Austria's Strongest Man is an annual strongman contest consisting of exclusively Austrian strength athletes.David Horne's World of Grip The event was established in 1989, the inaugural winner was Manfred Hoeberl who would go on to win the title a total of 7 times. His record was equaled by Martin Wildauer who also won the title 7 times.
The title and winners often creates confusion as different sources provide different results, specially between 1992 and 2005, and the titles also coinciding with that of other competitions: Austrian Summer Giants and Austrian Winter Giants in addition to be governed by two different federations: Austrian Strongman Federation and Catch Wrestling Association.
Champions breakdown YearChampionRunner-up3rd placeRemarks1989 Manfred Hoeberl 1990 Manfred Hoeberl 1991 Manfred Hoeberl 1992 Manfred Hoeberl 1992 Karl Saliger Leopold Krendl August Smisl 1993 Manfred Hoeberl 1993 Karl Saliger August Smisl Leopold Krendl 1994 Manfred Hoeberl 1994 Karl Saliger Franz Siller Anton Tucek 1995 Karl Saliger August Smisl Franz Siller 1996 Manfred Hoeberl 1996 August Smisl Manfred Gruber Christian Gärtner 1997 Franz Siller Manfred Gruber Karl Bauer 1998 Ralf Ber 1998 Franz Siller Karl Bauer Oliver Gratzer 1999 Karl Bauer Manfred Gruber Ralf Ber 2000 Bernd Kerschbaumer Manfred Gruber Hubert Dorer 2001 Ralf Ber Bernd Kerschbaumer Franz Mullner 2002 Hubert Dorer 2002 Bernd Kerschbaumer Markus Stark Karl Bauer 2003 Ralf Ber 2003 Franz Mullner Bernd Kerschbaumer Markus Stark 2004 Ralf Ber 2004 Franz Mullner Bernd Kerschbaumer Oliver Gratzer 2005 Franz Mullner 2005 Bernd Kerschbaumer Oliver Gratzer Stefan Weiermann 2006 Bernd Kerschbaumer Stefan Weiermann Wolfgang Kriechbaum 2007 Bernd Kerschbaumer Oliver Gratzer Wolfgang Kriechbaum 2008 Gregor Stegnar Bernd Kerschbaumer Martin Wildauer 2009 Martin Wildauer Gerhard Trawöger Michael Votter 2010 Martin Wildauer Alexander Meyer Michael Votter 2011 Martin Wildauer Gerhard Trawöger Erwin Geisler 2012 Martin Wildauer Michael Votter Alexander Meyer 2013 Martin Wildauer Alexander Meyer Thomas Wanek 2014 Michael Votter Manuel Comper Erwin Geisler 2015 Nemanja Tasic Manuel Comper Michael Votter 2015 Michael Votter Manuel Comper Nemanja Tasic 2016 Martin Wildauer Michael Votter Nemanja Tasic 2016 Michael Votter Manuel Comper Oliver Hanschek-Wagner 2017 Martin Wildauer Ronald Knoll Emanuel Pescari 2018 Michael Votter Oliver Hanschek-Wagner Emanuel Pescari 2019 Matjaz Belsak Nemanja Tasic Peter Reinthaler 2020–2021 colspan=4 2022 Emanuel Pescari Samuel Hausberger Peter Reinthaler 2023 Emanuel Pescari Samuel Hausberger Peter Reinthaler 2024 Jan Trettenbrein Maximilian Fleck Stefan Larch 2025 Thomas Glatzl Maximilian Fleck Florian Fuchsluger2026 Martin Hinteregger Davor Pushov Martin Riss
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