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Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various strongman (strength athlete) events throughout Canada and its provinces in the sport of [strength athletics] in association with the World's Strongest Man. The roots of strongman in Canada go back long before the birth of WSM in 1977, particularly with [Louis Cyr] in the early 1900s, who was deemed the "Strongest Man on Earth" during his lifetime. Four Canadian athletes have finished on the podium, placing 2nd in 1982 with Tom Magee and 3rd in 2005 with Dominic Filiou, Jean-François Caron placing 3rd in 2020, and Maxime Boudreault placing 3rd in 2021. The provinces of Canada hold annual championships with the top 2-4 athletes going on to the National Championships at the end of the year to crown Canada's Strongest Man. Mitchell Hooper's win at 2023 World's Strongest Man makes him the first Canadian to finish in first place.

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Strength athletics in Canada

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Strength athletics in the United States

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Strongman

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List of strongmen

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Fortissimus

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International Federation of Strength Athletes

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Sport of athletics

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Toronto

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Luke Skaarup

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Theo Johnson

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Athlete

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Bruce Wilhelm

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Transgender people in sports

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forbittden, by Title IX. In September 2018, U Sports, the governing body of intercollegiate and varsity athletics in Canada, released a policy addressing...

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List of United States records in track and field

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GNC Grip Gauntlet

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2018 IAAF World U20 Championships

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World Strongman Cup Federation

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Chris Bumstead

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baseball, basketball, and ice hockey. This developed Bumstead's interest in athletics, and he began weightlifting during his freshman year of high school....

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Ian Murray

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Donna Hartley

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Canadian Club

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2024 in association football

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