Arnold Amateur Strongman Championships
The Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships, which proved to be one of the Arnold Sports Festival's most popular events when it debuted in 2010, will once again feature more than 50 of the world’s top amateur strongman athletes from about 20 countries, including at least 20 athletes from the United States.
The third-annual Amateur World Strongman Championships will be held March 2 & 4, 2012 at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
All competitors earned their way into the competition through various qualifying competitions.
"Strongman is by no means a ‘mainstream’ sport along the lines of football, basketball or baseball, but it is becoming more and more popular," said Dione Wessels, CEO of North American Strongman Inc., the governing body for amateur strongman competitions in the United States. "Adding an amateur competition to the Arnold Sports Festival will allow the perfect opportunity to further promote the sport of strongman in the world."
There are an estimated 6,000 amateur strongman athletes in the United States that compete in 125 events throughout the year.
Matesz Baron of Poland, winner of the 2011 Arnold Amateur World Strongman Championships, earned the right to compete in the 2012 Arnold Strongman Classic against the best professionals in the world. He will compete against the likes of defending champion Brian Shaw and two-time champion Derek Poundstone and six-time winner Zydrunas Savickas. 2010 Arnold Amateur Strongman champ Mike Jenkins finished second in the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic.
Haftor Julius of Iceland and Mike Burke of Colorado finished second and third at the 2011 Arnold Amateur Strongman Championships.
The following athletes have qualified to compete in the 2012 Arnold Amateur World Strongman Championships.
Algeria
Khomsi Abbes
Belarus
Kiryl Mohai Szabo
Bulgaria
Zdravco Zanev
Canada
Simon Boudreau
Paul Vaillancourt
Lance Lavalle
Luke Skaarup
Jonathan Wade
Finland
Jarno Jokinen
Great Britain
Lloyd Renals
Michael Woods
Sean O’Hagan
Kenneth Nowicki
Hungary
Csordas Laszlo
Ireland
Jonathan Kelly
Paul Roberts
Latvia
Ivars Kazelniks
Norway
Ole Martin Hansen
Bjorn Andre Salvang
Poland
Bartlomiej Bak
Michel Kopacki
Mateusz Ostaszewski
Quebec
Simon Boudreau
Russia
Mikhail Shivlyakov
Vladimir Kalinichienko
Alexander Lysenko
Singapore
Ryan Ng
Spain
Juan Heredia
Carlos Gerona
Ukraine
Oleksandr Lashyn
Vitaliy Mikheev
United States
Derek DeVaughan
John Posen
Justin Blake
Dimitar Savatinov
Jacob Bodi
Grzegorz Kurowski
Steve Schmidt
Jacob Miskimens
Michael Mastell
Ron Shock
David Bourgeois
Eric Dawson
Zack McCarley
Alan Colley
Brad Ardrey
Chad Robison
Ian Darr
Chad Kurian
Robert Oberst
Adam Scherr
AJ Frieda
Tomas Rodriguez
Zambia
Nico Jansen Van Rensburg
All athletes qualified for the Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships by winning or placing in a national championships conducted by their national federation. U.S. competitors will quality at the North American Strongman National Championships in Tunica, Miss., in November 2011.
The Arnold Amateur Strongman Contest is governed by North American Strongman Corp.
Friday, March 2
Bigg Dogg Strongg: Log Clean and press for reps (320# or 147 kilos) You must clean each rep 60 secs
Iron Mind Yoke Walk, Sandbag and Farmers Medley for 50’ each implement (850# yoke or 431 kilos, 200# Sandbag, 350# farmers)
Ricart Automotive Side Handle Car Deadlift for reps (Ford Focus)
Bigg Dogg Strongg Hussefeldt Carry max distance (400# or 181 kilos)
Sunday, March 4
(Top Ten Only):
Bigg Dogg Strongg Dumb Bell Medley: Thomas Inch Dumbbell, 10” 190# Dumbbell, 12” 200# Dumbbell, 14” 210# Dumbbell
Odd Object Carry and Load Medley: Four Objects of Varying weight and shape.
ASC Atlas Stone over the Bar for reps: 75 Sec Time Limit 420# stone over 54# bar
The Arnold Amateur World Strongman Championships is open to athletes who have qualified through their national federations and have approval signatures from their national federation representative.
For more info, contact event chair Dione Wessels at DIONE@AMERICANSTRONGMAN.COM
Event co-chair: Dione Wessels
Event co-chair: Mike Johnston
www.nastrongman.com
Media contact: Brent LaLonde
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