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Giants Live

Giants Live
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Tournament information
LocationVarious
Established2009
FormatMulti-event competition
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Giants Live is a professional strongman tour which was originated in the United Kingdom. It hosts several prominent competitions each year, including national competitions such as Britain's Strongest Man, international competitions such as Europe's Strongest Man and single-lift competitions such as The World Deadlift Championships and The World Log Lift Championships. Since its beginning in 2009, each Giants Live show has served as a qualifier for the next year's World's Strongest Man, with the podium finishers from each show earning a spot in the competition.

With 10 wins, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson holds the most Giants Live wins in history.[1] Evan Singleton and Žydrūnas Savickas share second place with 6 wins each.[2]

History

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On 27 April 2009, Giants Live was named the official World's Strongest Man Qualifying Tour for 2009–2011, replacing the Strongman Super Series. Giants Live was licensed the exclusive rights by IMG Sports Media, the creator and owner of the World's Strongest Man competition. The IFSA Strongman Super Series and later the World's Strongest Man Super Series had served as the official qualifying tour from 2001 to 2008.

Significantly, Giants Live offered an opportunity for strongmen who had previously been affiliated with the IFSA to return to World's Strongest Man. IFSA athletes were banned from competing in World's Strongest Man from 2004 until its dissolution in 2007; this meant that notable athletes such as Zydrunas Savickas and Mikhail Koklyaev were unable to compete during this time. With the dissolution of the IFSA and the beginning of Strongman Champions League, many previously IFSA-affiliated athletes returned to competition at World's Strongest Man..[3]

The first 2009 qualifying event took place on 17 May at the Mohegan Sun Casino Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.[4]

Producers and key staff

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Giants Live is a collaboration between IMG Media and Power Productions UK owned. Notable staff include:

Event results

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Year Event Type Date Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2009 United States Mohegan Sun Grand Prix[5]
Mohegan Sun Casino Arena, Uncasville
Indoor Sunday, 17 May 2009 United States Derek Poundstone United States Travis Ortmayer United States Brian Shaw
Norway Viking Power Challenge[6]
Kongeparken, Stavanger
Indoor Saturday, 6 June 2009 United States Travis Ortmayer Norway Richard Skog Russia Mikhail Koklyaev
Poland Giants Live Poland[7]
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, Malbork
Outdoor Saturday, 1 August 2009 Poland Jarek Dymek England Mark Felix Iceland Stefán Sölvi Pétursson
2010 South Africa Giants Live South Africa[8]
Expo Centre Johannesburg, Johannesburg
Indoor Sunday, 10 April 2010 United States Brian Shaw Russia Mikhail Koklyaev England Terry Hollands
Ukraine Giants Live Kyiv[9]
People's Friendship Arch, Kyiv
Outdoor Sunday, 30 May 2010 United States Derek Poundstone (2) England Laurence Shahlaei Sweden Johannes Årsjö
England Europe's Strongest Man
Wembley Arena, London
Indoor Saturday, 19 June 2010 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas England Terry Hollands England Mark Felix
Poland Giants Live Poland[10]
MotoArena Toruń, Toruń
Indoor Sunday, 8 August 2010 Lithuania Vytautas Lalas Poland Robert Szczepański Poland Janusz Kułaga
Turkey Giants Live Istanbul[11]
KüçükÇiftlik Park, Istanbul
Outdoor Sunday, 24 October 2010 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas (2) United States Brian Shaw Iceland Stefán Sölvi Pétursson
2011 England Giants Live London[12]
ExCeL London, London
Indoor Saturday, 19 March 2011 United States Brian Shaw (2) England Laurence Shahlaei Lithuania Vytautas Lalas
Finland Giants Live Finland Qualifier[13]
Pori
Outdoor Friday, 13 May 2011 Finland Juha-Matti Järvi Finland Antti Mourujärvi Finland Pedro Karlsen
Finland Giants Live Finland Qualifier[14]
Masku
Outdoor Saturday, 21 May 2011 Finland Juha-Matti Järvi (2) Finland Kai Pasanen Finland Jarno Kirselä
Finland Giants Live Finland Qualifier[15]
Jyväskylä
Outdoor Saturday, 28 May 2011 Finland Juha-Matti Järvi (3) Finland Jarno Kirselä Finland Kai Pasanen
Finland Giants Live Finland Qualifier[16]
Oulu
Outdoor Saturday, 28 May 2011 Finland Juha-Matti Järvi (4) Finland Jarno Kirselä Finland Janne Illikainen
Poland Giants Live Poland[17]
Plac, Stróże
Outdoor Saturday, 6 August 2011 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski United States Mike Jenkins Poland Mateusz Baron
Finland Giants Live Finland[18]
Power Park, Vaasa
Outdoor Saturday, 13 August 2011 Austria Martin Wildauer Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Estonia Rauno Heinla
Ukraine Giants Live Ukraine[19]
Poltava
Outdoor Wednesday, 24 August 2011 Ukraine Serhiy Romanchuk England Mark Felix United States Josh Thigpen
2012 Australia Giants Live FitX Melbourne[20]
Melbourne Centre, Melbourne
Indoor Sunday, 18 March 2012 United States Mike Jenkins United States Nick Best United States Mike Burke
Finland Giants Live Finland[21]
Ideapark, Lempäälä
Indoor Sunday, 10 June 2012 England Laurence Shahlaei Sweden Johannes Årsjö Estonia Lauri Nämi
Hungary Giants Live Hungary[22]
Aquaworld Resort Budapest, Budapest
Outdoor Sunday, 17 June 2012 Hungary Ákos Nagy England Jack McIntosh United States Josh Thigpen
England Europe's Strongest Man[23]
Elland Road, Leeds
Outdoor Saturday, 23 June 2012 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas (3) Lithuania Vytautas Lalas England Laurence Shahlaei
Poland Giants Live Poland[24]
Kartuzy
Outdoor Saturday, 21 July 2012 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski (2) Poland Mateusz Baron Poland Sebastian Kurek
2013 Australia Giants Live FitX Melbourne[25]
Melbourne Centre, Melbourne
Indoor Sunday, 10 March 2013 United States Derek Poundstone (3) United States Nick Best South Africa Frankie Scheun
Hungary Giants Live Hungary[26]
Aquaworld Resort Budapest, Budapest
Outdoor Saturday, 22 June 2013 United States Mike Burke England Eddie Hall Norway Bjørn Andre Solvang
England Europe's Strongest Man[27]
Elland Road, Leeds
Outdoor Saturday, 29 June 2013 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas (4) Lithuania Vytautas Lalas Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski
Norway Nordic Championships
Gol
Indoor Saturday, 6 July 2013 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Norway Ole Martin Hansen Finland Juha-Matti Järvi
Poland Giants Live Poland[28]
Pol'and'Rock Festival Grounds, Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Outdoor Saturday, 3 August 2013 Lithuania Vytautas Lalas (2) Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Estonia Lauri Nämi
England Britain's Strongest Man[29]
Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
Outdoor Sunday, 4 August 2013 England Laurence Shahlaei (2) England Terry Hollands England Mark Felix
2014 Australia Giants Live FitX Melbourne[30]
Melbourne Centre, Melbourne
Indoor Saturday, 8 March 2014 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Australia Warrick Brant South Africa Frankie Scheun
England Britain's Strongest Man[31]
The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster
Indoor Sunday, 16 March 2014 England Eddie Hall England Graham Hicks England Laurence Shahlaei
Norway World's Strongest Viking
Fefor Høifjellshotell, Vinstra
Outdoor Saturday, 5 April 2014 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (2) Sweden David Nyström England Terry Hollands
Poland Giants Live Poland
Dolina Charlotty
Outdoor Friday, 2 May 2014 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas (5) Poland Mateusz Baron Poland Rafał Kobylarz
Hungary Giants Live Hungary[32]
Aquaworld Resort Budapest, Budapest
Outdoor Saturday, 21 June 2014 United States Jason Bergmann Slovenia Matjaž Belšak England Eddie Hall
England Europe's Strongest Man[33]
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Outdoor Saturday, 9 August 2014 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (3) Sweden Johannes Årsjö England Graham Hicks
Sweden Giants Live Sweden[34]
Stadium Arena, Norrköping
Indoor Saturday, 29 November 2014 United States Brian Shaw (3) Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark
2015
England Britain's Strongest Man
The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster
Indoor Saturday, 14 February 2015 England Eddie Hall (2) England Mark Felix Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski
Iceland Giants Live Viking Challenge[35]
Grindavík
Outdoor Sunday, 7 June 2015 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (4) England Mark Felix United States Martins Licis
England Europe's Strongest Man[36]
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Outdoor Saturday, 11 July 2015 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (5) Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Latvia Dainis Zageris
Sweden Giants Live Sweden[37]
Stadium Arena, Norrköping
Indoor Saturday, 28 November 2015 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (6) Sweden Johannes Årsjö England Mark Felix
2016
England Britain's Strongest Man[38]
The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster
Indoor Saturday, 30 January 2016 England Eddie Hall (3) England Mark Felix England Laurence Shahlaei
United States North American Open[39]
Town Square, Martinsville
Outdoor Saturday, 26 June 2016 United States Nick Best England Mark Felix United States Derek DeVaughn
England Europe's Strongest Man[40]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 9 July 2016 England Laurence Shahlaei (3) Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Sweden Johannes Årsjö
Sweden Giants Live Sweden[41]
Stadium Arena, Norrköping
Indoor Saturday, 12 November 2016 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark England Mark Felix
2017
England Britain's Strongest Man[42]
The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster
Indoor Saturday, 28 January 2017 England Eddie Hall (4) England Laurence Shahlaei England Graham Hicks
England Europe's Strongest Man[43]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 1 April 2017 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (7) England Eddie Hall England Terry Hollands
United States North American Open[44]
Town Square, Martinsville
Outdoor Saturday, 29 July 2017 United States Rob Kearney United States Nick Best United States Adam Derks
England Giants Live Finals[45]
Manchester Arena, Manchester
Indoor Saturday, 29 September 2017 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas (6) Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia Canada JF Caron
Sweden Scandinavian Open[46]
Stadium Arena, Norrköping
Indoor Saturday, 11 November 2017 Sweden Johannes Årsjö (3) Sweden Johnny Hansson Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas
2018
England Britain's Strongest Man[47]
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 27 January 2018 England Eddie Hall (5) England Graham Hicks England Terry Hollands
England Europe's Strongest Man[48]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 7 April 2018 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (8) Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski
United States North American Open[49]
Town Square, Martinsville
Outdoor Sunday, 10 June 2018 England Laurence Shahlaei (4) United States Trey Mitchell United States Kevin Faires
England Giants Live Finals[50]
Manchester Arena, Manchester
Indoor Saturday, 15 September 2018 Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski United States Martins Licis England Adam Bishop
2019
England Britain's Strongest Man[51]
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 19 January 2019 England Graham Hicks England Adam Bishop Scotland Tom Stoltman
England Europe's Strongest Man[52]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 6 April 2019 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (9) Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia
England Giants Live Wembley[53]
Wembley Arena, London
Indoor Saturday, 6 July 2019 Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski (2) United States Jerry Pritchett United States Martins Licis
United States North American Open[54]
Town Square, Martinsville
Outdoor Saturday, 10 August 2019 United States Evan Singleton United States Kevin Faires England Mark Felix
England Giants Live Finals[55]
Manchester Arena, Manchester
Indoor Saturday, 7 September 2019 Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski (3) Wales Ben Brunning Ukraine Oleksii Novikov
United States Official Strongman Games[56]
Ocean Center, Daytona Beach
Indoor Sunday, 3 November 2019 England Luke Richardson Wales Ben Brunning United States Jacob Fincher
2020
England Britain's Strongest Man[57]
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 18 January 2020 England Adam Bishop Scotland Tom Stoltman Scotland Luke Stoltman
England Europe's Strongest Man[58]
Allerton Castle, Harrogate
Outdoor Sunday, 6 September 2020 England Luke Richardson (2) England Adam Bishop Estonia Ervin Toots
2021
England The Strongman Classic[59][60]
Royal Albert Hall, London
Indoor Saturday, 24 July 2021 Ukraine Oleksii Novikov United States Evan Singleton Burkina Faso Cheick Sanou
England World Open[61][62]
AO Arena, Manchester
Indoor Saturday, 14 August 2021 United States Evan Singleton (2) England Adam Bishop Ukraine Oleksii Novikov
England Europe's Strongest Man[63]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 4 September 2021 Scotland Luke Stoltman Ukraine Oleksii Novikov England Graham Hicks
Scotland Giants Live Finals[64][65]
SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Indoor Saturday, 18 September 2021 Scotland Luke Stoltman (2) Scotland Tom Stoltman United States Evan Singleton
England Arnold Sports Festival UK
The NEC, Birmingham
Indoor Sunday, 3 October 2021 United States Evan Singleton (3) Ukraine Oleksii Novikov United States Trey Mitchell
England Britain's Strongest Man
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 23 October 2021 Scotland Tom Stoltman England Adam Bishop England Graham Hicks
United States Official Strongman Games
Ocean Center, Daytona Beach
Indoor Friday, 12 November 2021 Ukraine Pavlo Kordiyaka United States Spenser Remick United States Tyler Cotton
2022
England Britain's Strongest Man
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 26 February 2022 Scotland Tom Stoltman (2) Republic of Ireland Pa O'Dwyer England Adam Bishop
England Europe's Strongest Man[66]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 2 April 2022 Ukraine Oleksii Novikov (2) Scotland Luke Stoltman Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia
England The Strongman Classic[67]
Royal Albert Hall, London
Indoor Saturday, 9 July 2022 Ukraine Oleksii Novikov (3) Canada Mitchell Hooper United States Evan Singleton
Wales The Giants Live Open
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Indoor Saturday, 6 August 2022 Ukraine Pavlo Nakonechnyy Canada Mitchell Hooper Ukraine Oleksii Novikov
Scotland Giants Live Finals
OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Indoor Saturday, 8 October 2022 Canada Mitchell Hooper Latvia Aivars Šmaukstelis United States Kevin Faires
England World's Strongest Nation
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Indoor Saturday, 26 November 2022 United Kingdom Team UK United States Team USA
2023
England Britain's Strongest Man[68]
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 28 January 2023 England Adam Bishop (2) Wales Gavin Bilton England Graham Hicks
England Europe's Strongest Man[69]
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 1 April 2023 Ukraine Pavlo Kordiyaka (2) Ukraine Oleksii Novikov Latvia Aivars Šmaukstelis
England Giants Live Strongman Classic[70]
Royal Albert Hall, London
Indoor Saturday, 8 July 2023 United States Evan Singleton (4) Scotland Tom Stoltman Canada Mitchell Hooper
Wales The Strongman Open[71]
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Indoor Saturday, 2 September 2023 United States Evan Singleton (5) Wales Gavin Bilton England Shane Flowers
England Britain's Strongest Women[72]
Doncaster Dome, Doncaster
Indoor Saturday, 30 September 2023 Wales Rebecca Roberts England Lucy Underdown England Andrea Thompson
England England's Strongest Man[73]
Doncaster Dome, Doncaster
Indoor Sunday, 1 October 2023 England Luke Richardson (3) England Kane Francis England Patrick Haynes
Scotland Giant's Live Finals[74]
OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Indoor Saturday, 21 October 2023 Scotland Tom Stoltman (3) New Zealand Mathew Ragg Canada Mitchell Hooper
England World's Strongest Nation[75]
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Indoor Saturday, 18 November 2023 United States Team USA United Kingdom Team UK
2024
England Britain's Strongest Man
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 27 January 2024 Scotland Tom Stoltman (4) Wales Gavin Bilton Scotland Luke Stoltman
England Europe's Strongest Man
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 13 April 2024 Scotland Luke Stoltman (3) Latvia Aivars Šmaukstelis Ukraine Oleksii Novikov
England England's Strongest Man
York Barbican, York
Indoor Saturday, 22 June 2024 England Kane Francis England Andrew Flynn England Patrick Haynes
England Britain's Strongest Woman
York Barbican, York
Indoor Saturday, 22 June 2024 England Lucy Underdown Wales Rebecca Roberts England Donna Moore
England The Strongman Classic
Royal Albert Hall, London
Indoor Saturday, 13 July 2024 Canada Mitchell Hooper (2) Scotland Tom Stoltman Ukraine Pavlo Kordiyaka
England Official Strongman European
Barbican Theatre, York
Indoor Saturday/Sunday, 17/18 August 2024 Ukraine Roman Grekov England Ben Glasscock Poland Marek Czakjkowski
England The Strongman Open
Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Indoor Saturday, 7 September 2024 Canada Mitchell Hooper (3) Canada Maxime Boudreault England Luke Richardson
United States US Strongman Championship
Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
Indoor Saturday, 28 September 2024 Canada Mitchell Hooper (4) United States Trey Mitchell Australia Eddie Williams
Scotland Giants Live Finals
OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Indoor Saturday, 19 October 2024 Canada Mitchell Hooper (5) United States Trey Mitchell England Luke Richardson
2025
England Britain's Strongest Man
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 1 February 2025 Scotland Luke Stoltman (4) England Shane Flowers England Andrew Flynn
England Europe's Strongest Man
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 5 April 2025 England Luke Richardson (4) England Paddy Haynes Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski
England The Strongman Classic
Royal Albert Hall, London
Indoor Saturday, 5 July 2025 United States Evan Singleton (6) South Africa Jaco Schoonwinkel England Paddy Haynes
England Britain's Strongest Woman
York Barbican, York
Indoor Saturday, 19 July 2025 England Lucy Underdown Wales Rebecca Roberts England Naomi Hadley
England England's Strongest Man
York Barbican, York
Indoor Saturday, 20 July 2025 England Paddy Haynes England Andrew Flynn England Kane Francis
England Official Strongman Games European Championship
Barbican Theatre, York
Indoor Saturday, 2 August 2025 Ukraine Oleg Pylypiak Czech Republic Matyas Funiok England Ryan Bennett
England The Strongman Open
Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Indoor Saturday, 6 September 2025 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (10) United States Bryce Johnson New Zealand Mathew Ragg
Scotland Giants Live Finals
OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Indoor Saturday, 18 October 2025
2026
England Britain's Strongest Man
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Indoor Saturday, 7 February 2026
England Europe's Strongest Man
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Indoor Saturday, 11 April 2026
England The Strongman Classic
Royal Albert Hall, London
Indoor Saturday, 4 July 2026
England The Strongman Open
Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Indoor Saturday, 5 September 2026

Most wins

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Rank Champion Country Wins Win breakdown Podiums
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 10 10 internationals 11
2 Evan Singleton  United States 6 6 internationals 9
3 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 6 6 internationals 7
4 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 5 5 internationals 9
5 Eddie Hall  England 5 5 nationals 8
6 Laurence Shahlaei  England 4 3 internationals and 1 national 10
7 Tom Stoltman  Scotland 4 1 international and 3 nationals 9
8 Luke Stoltman  Scotland 4 3 internationals and 1 national 7
9 Luke Richardson  England 4 3 internationals and 1 national 6
10 Juha-Matti Järvi  Finland 4 4 nationals 5
11 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 3 3 internationals 10
12 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 3 3 internationals 9
13 Mateusz Kieliszkowski  Poland 3 3 internationals 6
14 Brian Shaw  United States 3 3 internationals 5
15 Derek Poundstone  United States 3 3 internationals 3

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