The 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man contest took place from August 25-27, in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada. It gathered almost all of the country’s greatest strongmen, with the exception of Mitchell Hooper, who has been on an incredible streak this year. However, the 12 athletes who did compete managed to put on an incredible show throughout all ten events of the competition.
Maxime Boudreault claimed his first National title, despite being amongst the greatest in the world for some time now. Last year’s champion, Gabriel Rhéaume, barely got the silver medal this year, while Wesley Derwinsky got third with a couple of world class performances.
2022 CSM (Canada’s Strongest Man) Results and Points
- Maxime Boudreault — 93 points
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 81 points
- Wesley Derwinsky — 80 points
- Sean Hayes — 69 points
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 69 points
- Joey Lavallée — 68.5 points
- Simon Pratte — 65 points
- James Jeffers — 58.5 points
- Kelly Branton — 51 points
- Tyler Sigurdson — 43 points
- Ben Court — 34 points
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 33 points
Maxime Boudreault
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2022 CSM Events Recap
Event One
The 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man was opened up with the Squat Lift event, where athletes had to perform as many reps as possible with 311 kilograms (685.5 pounds). Kelly Branton had the perfect start, having done 11 repetitions, which everyone else failed to do. Simon Pratte was the only other person to hit double digits.
- Kelly Branton — 11 reps
- Simon Pratte — 10 reps
- Wesley Derwinsky — 8 reps
- Joey Lavallée — 7 reps
- Maxime Boudreault — 6 reps
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 6 reps
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 6 reps
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 3 reps
- Ben Court — 3 reps
- Sean Hayes — 0 reps
- James Jeffers — 0 reps
- Tyler Sigurdson — 0 reps
Event Two
During the Dumbbell Medley event, the athletes continued to battle it out. Five dumbbells ranging from 78 kilograms (172 pounds) to 124 kilograms (273.5 pounds) were placed on the floor, and athletes raced to pick them up as quickly as possible. Although no one completed all the dumbbells , Simon Pratte and Maxime Boudreault proved to be the fastest to do four of them.
- Simon Pratte — 4 in 29.00 s
- Maxime Boudreault — 4 in 29.00 s
- Joey Lavallée — 4 in 47.00 s
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 3 in 20.00 s
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 3 in 27.00 s
- Wesley Derwinsky — 3 in 32.00 s
- James Jeffers — 2 in 14.00 s
- Sean Hayes — 2 in 16.00 s
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 2 in 17.00 s
- Ben Court — 2 in 28.00 s
- Kelly Branton — 2 in 42.00 s
- Tyler Sigurdson — 1 in 7.00 s
Event Three
Although they traditionally wrap up Strongman contests, the Atlas Stones were the third event of the 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man. As always, five implements were used, and they weighed from 141 kilograms (311 pounds) to 191 kilograms (421 pounds). Maxime Boudreault is one of the greatest Atlas Stones lifters in the world, so this was a very an easy victory for him. In fact, no one apart from him managed to lift all five stones.
- Maxime Boudreault — 5 in 26.00 s
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 4 in 24.00 s
- James Jeffers — 4 in 25.00 s
- Sean Hayes — 4 in 32.24 s
- Tyler Sigurdson — 4 in 32.94 s
- Joey Lavallée — 4 in 35.00 s
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 4 in 35.00 s
- Simon Pratte — 3 in 27.00 s
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 3 in 39.00 s
- Wesley Derwinsky — 3 in 41.00 s
- Kelly Branton — 1 in 10.00 s
- Ben Court — 0 in 75.00 s
Event Four
Historically, the deadlift has been one of the greatest tests of strength. In order to keep things simple, the organizers decided to go with a deadlift for max. A four-way tie ensued, as no one was able to pull more than 379 kilograms (835.5 pounds).
- Wesley Derwinsky — 379 kg
- Sean Hayes — 379 kg
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 379 kg
- Kelly Branton — 379 kg
- James Jeffers — 365 kg
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 365 kg
- Ben Court — 365 kg
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 365 kg
- Maxime Boudreault — 340 kg
- Tyler Sigurdson — 340 kg
- Joey Lavallée — 340 kg
- Simon Pratte — (No lift)
Event Five
The Log Lift is almost always included in any Strongman competition, as it is one of the best tests of shoulder strength. Maxime Boudreault added another event win to his name, since he was the only one to overhead press a 188-kilogram (414.5-pound) log. Wesley Derwinsky and Gabriel Rheaume closely followed with a 7-kilogram (15.5-pound) lighter log.
- Maxime Boudreault — 188 kg
- Wesley Derwinsky — 181 kg
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 181 kg
- Sean Hayes — 170 kg
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 170 kg
- Joey Lavallée — 170 kg
- Kelly Branton — 170 kg
- Simon Pratte — 159 kg
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 159 kg
- James Jeffers — (No lift)
- Tyler Sigurdson — (No lift)
- Ben Court — (Withdrew)
Event Six
The deadlift made another appearance at the 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man contest, but this time its goal was to test the grip strength. So, the competitors held a 318-kilogram (701-pound) deadlift for as long as possible. The result could have gone in anyone’s favor, as the final times turned out to be extremely close. However, Joey Lavallée beat Simon Pratte by 0.39 seconds to claim max points.
- Joey Lavallée — 49.05 s
- Simon Pratte — 48.66 s
- James Jeffers — 46.59 s
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 43.89 s
- Maxime Boudreault — 40.82 s
- Wesley Derwinsky — 38.90 s
- Sean Hayes — 38.71 s
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 36.38 s
- Ben Court — 35.01 s
- Tyler Sigurdson — 34.88 s
- Kelly Branton — 27.86 s
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 22.89 s
Event Seven
The seventh event was something that is tightly-connected to Strongman, but also not seen too often in competitions. An old-school exercise, the Back Lift involves ducking under the contraption to get in a position where the athletes’ back is almost parallel to the ground. From that position, he then tries to lift the weight from the ground. Tyler Sigurdson came out as an unexpected winner with an absolutely massive lift.
- Tyler Sigurdson — 1123 kg
- Maxime Boudreault — 1080 kg
- Sean Hayes — 1080 kg
- Ben Court — 1080 kg
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 1037 kg
- Simon Pratte — 1037 kg
- Wesley Derwinsky — (No lift)
- Frédérick Rhéaume — (No lift)
- Joey Lavallée — (No lift)
- James Jeffers — (No lift)
- Kelly Branton — (No lift)
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — (No lift)
Event Eight
Coming into the final few events every point started to matter and the Bag Over Bar was the perfect way to find out who deserved it the most. The bag sequence consisted of eight implements ranging from 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to 32 kilograms (70.5 pounds). The organizers set the bar at the height of 4.57 meters, while the competitors had 75 seconds to complete the event. Wesley Derwinsky and Maxime Boudreault were the only ones to successfully throw all eight implements, but Wesley was significantly faster in doing so.
- Wesley Derwinsky — 8 in 23.00 s
- Maxime Boudreault — 8 in 33.79 s
- James Jeffers — 6 in 17.62 s
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 5 in 18.52 s
- Simon Pratte — 5 in 31.85 s
- Kelly Branton — 5 in 37.00 s
- Joey Lavallée — 5 in 46.22 s
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 4 in 21.26 s
- Tyler Sigurdson — 4 in 34.92 s
- Sean Hayes — 3 in 9.53 s
- Ben Court — 2 in 15.43 s
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 1 in 8.00 s
Event Nine
The Super Yoke was the second-to-last event of the 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man. The Yoke weighed 408 kilograms (899.5 pounds) and the track length was 23 meters. Gabriel Rhéaume displayed incredible swiftness to win the event. Wesley Derwinsky followed up his Bag Over Bar win with a second-place finish in this event.
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 13.80 s
- Wesley Derwinsky — 14.87 s
- Joey Lavallée — 16.09 s
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 18.48 s
- Sean Hayes — 19.15 s
- Maxime Boudreault — 21.51 s
- Kelly Branton — 22.04 s
- James Jeffers — 23.13 s
- Tyler Sigurdson — 26.90 s
- Ben Court — 27.82 s
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 28.91 s
- Simon Pratte — 37.62 s
Event Ten
The Loading Race was what wrapped up the 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man contest and definitely made it interesting because of its unpredictability. The race only consisted of three implements, which were the 122-kilogram (267-pound) keg, 150-kilogram (330.5-pound) shield, and a 159-kilogram (350.5-pound) sack. Maxime took the maximum points and put a stamp on his overall victory.
- Maxime Boudreault — 3 in 32.20 s
- James Jeffers — 3 in 37.35 s
- Sean Hayes — 3 in 37.73 s
- Wesley Derwinsky — 3 in 44.22 s
- Tyler Sigurdson — 3 in 45.24 s
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 3 in 56.21 s
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 3 in 73.71 s
- Simon Pratte — 2 implements
- Joey Lavallée — 2 implements
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 2 implements
- Kelly Branton — 2 implements
- Ben Court — 1 implement
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Historically, Canada has been one of the most prominent nations when it comes to Strongman. It seems that they are now blessed with more talented athletes than they have ever had in the past. Because anything could change in the leadup to the finals, it made the 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man contest so interesting. Not only did this competition justify its reputation, but it also exceeded expectations.
