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South Africa's Strongest Man

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South Africa's Strongest Man
2022
Tournament information
LocationSouth Africa
Month playedAugust 2021
Established1989
FormatSouth Africa's Strongest Man
Current champion
South Africa Rayno Nel

South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in South Africa and features primarily South African strength athletes.[1] It has been held since 1989. Gerrit Badenhorst and Ettiene Smit holds the record for the most titles with 8 wins each.[1]

South Africa has also been the venue for Africa's Strongest Man competition which is the continents largest strongman competition. It has been held since 2015.

National competitions

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South Africa's Strongest Man

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1989 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1990 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1991 South Africa Wayne Price South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst (To be confirmed)
1992 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1993 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Wayne Price (To be confirmed)
1994 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst Namibia Anton Boucher South Africa Wayne Price
1995 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Wayne Price Namibia Anton Boucher
1996 Event not held
1997 South Africa Johan Rheeder South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Pieter de Bruyn
1998 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Pieter de Bruyn South Africa Johan Rheeder
1999 Event not held
2000 Event not held
2001 South Africa Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa Pieter de Bruyn South Africa Etienne Smit
2002 South Africa Johan Ver Heerden South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa David Cooks
2003 South Africa David Cooks South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa Gerhard Botha
2004 South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa David Cooks South Africa Arno Lambrechts
2005 South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa David Cooks South Africa Arno Lambrechts
2006 South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa Rory Scheepers South Africa Hennie Jordaan
2007 South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa Hennie Jordaan South Africa Rory Scheepers
2008 South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa Hennie Jordaan South Africa Rory Scheepers
2009 South Africa Etienne Smit South Africa Hennie Jordaan South Africa Rory Scheepers
2010 South Africa Frankie Scheun South Africa Gerhard van Staden South Africa Willem Moore
2011[2] South Africa Gerhard van Staden South Africa Ettiene Smit South Africa Hennie Jordaan
2012[3] South Africa Tristen O'Brien South Africa Andre Sweeney South Africa Ettiene Smit
2013 Event not held
2014 South Africa Ettiene Smit South Africa Sholto Luiters South Africa Kelin Mills
2015 South Africa Frankie Scheun South Africa Tristen O'Brien South Africa Theron Kleinhans
2016 South Africa Ettiene Smit South Africa Dean Shelly South Africa Andre Sweeney
2017 South Africa Johan Rudd South Africa Stefan Smit South Africa Tristen O'Brien
2018 South Africa Kelin Mills South Africa Dean Shelly South Africa Chris van der Linde
2019 South Africa Kelin Mills South Africa Ryan Preston South Africa Dean Shelly
2020-2021 Event not held
2022 South Africa Jaco Schoonwinkel (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
2023 South Africa Rayno Nel (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)

Regional competitions

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Africa's Strongest Man

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2015 South Africa Gerhard van Staden South Africa Andre Sweeney South Africa Johan Rudd
2016 South Africa Johan Els Grenada Mark Felix South Africa Frankie Scheun
2017 South Africa Dean Shelley South Africa Andre Sweeney Namibia Sven Reimers
2018 South Africa Johan Els South Africa Johan Rudd South Africa Dean Shelley
2019 South Africa Chris van der Linde South Africa Tristen O'Brien South Africa Kelin Mills
2020 South Africa Dean Shelley South Africa Chris van der Linde South Africa Tristen O'Brien
2021 South Africa Thobelani Mabaso South Africa Jaco Schoonwinkel South Africa Ben Bucarizza
2022 South Africa Kelin Mills (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
2023 South Africa Rayno Nel South Africa Dean Shelley South Africa Chris van der Linde

References

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  1. ^ a b David Horne's World of Grip
  2. ^ Gerhard Van Staden (Strongman/Lionheart) – 2011 South African Stronges | Strongman
  3. ^ 2012 South Africa’s Strongest Man – Tristen O’Brien | Strongman
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