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2001 Canada's Strongest Man

The 2001 Canada's Strongest Man was held on 2001-06-29 in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Canada. 16 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: June 29, 2001
Location: Dolbeau-Mistassini, Canada, Canada
Type: Canada's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Hugo Girard
1st Place

Hugo Girard 🇨🇦

Total Points: 110.5

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Max Deadlift
  2. 2. Viking Press
  3. 3. Wheelbarrow Carry
  4. 4. Power Stairs
  5. 5. Hercules Hold
  6. 6. Conan's Wheel
  7. 7. Tractor Pull
  8. 8. Loading Race

Results

Final standings with every athlete's result and points in each of the 8 events. Scroll sideways for later events.
Place Athlete Total Conan's Wheel Hercules Hold Loading Race Max Deadlift Power Stairs Tractor Pull Viking Press Wheelbarrow Carry
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 110.5 6.0 77 ° 13.0 42.18 s 15.0 5 in 56.34 s 14.5 408 kg 16.0 50.12 s 14.0 17 m 16.0 15 reps 16.0 27.58 m
2 Travis Lyndon 🇨🇦 106.5 16.0 360 ° 16.0 67.25 s 16.0 5 in 46.50 s 6.5 340 kg 11.0 16 stairs 16.0 21.06 m 14.0 11 reps 11.0 10.44 m
3 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 103.5 15.0 295 ° 15.0 55.15 s 13.0 5 in 69.04 s 10.0 374 kg 14.0 63.31 s 11.0 12.8 m 11.5 9 reps 14.0 13.18 m
4 Geoff Dolan 🇨🇦 95.0 14.0 244 ° 6.0 24.50 s 14.0 5 in 57.50 s 11.0 397 kg 15.0 54.93 s 12.0 15.44 m 8.0 4 reps 15.0 13.54 m
5 Dominic Filiou 🇨🇦 87.5 9.0 101 ° 10.0 35.31 s 10.0 3 in 37.32 s 6.5 340 kg 13.0 17 stairs 15.0 17.02 m 15.0 13 reps 9.0 4.27 m
6 Steve Bourgeois 🇨🇦 83.0 3.0 7 ° 9.0 35.06 s 12.0 5 in 104.40 s 9.0 363 kg 12.0 17 stairs 13.0 15.47 m 13.0 10 reps 12.0 11.07 m
7 Franky Bonneau 🇨🇦 71.5 12.0 190 ° 5.0 19.75 s 9.0 3 in 40.56 s 14.5 408 kg 7.0 12 stairs 8.0 10.24 m 9.0 6 reps 7.0 2.46 m
8 Gino Dechesne 🇨🇦 70.5 13.0 212 ° 12.0 38.87 s 8.0 5 in 51.80 s 8.0 352 kg 9.0 14 stairs 6.0 9.58 m 10.0 7 reps 4.5 1.83 m
9 Beerd Beekman 🇨🇦 68.5 11.0 188 ° 7.0 26.09 s 11.0 4 in 95.36 s 13.0 408 kg 8.0 14 stairs 9.0 10.49 m 6.5 2 reps 3.0 0.69 m
10 Shane Murphy 🇨🇦 67.0 10.0 124 ° 14.0 49.18 s 5.0 3 in 59.91 s 2.5 295 kg 6.0 12 stairs 10.0 10.52 m 6.5 2 reps 13.0 11.81 m
11 Martin Brisebois 🇨🇦 59.0 4.0 29 ° 4.0 16.68 s 7.0 3 in 56.96 s 16.0 456 kg 10.0 16 stairs 7.0 10.16 m 5.0 1 rep 6.0 1.96 m
12 Mark Lozer 🇨🇦 43.0 2.0 11.0 35.84 s 6.0 3 in 57.41 s 2.5 295 kg 5.0 11 stairs 4.0 7.75 m 2.5 0 reps 10.0 7.54 m
13 Dennis Ruygrok 🇨🇦 39.5 8.0 100 ° 8.0 26.31 s 3.0 2 in 67.01 s 1.0 272 kg 4.0 9 stairs 5.0 8.41 m 2.5 0 reps 8.0 3.51 m
14 Sean Bates 🇨🇦 31.0 7.0 95 ° 2.0 2.93 s 4.0 2 in 18.31 s 5.0 318 kg 3.0 6 stairs 3.0 6.5 m 2.5 0 reps 4.5 1.83 m
15 Ed Brost 🇨🇦 23.5 0.0 (Withdrew) 0.0 (Withdrew) 0.0 (Withdrew) 12.0 397 kg 0.0 (Withdrew) 0.0 (Withdrew) 11.5 9 reps 0.0 (Withdrew)
16 Rob Verkest 🇨🇦 22.5 5.0 58 ° 3.0 6.62 s 2.0 1 in 13.37 s 4.0 295 kg 2.0 3 stairs 2.0 5.18 m 2.5 0 reps 2.0

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon 360 ° 16.0
2 Jessen Paulin 295 ° 15.0
3 Geoff Dolan 244 ° 14.0
4 Gino Dechesne 212 ° 13.0
5 Franky Bonneau 190 ° 12.0
6 Beerd Beekman 188 ° 11.0
7 Shane Murphy 124 ° 10.0
8 Dominic Filiou 101 ° 9.0
9 Dennis Ruygrok 100 ° 8.0
10 Sean Bates 95 ° 7.0
11 Hugo Girard 77 ° 6.0
12 Rob Verkest 58 ° 5.0
13 Martin Brisebois 29 ° 4.0
14 Steve Bourgeois 7 ° 3.0
15 Mark Lozer - 2.0
- Ed Brost (Withdrew) 0.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon 67.25 s 16.0
2 Jessen Paulin 55.15 s 15.0
3 Shane Murphy 49.18 s 14.0
4 Hugo Girard 42.18 s 13.0
5 Gino Dechesne 38.87 s 12.0
6 Mark Lozer 35.84 s 11.0
7 Dominic Filiou 35.31 s 10.0
8 Steve Bourgeois 35.06 s 9.0
9 Dennis Ruygrok 26.31 s 8.0
10 Beerd Beekman 26.09 s 7.0
11 Geoff Dolan 24.50 s 6.0
12 Franky Bonneau 19.75 s 5.0
13 Martin Brisebois 16.68 s 4.0
14 Rob Verkest 6.62 s 3.0
15 Sean Bates 2.93 s 2.0
- Ed Brost (Withdrew) 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon 5 in 46.50 s 16.0
2 Hugo Girard 5 in 56.34 s 15.0
3 Geoff Dolan 5 in 57.50 s 14.0
4 Jessen Paulin 5 in 69.04 s 13.0
5 Steve Bourgeois 5 in 104.40 s 12.0
6 Beerd Beekman 4 in 95.36 s 11.0
7 Dominic Filiou 3 in 37.32 s 10.0
8 Franky Bonneau 3 in 40.56 s 9.0
9 Gino Dechesne 5 in 51.80 s 8.0
10 Martin Brisebois 3 in 56.96 s 7.0
11 Mark Lozer 3 in 57.41 s 6.0
12 Shane Murphy 3 in 59.91 s 5.0
13 Sean Bates 2 in 18.31 s 4.0
14 Dennis Ruygrok 2 in 67.01 s 3.0
15 Rob Verkest 1 in 13.37 s 2.0
- Ed Brost (Withdrew) 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Brisebois 456 kg 16.0
2 Franky Bonneau 408 kg 14.5
2 Hugo Girard 408 kg 14.5
4 Beerd Beekman 408 kg 13.0
5 Ed Brost 397 kg 12.0
6 Geoff Dolan 397 kg 11.0
7 Jessen Paulin 374 kg 10.0
8 Steve Bourgeois 363 kg 9.0
9 Gino Dechesne 352 kg 8.0
10 Travis Lyndon 340 kg 6.5
10 Dominic Filiou 340 kg 6.5
12 Sean Bates 318 kg 5.0
13 Rob Verkest 295 kg 4.0
14 Shane Murphy 295 kg 2.5
14 Mark Lozer 295 kg 2.5
16 Dennis Ruygrok 272 kg 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 50.12 s 16.0
2 Geoff Dolan 54.93 s 15.0
3 Jessen Paulin 63.31 s 14.0
4 Dominic Filiou 17 stairs 13.0
5 Steve Bourgeois 17 stairs 12.0
6 Travis Lyndon 16 stairs 11.0
7 Martin Brisebois 16 stairs 10.0
8 Gino Dechesne 14 stairs 9.0
9 Beerd Beekman 14 stairs 8.0
10 Franky Bonneau 12 stairs 7.0
11 Shane Murphy 12 stairs 6.0
12 Mark Lozer 11 stairs 5.0
13 Dennis Ruygrok 9 stairs 4.0
14 Sean Bates 6 stairs 3.0
15 Rob Verkest 3 stairs 2.0
- Ed Brost (Withdrew) 0.0

Tractor Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon 21.06 m 16.0
2 Dominic Filiou 17.02 m 15.0
3 Hugo Girard 17 m 14.0
4 Steve Bourgeois 15.47 m 13.0
5 Geoff Dolan 15.44 m 12.0
6 Jessen Paulin 12.8 m 11.0
7 Shane Murphy 10.52 m 10.0
8 Beerd Beekman 10.49 m 9.0
9 Franky Bonneau 10.24 m 8.0
10 Martin Brisebois 10.16 m 7.0
11 Gino Dechesne 9.58 m 6.0
12 Dennis Ruygrok 8.41 m 5.0
13 Mark Lozer 7.75 m 4.0
14 Sean Bates 6.5 m 3.0
15 Rob Verkest 5.18 m 2.0
- Ed Brost (Withdrew) 0.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 15 reps 16.0
2 Dominic Filiou 13 reps 15.0
3 Travis Lyndon 11 reps 14.0
4 Steve Bourgeois 10 reps 13.0
5 Jessen Paulin 9 reps 11.5
5 Ed Brost 9 reps 11.5
7 Gino Dechesne 7 reps 10.0
8 Franky Bonneau 6 reps 9.0
9 Geoff Dolan 4 reps 8.0
10 Beerd Beekman 2 reps 6.5
10 Shane Murphy 2 reps 6.5
12 Martin Brisebois 1 rep 5.0
13 Mark Lozer 0 reps 2.5
13 Dennis Ruygrok 0 reps 2.5
13 Sean Bates 0 reps 2.5
13 Rob Verkest 0 reps 2.5

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 27.58 m 16.0
2 Geoff Dolan 13.54 m 15.0
3 Jessen Paulin 13.18 m 14.0
4 Shane Murphy 11.81 m 13.0
5 Steve Bourgeois 11.07 m 12.0
6 Travis Lyndon 10.44 m 11.0
7 Mark Lozer 7.54 m 10.0
8 Dominic Filiou 4.27 m 9.0
9 Dennis Ruygrok 3.51 m 8.0
10 Franky Bonneau 2.46 m 7.0
11 Martin Brisebois 1.96 m 6.0
12 Gino Dechesne 1.83 m 4.5
12 Sean Bates 1.83 m 4.5
14 Beerd Beekman 0.69 m 3.0
15 Rob Verkest - 2.0
- Ed Brost (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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