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2017 Canada's Strongest Man

The 2017 Canada's Strongest Man was held on 2017-09-16 in Plantagenet, Canada. 14 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: September 16, 2017 – September 17, 2017
Location: Plantagenet, Canada, Canada
Type: Canada's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Jean-François Caron
1st Place

Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦

Total Points: 101.5

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Log Lift
  2. 2. Keg Toss
  3. 3. Atlas Stones
  4. 4. Truck Pull
  5. 5. Deadlift
  6. 6. Super Yoke
  7. 7. Power Stairs
  8. 8. Medley

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 101.5
2 Jimmy Paquet 🇨🇦 CAN 89.0
3 Karl Hjelholt 🇨🇦 CAN 87.0
4 Maxime Boudreault 🇨🇦 CAN 82.5
5 Eric Rautenberg 🇨🇦 CAN 62.5
6 Brad Shepherd 🇨🇦 CAN 59.0
7 Nick English 🇨🇦 CAN 52.0
8 Guillaume Laflamme 🇨🇦 CAN 47.0
9 Artur Walus 🇨🇦 CAN 42.0
10 Padraic Moore 🇨🇦 CAN 39.5
11 James Loach 🇨🇦 CAN 39.0
12 David Nollet 🇨🇦 CAN 29.0
13 Grant Connors 🇨🇦 CAN 25.0
14 Andrew Jennings 🇨🇦 CAN 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Karl Hjelholt 6 in 31.68 s 14.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 6 in 36.55 s 13.0
3 Jean-François Caron 6 in 43.61 s 12.0
4 Eric Rautenberg 6 in 51.85 s 11.0
5 Nick English 6 in 72.53 s 10.0
6 Jimmy Paquet 5 in 53.96 s 9.0
7 James Loach ? 8.0
8 Andrew Jennings ? 7.0
9 Artur Walus ? 6.0
10 Guillaume Laflamme ? 5.0
11 Brad Shepherd ? 4.0
12 Padraic Moore ? 3.0
13 David Nollet ? 2.0
14 Grant Connors ? 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 10 reps 14.0
2 Jimmy Paquet 9 reps 13.0
3 Guillaume Laflamme 7 reps 12.0
4 Karl Hjelholt 2 reps 11.0
- Grant Connors 0 reps 0.0
- Andrew Jennings (Withdrew) 0.0
- Maxime Boudreault 0 reps 0.0
- Eric Rautenberg 0 reps 0.0
- Brad Shepherd 0 reps 0.0
- Nick English 0 reps 0.0
- Artur Walus 0 reps 0.0
- Padraic Moore 0 reps 0.0
- James Loach 0 reps 0.0
- David Nollet 0 reps 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jimmy Paquet 6 in 18.09 s 14.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 6 in 23.75 s 13.0
3 Jean-François Caron 5 in 19.02 s 12.0
4 Karl Hjelholt 5 in 52.01 s 11.0
5 Padraic Moore 4 in 34.12 s 10.0
6 Grant Connors 3 in 10.24 s 9.0
7 Artur Walus ? 8.0
8 James Loach ? 7.0
9 Brad Shepherd ? 6.0
10 Nick English ? 5.0
11 Guillaume Laflamme ? 4.0
12 David Nollet ? 3.0
13 Andrew Jennings ? 2.0
14 Eric Rautenberg ? 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 8 reps 13.5
1 Maxime Boudreault 8 reps 13.5
3 Jimmy Paquet 6 reps 12.0
4 Brad Shepherd 5 reps 11.0
5 Nick English 4 reps 8.0
5 Guillaume Laflamme 4 reps 8.0
5 Artur Walus 4 reps 8.0
5 James Loach 4 reps 8.0
5 David Nollet 4 reps 8.0
10 Eric Rautenberg 3 reps 4.5
10 Padraic Moore 3 reps 4.5
12 Karl Hjelholt 2 reps 3.0
- Grant Connors 0 reps 0.0
- Andrew Jennings 0 reps 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Maxime Boudreault 4 in 37.27 s 14.0
2 Karl Hjelholt 4 in 39.36 s 13.0
3 Jimmy Paquet 4 in 39.57 s 12.0
4 Eric Rautenberg 4 in 46.70 s 11.0
5 Jean-François Caron 4 in 48.59 s 10.0
6 Brad Shepherd 4 in 60.05 s 9.0
7 Nick English 4 in 82.09 s 8.0
8 Artur Walus 3 in 79.46 s 7.0
9 Padraic Moore ? 6.0
- David Nollet 0 in 90.00 s 0.0
- Grant Connors 0 in 90.00 s 0.0
- Andrew Jennings (Withdrew) 0.0
- Guillaume Laflamme 0 in 90.00 s 0.0
- James Loach 0 in 90.00 s 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Maxime Boudreault 15 in 41.24 s 14.0
2 Karl Hjelholt 12 in 45.42 s 13.0
3 Jean-François Caron 11 in 38.80 s 12.0
4 Eric Rautenberg 11 in 42.84 s 11.0
5 Jimmy Paquet 10 in 61.79 s 10.0
6 Nick English 6 in 22.14 s 9.0
7 Brad Shepherd 6 in 30.06 s 8.0
8 Grant Connors 6 stairs 7.0
9 Guillaume Laflamme 6 in 58.58 s 6.0
10 James Loach ? 5.0
11 Padraic Moore ? 4.0
12 David Nollet 2 in 63.59 s 3.0
13 Artur Walus 1 in 3.33 s 2.0
- Andrew Jennings (Withdrew) 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 30.03 s 14.0
2 Jimmy Paquet 38.75 s 13.0
3 Karl Hjelholt 39.74 s 12.0
4 Eric Rautenberg 40.43 s 11.0
5 Brad Shepherd 47.66 s 10.0
6 Guillaume Laflamme 50.98 s 9.0
7 David Nollet 58.72 s 8.0
8 Artur Walus 24.69 m 7.0
9 Grant Connors ? 6.0
10 Padraic Moore ? 5.0
11 Nick English ? 4.0
12 Maxime Boudreault 8.26 m 3.0
13 James Loach 1.84 m 2.0
- Andrew Jennings (Withdrew) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 37.52 s 14.0
2 Eric Rautenberg 37.76 s 13.0
3 Maxime Boudreault 37.79 s 12.0
4 Brad Shepherd 41.74 s 11.0
5 Karl Hjelholt 42.36 s 10.0
6 James Loach 42.85 s 9.0
7 Nick English ? 8.0
8 Padraic Moore ? 7.0
9 Jimmy Paquet 46.20 s 6.0
10 David Nollet 46.92 s 5.0
11 Artur Walus ? 4.0
12 Guillaume Laflamme ? 3.0
13 Grant Connors ? 2.0
- Andrew Jennings (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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