Slovenia's Strongest Man
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Location | Slovenia |
Established | 1996 |
Format | Multi-event competition |
Current champion | |
Matjaz Belsak |
Slovenia's Strongest Man (Slovene: Najmočnejši človek Slovenije) is an annual strongman competition held in Slovenia and featuring exclusively Slovenian athletes. The contest was established in 1996. It is a multi event competition that tests competitors in a number of different events and the cumulative total of all the events determine who the winner is.[1]
Matjaz Belsak holds the record for most wins with 7 titles.
Champions breakdown
[edit]Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
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1996[2] | Janez Blazic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
1997[2] | Janez Blazic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
1998[2] | Janez Blazic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
1999[2] | Denis Udovic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2000[2] | Denis Udovic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2001[2] | Denis Udovic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2002[2] | Boris Milosevic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2003[2] | Martin Matjasic | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2004[2] | Josko Pirnat | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2005[3] | Gregor Stegnar | Oliver Gasparic | (To be confirmed) |
2006[3] | Oliver Gasparic | Denis Udovic | Gregor Stegnar |
2007[3] | Gregor Stegnar | Oliver Gasparic | Andrej Uslakar Sandi Ivancic |
2008[3] | Gregor Stegnar | Tomaz Plevanc | Oliver Gasparic |
2009[3] | Oliver Gasparic | Tomaz Plevanc | Damjan Slapnik |
2010[3] | Oliver Gasparic | Tomaz Plevanc | Andrej Uslakar |
2011[3] | Oliver Gasparic | Damjan Slapnik | Marko Porovne |
2012[2] | Damjan Slapnik | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2013[2] | Damjan Slapnik | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2014[4] | Matjaz Belsak | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2015[4] | Matjaz Belsak | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2016-2017 | Event not held | ||
2018[5] | Matjaz Belsak | Marko Porovne | Jaka Krzisnik |
2019[6] | Matjaz Belsak | Jaka Krzisnik | Andraz Starc |
2020-2021 | Event not held | ||
2022[7] | Matjaz Belsak | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2023[7] | Matjaz Belsak | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
2024[8] | Matjaz Belsak | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
Repeat champions
[edit]Champion | Times & years |
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Matjaz Belsak | 7 (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
Oliver Gasparic | 4 (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011) |
Janez Blazic | 3 (1996, 1997, 1998) |
Denis Udovic | 3 (1999, 2000, 2001) |
Gregor Stegnar | 3 (2005, 2007, 2008) |
Damjan Slapnik | 2 (2012, 2013) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Slovenia's Strongest Man". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Dosedanji zmagovalci ZMAGOVALCI MARTINA KRPANA-OD ZACETKA DO DANES". www.martinkrpan.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mark Williams, Luke Killick, Arunas Petraitis and David Horne (22 August 2016). "WORLD & CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS - Slovenia's Strongest Man". www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Behind the Scenes with Slovenian Strongman Matjaz Belsak". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "2018 Slovenia's Strongest Man". Strongman Archives. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "2019 Slovenia's Strongest Man". Strongman Archives. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Matjaž Belšak najmočnejši Slovenec premakne za več kot 20 metrov tudi 16-tonski tovornjak (FOTO)". slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ "2024 Slovenia's strongest men winner!🏆". Instagram (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-06-18.