The 2024 Australia’s Strongest Man & Woman competitions took place on April 19-20, in Sydney, and gathered a large group of the country’s greatest Strongmen and Strongwomen. Both divisions consisted of eight events, which ensured that the best all-around athletes were crowned as the nation’s champions. In the end, those proved to be Jordan Osborne and Nicole Genrich.
Both Jordan Osborne and Nicole Genrich displayed dominant performances, practically winning the competitions even before the last event started. So, it is safe to say that their prior experience came in handy, as each of them won this competition once in the past as well.
2024 Australia’s Strongest Man Results
- Jordan Osborne — 116 points
- Josh Patacca — 110 points
- Macauley Tinker — 109.5 points
- Brenton Stone — 108.5 points
- Ryan Rullis — 103.5 points
- Jihad El Masri — 84.5 points
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf — 76.5 points
- Jonathan Nelio — 71 points
- Bradman Houston — 69 points
- Adam Fullgrabe — 68 points
- Jared Taylor — 57 points
- Reece Kirby — 44.5 points
- Miles Orec — 42 points
- Sam Le Cerf — 39.5 points
- Thomas Wren — 35 points
- Vijit Sood — 34.5 points
- Josh Bourne — 22 points
2024 Australia’s Strongest Woman Results
- Nicole Genrich — 69 points
- Katie Blunden — 50 points
- Ari Mann — 50 points
- Elly Smith — 39 points
- Nichole Wight — 29 points
- Sarah Hallifax — 27 points
- Rebekah Chessum — 26 points
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 25 points
- Liz Aitken — 24 points
Related: 2023 Australia’s Strongest Man & Woman Results — Josh Patacca & Nicole Genrich Win Gold
Strongman Division Event Recap (Top Eight)
Event One — Max Log Lift
The first event of the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Man competition tasked the athletes with lifting the heaviest Log possible. They had three attempts to establish their one-rep-max while the common rules of judging were applied.
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The battle on the Log Lift was one for the ages, as the athletes kept one-upping each other. In the end, Brenton Stone managed to overhead press an incredible 190-kilogram (418.9-pound) Log, which secured him the victory. However, Coraboeuf and Wren did great as well, lifting just a few pounds less.
- Brenton Stone — 190 kilograms
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf — 187.5 kilograms
- Thomas Wren — 185 kilograms
- Macauley Tinker — 182.5 kilograms
- Jordan Osborne — 175 kilograms
- Josh Patacca — 172.5 kilograms
- Jihad El Masri — 165 kilograms
- Reece Kirby — 165 kilograms
Event Two — Farmer’s Walk
For the Farmer’s Walk event, the athletes had to pick up two implements weighing 160 kilograms (352.7 pounds) and carry them for a total distance of 20 meters. The goal was to complete the entire event in the shortest time possible. Dropping the implement and picking it back up was allowed.
When it comes to combining grip strength and quickness, there is no man in Australia who can match Jordan Osborne. Despite carrying huge implements, Osborne managed to finish the event in just 12.46 seconds, thus taking maximum points.
- Jordan Osborne — 12.46 seconds
- Ryan Rullis — 12.90 seconds
- Josh Patacca — 14.90 seconds
- Jihad El Masri — 19.58 seconds
- Jonathan Nelio — 40.09 seconds
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf — 41.39 seconds
- Bradman Houston — 15.6 meters
- Adam Fullgrabe — 13.6 meters
Event Three — Flag Raise
The third event challenged the athletes to lift four progressively heavier Flags in the shortest time possible. They were allowed to use gloves and chalk, but no other grip aids were allowed.
Once again, the moving events proved to be Jordan Osborne’s strength, as he was the fastest man to lift all four implements. In fact, he was the only athlete out of the 17-man lineup to finish the event in less than half a minute.
- Jordan Osborne — 4 in 27.90 seconds
- Macauley Tinker — 4 in 30.80 seconds
- Ryan Rullis — 4 in 32.90 seconds
- Josh Patacca — 4 in 51.60 seconds
- Miles Orec — 3 in 33.10 seconds
- Brenton Stone — 3 in 41.10 seconds
- Adam Fullgrabe — 3 in 52 seconds
- Jihad El Masri — 2 in 12 seconds
Event Four — Car Flip
The fourth event was a true brute show of strength as the competitors had to flip over a car of unknown weight and then had to flip it back to its original position as well.
Rounding out the nearly perfect day he had, Jordan Osborne secured his third consecutive event win after a spectacular performance in the Car Flip event. The race between him and Tinker was quite short, meaning that the margin with which Osborne won came out to just half a second.
- Jordan Osborne — 6.90 seconds
- Macauley Tinker — 7.50 seconds
- Jihad El Masri — 7.90 seconds
- Ryan Rullis — 8.50 seconds
- Reece Kirby — 9.20 seconds
- Josh Patacca — 9.40 seconds
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf — 9.90 seconds
- Jared Taylor — 10.10 seconds
Event Five — Overhead Medley
The Overhead Medley event consisted of three implements, all of which had to be pressed overhead by the athletes. The first one was a 140-kg (308.6-lb) Log, then the 90-kg (198.4-lb) Dumbbell, and finally the 150-kg (330.7-lb) Anchor Yoke.
Having won the Log Lift event, it was clear that Brenton Stone was the greatest overhead presser in the lineup. So, he was thrilled to show off his strength once again on the Overhead Medley, where he lifted all three implements with no struggle at all. So, he easily secured another event victory.
- Brenton Stone — 3 in 17.37 seconds
- Macauley Tinker — 3 in 22.10 seconds
- Jordan Osborne — 3 in 22.92 seconds
- Josh Patacca — 3 in 24. 20 seconds
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf — 3 in 24.36 seconds
- Jihad El Masri — 2 in 15.27 seconds
- Reece Kirby — 2 in 15.75 seconds
- Jared Yatlor — 2 in 16.10 seconds
Event Six — Deadlift
The trick with the deadlift event was that the competition used the Stone Bar implement, and challenged the athletes to perform as many reps as possible. Figure eight straps and deadlift suits were not allowed.
Although the majority of the lineup was unable to perform a rep or finished with just a few of them, Brenton Stone and Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf both locked out eight reps. They were on a whole different level compared to the rest, and ended up in a tie for first place.
- Brenton Stone — 8 reps
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf — 8 reps
- Josh Patacca — 7 reps
- Adam Fullgrabe — 6 reps
- Jordan Osborne — 5 reps
- Macauley Tinker — 4 reps
- Bradman Houston — 4 reps
- Ryan Rullis — 3 reps
Event Seven — Freight Race
The Freight Race saw the athletes perform a 270-kg (595.2-lb) zercher carry for a distance of 20 meters. So, the implement had to be carried in the “crook of the elbows”.
The Freight Race was both a physical and mental battle between the athletes, as a large factor in this event was pain endurance. Three men tackled this challenge the best, as they were separated by only 0.25 seconds between them. In the end, Brenton Stone got the winning edge, and took the maximum points once again.
- Brenton Stone — 14.10 seconds
- Jordan Osborne — 14.20 seconds
- Ryan Rullis — 14.35 seconds
- Josh Patacca — 16.70 seconds
- Jonathan Nelio — 18.27 seconds
- Macauley Tinker — 19.27 seconds
- Bradman Houston — 19.50 seconds
- Sam Le Cerf — 23.80 seconds
Event Eight — Atlas Stones
To wrap up the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Man competition, the athletes had to load five progressively heavier stones over a 1.3-meter high beam. The weight of the Stones ranged from 160-kg (352.7-lb) to 210-kg (463-lb).
The final stone in the Atlas Series at the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Man was heavier than the ones used in certain high-level International competitions. So, it was not too much of a surprise that only one man, Ryan Rullis, was able to lift it. Consequently, he won the final event of the competition.
- Ryan Rullis — 5 in 31.50 seconds
- Brenton Stone — 4 in 24.00 seconds
- Macauley Tinker — 4 in 27.90 seconds
- Josh Patacca — 4 in 31.10 seconds
- Vijit Sood — 4 in 38.50 seconds
- Jonathan Nelio — 4 in 40.70 seconds
- Jared Taylor — 4 in 41.80 seconds
- Miles Orec — 3 in 25.40 seconds
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Strongwoman Division Event Recap
The athletes at the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Woman competition followed the same rules as those in the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Man competition. The only difference between the two was the specification of the implements used.
Note: With the aim of avoiding repetition, we will only list the weight and specifications of the implements used by the Strongwomen.
Event One — Max Log Lift
The first event of the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Woman competition challenged athletes to lift the heaviest Log possible in three attempts.
The opening event of the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Woman competition proved to be quite tense, as only a few pounds separated the top three athletes. However, despite the small margin of difference, Katie Blunden was the single best athlete in the Log Lift.
- Katie Blunden — 117.5 kilograms
- Nicole Genrich — 115 kilograms
- Ari Mann — 112.5 kilograms
- Rebekah Chessum — 100 kilograms
- Nichole Wight — 95 kilograms
- Sarah Hallifax — 92.5 kilograms
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 90 kilograms
- Liz Aitken — 82.5 kilograms
- Elly Smith — 80 kilograms
Event Two — Farmer’s Walk
The athletes had to carry two 110-kg (242.5-lb) implements in each hand for a total distance of 20 meters.
Nicole Genrich’s performance on the Farmer’s Walk was the greatest display of dominance seen across both the men’s and women’s competition. Firstly, she was one of only three athletes who finished the event. Secondly, her time of 13.88 seconds was nearly two times faster than that of the second-place finisher.
- Nicole Genrich — 13.88 seconds
- Ari Mann — 25.30 seconds
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 38.15 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 18.90 meters
- Rebekah Chessum — 18 meters
- Elly Smith — 16.70 meters
- Nichole Wight — 10 meters
- Liz Aitken — 8.50 meters
- Katie Blunden — 4.80 meters
Event Three — Flag Raise
The weight of the four Flag implements was not specified.
Nicole Genrich continued her title charge with a second consecutive event win on the Flag Raise. However, she had to invest a lot of effort to win this one, as Ari Mann was less than two seconds behind her.
- Nicole Genrich — 4 in 19.90 seconds
- Ari Mann — 4 in 21.50 seconds
- Rebekah Chessum — 4 in 26.30 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 3 in 22.00 seconds
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 3 in 31.50 seconds
- Elly Smith — 3 in 45.50 seconds
- Liz Aitken — 3 in 54.81 seconds
- Katie Blunden — 2 in 9.16 seconds
- Nichole Wight — 1 in 43.60 seconds
Event Four — Car Flip
Similar to the Strongman Division, the weight of the car was not specified.
The fourth event once again saw Nicole Genrich take the win and increase her overall lead. As seen by the results, even managing to flip the car at all was quite an achievement. On top of that, Genrich managed to complete it in a respectable time of 16.80 seconds.
- Nicole Genrich — 16.80 seconds
- Katie Blunden — 22.40 seconds
- Elly Smith — 43.00 seconds
- Ari Mann — No Lift
- Rebekah Chessum — No Lift
- Sarah Hallifax — No Lift
- Allira-Joy Cowley — No Lift
- Liz Aitken — No Lift
- Nichole Wight — No Lift
Event Five — Overhead Medley
The Strongwomen first overhead pressed an 80-kg (176.4-lb) Log, then a 50-kg (110.2-lb) Dumbbell, and finally a 90-kg (198.4-lb) Anchor Yoke.
Katie Blunden temporarily managed to stop Nicole Genrich’s event win streak by beating her in the Overhead Medley event. The sheer power and technique that Blunden has were too much for Genrich to handle.
- Katie Blunden — 3 in 12.30 seconds
- Nicole Genrich — 3 in 14.03 seconds
- Ari Mann — 3 in 16.20 seconds
- Nichole Wight — 3 in 20.90 seconds
- Rebekah Chessum — 3 in 23.00 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 3 in 23.40 seconds
- Liz Aitken — 2 in 17.40 seconds
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 1 in 6.51 seconds
- Elly Smith — 1 in 11.04 seconds
Event Six — Deadlift
Performing the Stone Bar implement, the women had to perform as many reps as possible with 200 kilograms (440.9 pounds).
It did not take long for Genrich to get back to her winning ways, as she outperformed everyone in the deadlift event. She was one of two athletes that managed to get into double digits of reps, but made sure to perform one more than her closest rival.
- Nicole Genrich — 11 reps
- Ari Mann — 10 reps
- Elly Smith — 9 reps
- Katie Blunden — 6 reps
- Nichole Wight — 6 reps
- Liz Aitken — 6 reps
- Sarah Hallifax — 5 reps
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 4 reps
- Rebekah Chessum — 2 reps
Event Seven — Freight Race
The competitors had to perform a 20-meter zercher carry with a weight of 160-kg (352.7-lb).
Katie Blunden once again proved to be the only woman in Australia who can beat Nicole Genrich in certain events. Well, the Freight Race was one of those events, as Katie ended up with a time that was one second quicker than Nicole’s.
- Katie Blunden — 12.30 seconds
- Nicole Genrich — 13.20 seconds
- Elly Smith — 13.60 seconds
- Ari Mann — 16.47 seconds
- Nichole Wight — 16.80 seconds
- Liz Aitken — 20.37 seconds
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 23.67 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 24.50 seconds
- Rebekah Chessum — 25.31 seconds
Event Eight — Atlas Stones
The women loaded the five progressively heavier Atlas Stones over a 1.2-meter beam. The weight of their stones ranged from 110-kg (242.5-lb) to 150-kg (330.7-lb).
Although Nicole Genrich was safe in first place overall, she did not want to hold back on the final event of the 2024 Australia’s Strongest Woman. So, she finished the entire series of Atlas Stones in just 41.10 seconds, securing her fifth event win of the competition.
- Nicole Genrich — 5 in 41.10 seconds
- Elly Smith — 5 in 51.90 seconds
- Katie Blunden — 4 in 31.70 seconds
- Ari Mann — 4 in 35.60 seconds
- Liz Aitken — 3 in 26.70 seconds
- Nichole Wight — 3 in 31.60 seconds
- Allira-Joy Cowley — 3 in 32.10 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 3 in 32.40 seconds
- Rebekah Chessum — 2 in 20.50 seconds
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The 2024 Australia’s Strongest Man & Woman competitions showed the wide range of talents that the country possesses in both Strongman and Strongwoman. However, Jordan Osborne and Nicole Genrich proved that they are world-class athletes, who are prepared to represent their nation at the biggest competitions in the world.
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