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2019 WSM Final

The 2019 WSM Final was held on 2019-06-13 in Bradenton, Florida. 10 athletes competed across 5 events were contested.

Date: June 13, 2019 – June 16, 2019
Location: Bradenton, Florida, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Martins Licis
1st Place

Martins Licis 🇺🇸

Total Points: 46.0

Events (5 total)

  1. 1. Loading Race
  2. 2. Overhead Medley
  3. 3. Squat Lift
  4. 4. Deadlift Hold
  5. 5. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 USA 46.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 POL 38.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 37.0
4 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 31.0
5 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 30.0
6 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 30.0
7 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 20.0
8 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 18.0
9 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 GBR 15.0
10 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 GEO 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 5 in 27.41 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 28.95 s 9.0
3 Tom Stoltman 5 in 35.47 s 8.0
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 in 38.45 s 7.0
5 Brian Shaw 5 in 39.82 s 6.0
6 Trey Mitchell 5 in 52.47 s 5.0
7 Jean-François Caron 5 in 55.38 s 4.0
8 Luke Stoltman 3 in 16.07 s 3.0
9 Adam Bishop 3 in 19.42 s 2.0
- Konstantine Janashia Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 45.29 s 10.0
2 Martins Licis 41.25 s 9.0
3 Jean-François Caron 38.57 s 8.0
4 Adam Bishop 36.69 s 7.0
5 Luke Stoltman 35.74 s 6.0
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 35.72 s 5.0
7 Brian Shaw 30.16 s 4.0
8 Tom Stoltman 28.76 s 3.0
9 Trey Mitchell 23.28 s 2.0
- Konstantine Janashia Withdrew 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 4 in 39.66 s 10.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 42.11 s 9.0
3 Martins Licis 4 in 43.81 s 8.0
4 Jean-François Caron 4 in 46.92 s 7.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 46.97 s 6.0
6 Luke Stoltman 4 in 47.42 s 5.0
7 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 in 48.17 s 4.0
8 Brian Shaw 4 in 48.47 s 3.0
9 Trey Mitchell 4 in 52.96 s 2.0
10 Adam Bishop 4 in 55.39 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 23.86 s 10.0
2 Martins Licis 4 in 27.94 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 4 in 30.48 s 8.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 in 31.16 s 7.0
5 Tom Stoltman 4 in 46.20 s 6.0
6 Jean-François Caron 4 in 48.29 s 5.0
7 Trey Mitchell 4 in 54.55 s 4.0
8 Luke Stoltman 4 in 58.16 s 3.0
9 Adam Bishop 4 in 36.19 s 2.0
10 Konstantine Janashia 1 in 3.91 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 9 reps 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 8 reps 9.0
3 Jean-François Caron 7 reps 7.0
3 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 reps 7.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 7 reps 7.0
6 Trey Mitchell 6 reps 5.0
7 Tom Stoltman 5 reps 3.0
7 Luke Stoltman 5 reps 3.0
7 Adam Bishop 5 reps 3.0
- Konstantine Janashia Withdrew 0.0

2019 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 16.0
2 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 13.0
3 Rob Kearney 🇺🇸 United States 15.0
4 Raffael Gordzielik 🇩🇪 Germany 11.0
5 Zake Muluzi 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 7 reps 5.0
2 Rob Kearney 6 reps 4.0
3 Luke Stoltman 5 reps 3.0
4 Raffael Gordzielik 4 reps 2.0
5 Zake Muluzi 0 reps 0.0

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Kearney 3 in 34.06 s 5.0
2 Raffael Gordzielik 2 + 1.73 m 4.0
3 Luke Stoltman 2 + 1.72 m 3.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 2 + 0.00 m 2.0
5 Zake Muluzi 2 + 1.51 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Kearney 9 in 61.97 s 5.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 9 in 65.11 s 4.0
3 Luke Stoltman 9 in 67.58 s 3.0
4 Raffael Gordzielik 4 in 47.34 s 2.0
5 Zake Muluzi 2 in 35.62 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 34.36 s 5.0
2 Luke Stoltman 55.72 s 4.0
3 Raffael Gordzielik 60.04 s 3.0
4 Zake Muluzi 19.4 m 2.0
5 Rob Kearney 18.7 m 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Raffael Gordzielik Eliminated 0.0
- Rob Kearney 7 reps 0.0
- Zake Muluzi Eliminated 0.0
- Luke Stoltman 8 reps 0.0
- Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson Qualified 0.0

2019 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 Georgia 17.0
2 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.0
3 Robert Oberst 🇺🇸 United States 14.0
4 Andreas Ståhlberg 🇸🇪 Sweden 11.0
5 Sigfús Þorgeir Fossdal 🇮🇸 Iceland 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adam Bishop 11 reps 5.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 10 reps 4.0
3 Andreas Ståhlberg 6 reps 3.0
4 Robert Oberst 1 rep 2.0
5 Sigfús Þorgeir Fossdal Withdrew 0.0

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adam Bishop 3 in 27.60 s 5.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 3 in 29.44 s 4.0
3 Robert Oberst 3 in 30.77 s 3.0
4 Andreas Ståhlberg 3 in 47.04 s 2.0
5 Sigfús Þorgeir Fossdal Withdrew 0.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Robert Oberst 6 in 59.34 s 5.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 6 in 74.97 s 4.0
3 Andreas Ståhlberg 5 in 65.87 s 3.0
4 Adam Bishop 1 in 6.30 s 2.0
5 Sigfús Þorgeir Fossdal Withdrew 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 50.41 s 5.0
2 Robert Oberst 50.77 s 4.0
3 Andreas Ståhlberg 54.30 s 3.0
4 Adam Bishop 21.9 m 2.0
5 Sigfús Þorgeir Fossdal 21.2 m 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Andreas Ståhlberg Eliminated 0.0
- Robert Oberst 1 rep 0.0
- Sigfús Þorgeir Fossdal Eliminated 0.0
- Adam Bishop 2 reps 0.0
- Konstantine Janashia Qualified 0.0

2019 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 United States 19.0
2 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.5
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 Latvia 12.0
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov 🇷🇺 Russia 9.5
5 Eddie Williams 🇦🇺 Australia 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 9 reps 5.0
2 Mikhail Shivlyakov 8 reps 3.5
2 Tom Stoltman 8 reps 3.5
4 Aivars Å maukstelis 5 reps 2.0
5 Eddie Williams 2 reps 1.0

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 3 in 21.09 s 5.0
2 Tom Stoltman 3 in 25.69 s 4.0
3 Aivars Å maukstelis 3 in 34.40 s 3.0
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov 3 in 35.61 s 2.0
5 Eddie Williams 3 in 38.84 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 6 in 41.11 s 5.0
2 Aivars Å maukstelis 6 in 54.72 s 4.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 5 in 39.22 s 3.0
4 Tom Stoltman 5 in 48.02 s 2.0
5 Eddie Williams 2 in 19.72 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Williams 41.11 s 5.0
2 Martins Licis 41.33 s 4.0
3 Aivars Å maukstelis 54.74 s 3.0
4 Tom Stoltman 20.2 m 2.0
5 Mikhail Shivlyakov 17.4 m 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Mikhail Shivlyakov Eliminated 0.0
- Aivars Å maukstelis 8 reps 0.0
- Eddie Williams Eliminated 0.0
- Tom Stoltman 9 reps 0.0
- Martins Licis Qualified 0.0

2019 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 Poland 18.5
2 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 17.0
3 Ole Martin Kristiansen 🇳🇴 Norway 7.0
4 Kevin Faires 🇺🇸 United States 12.5
5 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 7 reps 5.0
2 Kevin Faires 6 reps 3.5
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 6 reps 3.5
4 Ole Martin Kristiansen 3 reps 2.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 in 25.81 s 5.0
2 Jean-François Caron 4 in 42.76 s 4.0
3 Kevin Faires 3 in 25.71 s 3.0
4 Ole Martin Kristiansen 3 in 36.04 s 2.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 in 18.89 s 5.0
2 Jean-François Caron 3 in 39.69 s 4.0
3 Kevin Faires 3 in 39.89 s 3.0
4 Ole Martin Kristiansen 3 in 67.90 s 2.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei 2 + 1.65 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 38.63 s 5.0
2 Jean-François Caron 54.62 s 4.0
3 Kevin Faires 55.66 s 3.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 20.1 m 2.0
5 Ole Martin Kristiansen 17.8 m 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Kevin Faires No lift 0.0
- Ole Martin Kristiansen 4 reps 0.0
- Laurence Shahlaei Eliminated 0.0
- Jean-François Caron 4 reps 0.0
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski Qualified 0.0

2019 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 19.0
2 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 United States 10.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 Ukraine 17.0
4 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 6.0
5 Gerhard van Staden 🇿🇦 South Africa 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 11 reps 5.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 10 reps 4.0
3 Mark Felix 9 reps 3.0
4 Trey Mitchell 8 reps 2.0
5 Gerhard van Staden 2 reps 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 10 in 73.79 s 5.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 9 in 61.16 s 4.0
3 Trey Mitchell 6 in 56.66 s 3.0
4 Mark Felix 0 in 75.00 s 0.0
4 Gerhard van Staden Withdrew 0.0

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 3 in 24.68 s 5.0
2 Brian Shaw 3 in 24.73 s 4.0
3 Trey Mitchell 3 in 32.69 s 3.0
4 Mark Felix 2 + 1.65 m 2.0
5 Gerhard van Staden 2 + 0.45 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 38.69 s 5.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 51.42 s 4.0
3 Gerhard van Staden 60.14 s 3.0
4 Trey Mitchell 63.32 s 2.0
5 Mark Felix 18.9 m 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Mark Felix Eliminated 0.0
- Oleksii Novikov 13 reps 0.0
- Gerhard van Staden Eliminated 0.0
- Trey Mitchell 14 reps 0.0
- Brian Shaw Qualified 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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