2003). "Hugo: Huge Win in Hawaii".
(19 January 2003). "Hugo Girard: World Record in Farmer's Walk".
(19 January 2003). "Pudzianowski Wins 2003 IFSA Hawaiian Grand Prix".
"2003 Holland Grand Prix".
"2003 Canada Grand Prix results".
"2003 Finland Grand Prix results".
"2004 Arnold's Strongest Man Results".
(12 July 2004). "Moscow Super Series: More Results, Bergmanis Sets World Record, "Tremendous Enthusiasm"".
(5 December 2004). "Magnus Samuelsson Wins the Swedish Grand Prix".
(19 June 2005). "Pudzianowski, Marunde, Virtanen and Filiou Qualify for WSM '05".
(16 July 2020). "Polish Power: Pudzianowski and Toczek Shine in Nautilus WSM Super Series".
(30 July 2005). "Mariusz Pudzianowski Wins WSMSS Vulkan Grand Prix".
(10 August 2005). "Mariusz Wins Mohegan Sun Grand Prix . . . Paulen, Pope and Thigpen Qualify for WSM".
(1 June 2006). "Mariusz Pudzianowski: Big Win at the Mohegan Sun".
(2 July 2006). "Mariusz Wins WSMSS Moscow Grand Prix".
(12 August 2006). "WSMSS Poland Grand Prix".
(24 April 2007). "From the Mohegan Sun to WSM '07".
(16 June 2007). "Dave Ostlund Wins at Muscle Beach".
(9 July 2007). "Mariusz: Marching Toward WSM '07".
(19 January 2008). "Poundstone Wins the Mohegan Sun Grand Prix".
(21 June 2008). "Travis Ortmayer Blossoms in the Garden: The Texan Stone Eater Wins the Super Series Madison Square Garden Grand Prix . . . Qualifies for World's Strongest Man".
(5 July 2008). "Arild Haugen Wins Viking Power Challenge".
(17 August 2008). "Magnus Samuelsson Wins Final Leg of the 2008 WSM Super Series".
[http://www.worldclass.se/WSMSS/About-WSMSS/News/Senaste-nyheter/En-kommentar-fran-en-medlem/ Official site breaking news]
(4 July 2009). "Marshall White Wins WSMSS - Bucharest".
(15 November 2009). "Brian Shaw: Strong Showing at World Strongman Super Series".
(6 December 2009). "Brian Shaw Wins Big at World Strongman Super Series: Takes Swedish Grand Prix and Overall Title".
(25 April 2010). "Derek Poundstone Three-Peats at the Mohegan Sun: World Strongman Series Grand Prix Winner".
(26 June 2010). "Brian Shaw Wins Viking Power Challenge".
(13 December 2010). "Brian Shaw Wins World Strongman Super Series Swedish Grand Prix and Overall Title".

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