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2009 Venice Beach Grand Prix

The 2009 Venice Beach Grand Prix was held on 2009-11-14 in Los Angeles, California. 12 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: November 14, 2009
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Type: Strongman Super Series
Division: Men
Brian Shaw
1st Place

Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

Total Points: 32.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Farmer's Walk
  2. 2. Overhead Medley
  3. 3. Shield Carry
  4. 4. Super Yoke
  5. 5. Medley
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 32.0
2 Stoyan Todorchev 🇧🇬 BUL 27.5
3 Jason Bergmann 🇺🇸 USA 22.5
4 Nick Best 🇺🇸 USA 20.5
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 POL 18.8
6 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 17.3
6 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 USA 17.3
8 Johannes 🇸🇪 SWE 12.3
9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 ISL 10.0
10 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 8.5
11 Marshall White 🇺🇸 USA 8.3
12 Jimmy Marku 🇬🇧 GBR 2.3

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 5 in 41.50 s 6.0
2 Stoyan Todorchev 4 in 22.50 s 5.0
3 Jason Bergmann 4 in 24.03 s 4.0
4 Dave Ostlund 4 in 24.65 s 3.0
5 Terry Hollands 4 in 30.31 s 2.0
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4 in 39.13 s 1.0
- Nick Best 4 in 47.90 s 0.0
- Johannes (Eliminated) 0.0
- Stefán Sölvi Pétursson (Eliminated) 0.0
- Jarosław Dymek (Eliminated) 0.0
- Marshall White (Eliminated) 0.0
- Jimmy Marku (Eliminated) 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stoyan Todorchev 37.81 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 40.30 s 5.5
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski 42.35 s 5.0
4 Johannes 50.06 s 4.5
5 Nick Best 51.75 s 4.0
6 Terry Hollands 57.44 s 3.5
7 Jarosław Dymek 58.41 s 3.0
8 Jason Bergmann 35.86 m 2.5
9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 34.6 m 2.0
10 Dave Ostlund 25.8 m 1.5
11 Marshall White 24.15 m 1.0
12 Jimmy Marku 18.69 m 0.5

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 26.13 s 6.0
2 Stoyan Todorchev 26.44 s 5.0
3 Nick Best 27.44 s 4.0
4 Jason Bergmann 32.03 s 3.0
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 33.00 s 2.0
6 Terry Hollands 51.35 s 1.0
- Dave Ostlund 53.22 s 0.0
- Johannes (Eliminated) 0.0
- Stefán Sölvi Pétursson (Eliminated) 0.0
- Jarosław Dymek (Eliminated) 0.0
- Marshall White (Eliminated) 0.0
- Jimmy Marku (Eliminated) 0.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 6 reps 6.0
2 Jason Bergmann 5 reps 5.5
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4 reps 4.8
3 Dave Ostlund 4 reps 4.8
5 Nick Best 3 reps 3.5
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 3 reps 3.5
5 Jarosław Dymek 3 reps 3.5
8 Terry Hollands 2 reps 1.8
8 Johannes 2 reps 1.8
8 Marshall White 2 reps 1.8
8 Jimmy Marku 2 reps 1.8
12 Stoyan Todorchev 1 rep 0.5

Shield Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 21.60 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 21.90 s 5.5
3 Stoyan Todorchev 23.30 s 5.0
4 Brian Shaw 23.50 s 4.5
5 Nick Best 24.65 s 4.0
6 Johannes 25.32 s 3.5
7 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 26.06 s 3.0
8 Marshall White 27.50 s 2.5
9 Jason Bergmann 27.75 s 2.0
10 Krzysztof Radzikowski 34.72 s 1.5
11 Jarosław Dymek 0.03 m 1.0
- Jimmy Marku (Withdrew) 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stoyan Todorchev 25.19 s 6.0
2 Jason Bergmann 25.53 s 5.5
3 Nick Best 27.43 s 5.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 28.62 s 4.5
5 Brian Shaw 30.41 s 4.0
6 Terry Hollands 32.97 s 3.5
7 Marshall White 34.33 s 3.0
8 Johannes 36.84 s 2.5
9 Dave Ostlund 40.63 s 2.0
10 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 11.45 m 1.5
11 Jarosław Dymek 10.09 m 1.0
- Jimmy Marku (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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