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2001 Gatineau Strongman Festival

The 2001 Gatineau Strongman Festival was held on 2001-09-01 in Gatineau, Canada. 12 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: September 1, 2001 – September 3, 2001
Location: Gatineau, Canada, Canada
Type: Gatineau Strongman Festival
Division: Men
Hugo Girard
1st Place

Hugo Girard 🇨🇦

Total Points: 92.0

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 92.0
2 Travis Lyndon 🇨🇦 CAN 87.5
3 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 CAN 75.5
4 Steve Bourgeois 🇨🇦 CAN 62.0
5 Dominic Filiou 🇨🇦 CAN 56.0
6 Walt Gogola 🇺🇸 USA 44.5
7 Ken Brown 🇺🇸 USA 43.0
8 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 GBR 42.5
9 Martin Brisebois 🇨🇦 CAN 40.0
10 Gary Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 37.0
11 Beerd Beekman 🇨🇦 CAN 30.0
12 Mark Keshishian 🇺🇸 USA 14.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon - 12.0
2 Jessen Paulin - 11.0
3 Hugo Girard - 10.0
4 Steve Bourgeois - 9.0
5 Walt Gogola - 8.0
6 Glenn Ross - 7.0
7 Dominic Filiou - 6.0
8 Gary Mitchell - 5.0
9 Martin Brisebois - 4.0
10 Ken Brown - 3.0
11 Mark Keshishian - 2.0
12 Beerd Beekman - 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard - 12.0
2 Glenn Ross - 11.0
3 Steve Bourgeois - 10.0
4 Travis Lyndon - 9.0
5 Walt Gogola - 8.0
6 Jessen Paulin - 7.0
7 Beerd Beekman - 6.0
8 Dominic Filiou - 5.0
9 Ken Brown - 4.0
10 Gary Mitchell - 3.0
11 Mark Keshishian - 2.0
12 Martin Brisebois - 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard - 12.0
2 Jessen Paulin - 11.0
3 Travis Lyndon - 10.0
4 Dominic Filiou - 9.0
5 Ken Brown - 8.0
6 Steve Bourgeois - 7.0
7 Gary Mitchell - 6.0
8 Martin Brisebois - 5.0
9 Walt Gogola - 4.0
10 Glenn Ross - 3.0
11 Beerd Beekman - 2.0
12 Mark Keshishian - 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon - 12.0
2 Hugo Girard - 11.0
3 Steve Bourgeois - 10.0
4 Jessen Paulin - 9.0
5 Dominic Filiou - 8.0
6 Ken Brown - 7.0
7 Gary Mitchell - 6.0
8 Martin Brisebois - 5.0
9 Walt Gogola - 4.0
10 Beerd Beekman - 3.0
11 Mark Keshishian - 2.0
12 Glenn Ross - 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard - 12.0
2 Travis Lyndon - 10.5
2 Glenn Ross - 10.5
4 Dominic Filiou - 9.0
5 Jessen Paulin - 7.5
5 Walt Gogola - 7.5
7 Beerd Beekman - 6.0
8 Ken Brown - 5.0
9 Gary Mitchell - 4.0
10 Steve Bourgeois - 3.0
11 Mark Keshishian - 2.0
12 Martin Brisebois - 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon - 12.0
2 Hugo Girard - 11.0
3 Jessen Paulin - 10.0
4 Martin Brisebois - 9.0
5 Walt Gogola - 8.0
6 Glenn Ross - 7.0
7 Steve Bourgeois - 6.0
8 Ken Brown - 5.0
9 Dominic Filiou - 4.0
10 Beerd Beekman - 3.0
11 Gary Mitchell - 2.0
12 Mark Keshishian - 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard - 12.0
2 Travis Lyndon - 11.0
3 Jessen Paulin - 10.0
4 Dominic Filiou - 9.0
5 Steve Bourgeois - 8.0
6 Martin Brisebois - 7.0
7 Ken Brown - 6.0
8 Beerd Beekman - 5.0
9 Gary Mitchell - 4.0
10 Walt Gogola - 3.0
11 Glenn Ross - 2.0
12 Mark Keshishian - 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard - 12.0
2 Travis Lyndon - 11.0
3 Jessen Paulin - 10.0
4 Steve Bourgeois - 9.0
5 Martin Brisebois - 8.0
6 Gary Mitchell - 7.0
7 Dominic Filiou - 6.0
8 Ken Brown - 5.0
9 Beerd Beekman - 4.0
10 Mark Keshishian - 3.0
11 Walt Gogola - 2.0
12 Glenn Ross - 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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