South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in South Africa and features primarily South African strength athletes.David Horne's World of Grip It has been held since 1989. Gerrit Badenhorst and Ettiene Smit holds the record for the most titles with 8 wins each.
South Africa has also been the venue for Africa's Strongest Man competition which is the continent's largest strongman competition. It has been held since 2015.
National competitions South Africa's Strongest Man YearChampionRunner-up3rd place1989 Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price 1990 Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price 1991 Wayne Price Gerrit Badenhorst 1992 Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price 1993 Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price 1994 Gerrit Badenhorst Anton Boucher Wayne Price1995 Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price Anton Boucher 1996 colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" 1997 Johan Rheeder Gerrit Badenhorst Pieter de Bruyn1998 Gerrit Badenhorst Pieter de Bruyn Johan Rheeder1999–2000 colspan=4 align=center 2001 Gerrit Badenhorst Pieter de Bruyn Ettiene Smit2002 Johan Ver Heerden Ettiene Smit David Cooks2003 David Cooks Ettiene Smit Gerhard Botha2004 Ettiene Smit David Cooks Arno Lambrechts2005 Ettiene Smit David Cooks Arno Lambrechts2006 Ettiene Smit Rory Scheepers Hennie Jordaan2007 Ettiene Smit Hennie Jordaan Rory Scheepers2008 Ettiene Smit Hennie Jordaan Rory Scheepers2009 Ettiene Smit Hennie Jordaan Rory Scheepers2010 Frankie Scheun Gerhard van Staden Willem Moore2011Gerhard Van Staden (Strongman/Lionheart) – 2011 South African Stronges | Strongman Gerhard van Staden Ettiene Smit Hennie Jordaan20122012 South Africa’s Strongest Man – Tristen O’Brien | Strongman Tristen O'Brien Andre Sweeney Ettiene Smit2013 colspan=4 align=center 2014 Ettiene Smit Sholto Luiters Kelin Mills2015 Frankie Scheun Tristen O'Brien Theron Kleinhans2016 Ettiene Smit Dean Shelley Andre Sweeney2017 Johan Rudd Stefan Smit Tristen O'Brien2018 Kelin Mills Dean Shelley Chris van der Linde2019 Kelin Mills Ryan Preston Dean Shelley2020–2021 colspan=4 align=center 2022 Jaco Schoonwinkel David Bezuidenhout Robert Haman2023 Rayno Nel Chris van der Linde Dean Shelley2024 Rayno Nel Jacque De Jager Jacques Boshoff2025 Kelin Mills Dean Shelley Armand Goosen2026 Armand Goosen Ben Bucarizza Jacque de Jager
Regional competitions Africa's Strongest Man YearChampionRunner-up3rd place2015 Gerhard van Staden Andre Sweeney Johan Rudd2016 Johan Els Mark Felix Frankie Scheun2017 Dean Shelley Andre Sweeney Sven Reimers2018 Johan Els Johan Rudd Dean Shelley2019 Chris van der Linde Tristen O'Brien Kelin Mills2020 Dean Shelley Chris van der Linde Tristen O'Brien2021 Thobelani Mabaso Jaco Schoonwinkel Ben Bucarizza2022 Kelin Mills Terence Bosman Tewie Labuschagne2023 Rayno Nel Dean Shelley Chris van der Linde2024 Rayno Nel Jacque de Jager Jacques Boshoff2025 Jaco Schoonwinkel Evans Nana Dean Shelley
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