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2017 Arnold Australia

The 2017 Arnold Australia was held on 2017-03-18 in Melbourne, Australia. 8 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: March 18, 2017
Location: Melbourne, Australia, Australia
Type: Arnold Pro Strongman World Series
Division: Men
Brian Shaw
1st Place

Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

Total Points: 38.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Super Yoke
  2. 2. Log Lift
  3. 3. Frame Carry
  4. 4. Max Deadlift
  5. 5. Truck Pull
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 38.0
2 Mikhail Shivlyakov 🇷🇺 RUS 33.0
3 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 32.5
4 Rauno Heinla 🇪🇪 EST 29.5
5 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 POL 24.5
6 Colm Woulfe 🇳🇿 NZL 22.0
7 Mathew Ragg 🇳🇿 NZL 18.0
8 Adam Derks 🇺🇸 USA 13.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rauno Heinla 5 in 42.55 s 8.0
2 Jean-François Caron 5 in 52.67 s 7.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 5 in 61.37 s 6.0
4 Adam Derks 4 in 27.46 s 5.0
5 Colm Woulfe 4 in 27.96 s 4.0
6 Mathew Ragg 3 in 19.27 s 3.0
7 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 in 25.27 s 2.0
- Brian Shaw Did not attempt 0.0

Frame Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8.85 s 8.0
2 Mikhail Shivlyakov 9.70 s 7.0
3 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 19.85 s 6.0
4 Jean-François Caron 31.75 s 5.0
5 Colm Woulfe DNF 4.0
6 Adam Derks DNF 3.0
7 Mathew Ragg DNF 2.0
8 Rauno Heinla DNF 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 3 reps, 190 kg 8.0
2 Mikhail Shivlyakov 2 reps, 190 kg 7.0
3 Rauno Heinla 1 rep, 190 kg 6.0
4 Jean-François Caron 3 reps, 170 kg 5.0
5 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 2 reps, 170 kg 3.5
5 Mathew Ragg 2 reps, 170 kg 3.5
- Colm Woulfe 0 reps, 170 kg 0.0
- Adam Derks 0 reps, 170 kg 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 440 kg 8.0
2 Jean-François Caron 420 kg 6.5
2 Rauno Heinla 420 kg 6.5
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov 400 kg 5.0
5 Mathew Ragg 380 kg 3.5
5 Adam Derks 380 kg 3.5
7 Colm Woulfe 360 kg 2.0
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski No lift 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski - 8.0
2 Brian Shaw - 7.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov - 6.0
4 Rauno Heinla - 5.0
5 Colm Woulfe - 4.0
6 Jean-François Caron - 3.0
7 Mathew Ragg - 2.0
8 Adam Derks - 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Colm Woulfe 26.44 s 8.0
2 Brian Shaw 28.88 s 7.0
3 Jean-François Caron 31.37 s 6.0
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 32.50 s 5.0
5 Mathew Ragg 32.84 s 4.0
6 Rauno Heinla 34.34 s 3.0
7 Mikhail Shivlyakov DNF 2.0
8 Adam Derks DNF 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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