PartyPoker.net The World’s Strongest Man

Created in 1977, the World's Strongest Man has become the premier event in strength athletics. For over 30 years, the strongest men on the planet have come together in a series of unique and amazing tests of strength to determine the World's Strongest Man.

At Universal Studios, California in 1977 Bruce Wilhelm became the first person to earn the title of the World's Strongest Man, repeating the feat in 1978. American domination of the event continued until

In 1983 Englishman Geoff Capes became the first non-American to be crowned World's Strongest Man. Scandinavian athletes dominated the 1980s and 1990s, with Icelanders Jon-Pall Sigmarsson and Magnus ver Magnusson notching up four wins each while Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish competitors taking five other titles from 1984 to 1999.

Today, the balance of power has clearly shifted to Eastern Europe, Mariusz Pudzianowski of Poland was victorious in 2002 and 2003 before being dethroned by the Ukraine's Vasyl Virastyuk in 2004. The Polish strongman returned to the top in 2005, becoming the fourth man to win three or more championships. In 2006, Phil Pfister became the first American to win the title since Kazmaier in 1982.

Pudzianowski came back strong in 2007, winning for a fourth time, before triumphing in an epic competition in 2008 to take a record-breaking fifth title.