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2008 Fortissimus

The 2008 Fortissimus was held on 2008-06-28 in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Canada. 13 athletes competed across 10 events were contested.

Date: June 28, 2008 – June 29, 2008
Location: Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Canada, Canada
Type: Fortissimus
Division: Men
Derek Poundstone
1st Place

Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸

Total Points: 119.0

Events (10 total)

  1. 1. Deadlift
  2. 2. Super Yoke
  3. 3. Overhead Medley
  4. 4. Crucifix Hold
  5. 5. Pyramid of Strength
  6. 6. Back Load Carry
  7. 7. Back Lift
  8. 8. Cyr Dumbbell
  9. 9. Farmer's Walk
  10. 10. Circle of Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 USA 119.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 118.0
3 Sebastian Wenta 🇵🇱 POL 84.3
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 🇨🇦 CAN 83.5
5 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 USA 76.5
6 Mikhail Koklyaev 🇷🇺 RUS 76.5
7 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 GBR 67.5
8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 ISL 63.8
9 Andrus Murumets 🇪🇪 EST 62.0
10 Christian Savoie 🇨🇦 CAN 42.5
11 Arild Haugen 🇳🇴 NOR 40.5
12 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 SRB 36.5
13 Dominic Filiou 🇨🇦 CAN 25.5

Event-by-Event Results

Back Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 1273 kg 12.5
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 1273 kg 12.5
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 1182 kg 10.5
3 Travis Ortmayer 1182 kg 10.5
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 1091 kg 8.0
5 Mark Felix 1091 kg 8.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 1091 kg 8.0
8 Christian Savoie 955 kg 4.0
8 Arild Haugen 955 kg 4.0
8 Ervin Katona 955 kg 4.0
8 Sebastian Wenta 955 kg 4.0
8 Andrus Murumets 955 kg 4.0
- Dominic Filiou No lift 0.0

Back Load Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrus Murumets 15.81 s 13.0
2 Derek Poundstone 16.09 s 12.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 16.22 s 11.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 16.37 s 10.0
5 Travis Ortmayer 16.69 s 9.0
6 Sebastian Wenta 17.61 s 8.0
7 Christian Savoie 17.97 s 7.0
8 Mikhail Koklyaev 18.25 s 6.0
9 Dominic Filiou 20.08 s 5.0
10 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ? 4.0
11 Arild Haugen 22.40 s 3.0
12 Mark Felix ? 2.0
13 Ervin Katona ? 1.0

Circle of Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 22.75 (13) + 2 in 8.88 (12) 12.5
2 Derek Poundstone 5 in 25.55 (11) + 3 in 38.34 (13) 12.0
3 Sebastian Wenta 5 in 22.84 (12) + ? (11) 11.5
4 Mark Felix 5 in 27.50 (9) + 2 in 24.07 (10) 9.5
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 5 in 26.59 (10) + ? (6) 8.0
6 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 in 35.42 (8) + 2 in 27.51 (7) 7.5
7 Louis-Philippe Jean ? (4) + ? (9) 6.5
8 Christian Savoie 5 in 41.85 (6) + ? (5) 5.5
8 Arild Haugen 2 in 13.99 (3) + 2 in 25.21 (8) 5.5
10 Dominic Filiou 5 in 36.70 (7) + ? (3) 5.0
11 Travis Ortmayer ? (5) + ? (4) 4.5
- Ervin Katona Withdrew 0.0
- Andrus Murumets Withdrew 0.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 39.28 s 13.0
2 Ervin Katona 37.66 s 12.0
3 Sebastian Wenta 33.59 s 11.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 31.43 s 10.0
5 Andrus Murumets 31.40 s 9.0
6 Louis-Philippe Jean 31.19 s 8.0
7 Mikhail Koklyaev 28.31 s 7.0
8 Travis Ortmayer 24.21 s 6.0
9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ? 5.0
10 Dominic Filiou ? 4.0
11 Christian Savoie ? 3.0
12 Mark Felix ? 2.0
13 Arild Haugen ? 1.0

Cyr Dumbbell

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 6 in 35.08 s 13.0
2 Derek Poundstone 6 in 40.97 s 12.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 6 in 70.09 s 11.0
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 51.37 s 10.0
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 5 in 54.83 s 9.0
6 Sebastian Wenta 4 in 31.69 s 8.0
7 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 4 in 52.02 s 7.0
8 Arild Haugen 3 in 36.61 s 6.0
9 Dominic Filiou ? 5.0
10 Mark Felix ? 4.0
11 Christian Savoie ? 3.0
- Ervin Katona Withdrew 0.0
- Andrus Murumets Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 14 reps 13.0
2 Derek Poundstone 13 reps 11.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 13 reps 11.0
2 Mark Felix 13 reps 11.0
5 Ervin Katona 10 reps 9.0
6 Andrus Murumets 9 reps 8.0
7 Arild Haugen 8 reps 6.5
7 Travis Ortmayer 8 reps 6.5
9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 7 reps 5.0
10 Louis-Philippe Jean 6 reps 4.0
11 Christian Savoie 5 reps 3.0
12 Sebastian Wenta 2 reps 2.0
- Dominic Filiou 0 reps 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 34.03 s 13.0
2 Mark Felix 50.90 s 12.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 54.63 s 11.0
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 43.59 m 10.0
5 Sebastian Wenta 42.47 m 9.0
6 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 42.27 m 8.0
7 Mikhail Koklyaev 36.7 m 7.0
8 Travis Ortmayer 34.1 m 6.0
9 Christian Savoie ? 5.0
10 Arild Haugen ? 4.0
- Ervin Katona Withdrew 0.0
- Dominic Filiou Did not attempt 0.0
- Andrus Murumets Withdrew 0.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Louis-Philippe Jean 4 in 80.42 s 13.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 in 21.09 s 12.0
3 Derek Poundstone 3 in 27.06 s 11.0
4 Andrus Murumets 3 in 33.41 s 10.0
5 Sebastian Wenta 3 in 34.50 s 9.0
6 Travis Ortmayer 3 in 38.81 s 8.0
7 Mikhail Koklyaev 3 in 61.25 s 7.0
8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 1 in 5.59 s 6.0
9 Arild Haugen 1 in 5.70 s 5.0
10 Mark Felix 1 in 7.07 s 4.0
11 Christian Savoie 1 in 7.43 s 3.0
12 Ervin Katona 1 in 9.36 s 2.0
13 Dominic Filiou 1 in 7.58 s 1.0

Pyramid of Strength

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 41.20 m (11) + 50.17 s (12) 11.5
2 Sebastian Wenta 40.00 m (8.5) + 48.78 s (13) 10.8
3 Derek Poundstone 42.95 m (12) + 84.96 s (8) 10.0
4 Travis Ortmayer 47.50 m (13) + DNF (5) 9.0
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 36.35 m (6) + 57.39 s (11) 8.5
6 Andrus Murumets 37.28 m (7) + 69.41 s (9) 8.0
7 Christian Savoie 33.50 m (4) + 67.34 s (10) 7.0
8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 40.00 m (8.5) + DNF (4) 6.3
9 Mark Felix 34.05 m (5) + DNF (7) 6.0
10 Ervin Katona 41.00 m (10) + DNF (1) 5.5
11 Dominic Filiou 33.20 m (3) + DNF (6) 4.5
12 Louis-Philippe Jean 30.30 m (2) + DNF (3) 2.5
13 Arild Haugen 18.71 m (1) + DNF (2) 1.5

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 17.41 s 12.5
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 17.41 s 12.5
3 Sebastian Wenta 17.84 s 11.0
4 Andrus Murumets 18.93 s 10.0
5 Mark Felix 19.66 s 9.0
6 Louis-Philippe Jean 22.85 s 8.0
7 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 24.59 s 7.0
8 Travis Ortmayer 27.35 s 6.0
9 Mikhail Koklyaev 29.97 s 5.0
10 Arild Haugen 33.40 s 4.0
11 Ervin Katona ? 3.0
12 Christian Savoie ? 2.0
13 Dominic Filiou ? 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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