Mitchell Hooper Wins the 2023 World’s Strongest Man Competition

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Mitchell Hooper Wins the 2023 World’s Strongest Man Competition


The 2023 World’s Strongest Man competitors was held in Myrtle Beach, SC, from April 19-23, and the conclusion noticed a brand new champion win his first title.

Mitchell Hooper of Canada is in his second full season as a strongman, and he gained the championship in his second try. He was eighth in his WSM debut in 2022. Last yr’s winner, two-time champion Tom Stoltman completed in second place, and 2020 winner Oleksii Novikov got here in third. It’s the second straight yr {that a} champion was joined by two former champions on the rostrum.

The man referred to as each “Moose” and “Super Hooper” was within the total lead over two-time defending champion Tom Stoltman going into the ultimate occasion – the Atlas Stones. The contestants needed to decide up 5 stones starting from 330 to 460 kilos and place them on their podiums within the quickest time doable. Stoltman gained the occasion by three seconds over Hooper, however Hooper positioned second and had a cushion on the general factors lead that allowed him to clinch the championship.

The remaining placings for the ten finalists are beneath.

1st – Mitchell Hooper

2nd – Tom Stoltman

3rd – Oleksii Novikov

4th – Trey Mitchell

5th – Evan Singleton

6th – Pavlo Kordiyaka

7th – Brian Shaw

8th – Luke Stoltman

9th – Matthew Ragg

tenth – Jaco Schoonwinkel

Hooper Made History

Aside from being the 24th completely different athlete to win World’s Strongest Man for the reason that contest began in 1977, Hooper is the primary Canadian to carry the title. He additionally gained the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, OH in March. He’s the primary man to carry each titles on the identical time since Hafthor Bjornsson pulled the feat off in 2018.

Hooper is a bodily therapist by commerce in addition to an authorized energy and conditioning specialist in Canada. The 27-year-old wasn’t the most important man within the competitors, both. At 6’4” and 320 kilos, he’s an enormous boy, however he was going through a champion in Stoltman that stands 6’8” and weighs over 400 kilos. He had additionally competed in ice hockey, marathons, and powerlifting earlier than getting into the game of strongman. Less than two years after he totally dedicated to the game, Hooper’s gained each of the highest titles in the identical calendar yr.

Event Highlights

Among Hooper’s biggest feats through the week in Myrtle Beach have been profitable the Vehicle Pull occasion by pulling a 51,000-foot bus down a course 25 meters lengthy in 30 seconds, carrying a 432-pound defend for 64 meters, and deadlifting a bar with two KNAACK steel containers on it weighing over 780 kilos for eight reps. Hooper positioned both first or second in 5 of the six remaining occasions and all 4 of the opening heats that he was in, which narrowed the unique subject from 30 to 10.

Other Notes

This was the ultimate World’s Strongest Man for four-time winner Brian Shaw, who’s in his remaining season as a competitor. His remaining contest total might be his personal Shaw Classic, which is about for Aug. 19-20 in Loveland, CO.

At age 57, strongman legend Mark Felix additionally made his final look on this contest. He was 30 years senior over the brand new champion and made his file 18th look within the contest, however he did not advance to the finals. The WSM promoters named each Shaw and Felix the inaugural co-winners of the KNAACK Tools of the Strongman award.

 

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