Austria's Strongest Man is an annual

strongman Strongman is a competitive strength sport which tests athletes' physical strength and endurance through a variety of heavy lifts and events. Strongman competitions are known for their intensity, pushing athletes to their physical and mental limit ...

contest consisting of exclusively

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n strength athletes.David Horne's World of Grip
/ref> The event was established in 1989, the inaugural winner was

Manfred Hoeberl Manfred Hoeberl (; born 12 May 1964) is an Austrian former strongman and powerlifter who was known as having the largest muscular arms in the world during the early-mid 1990s. He was born in the same town a ...

who would go on to win the title a total of 7 times. His record was equaled by

Martin Wildauer Martin Wildauer (born 27 November 1987) is an Austrian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He is a competitor of the well-known Strongman Champions League and the Giants Live competitions. Martin is the cur ...

who also won the title 7 times. The title and winners often creates confusion as different sources provide different results, specially between 1992 and 2005, and the titles also coinciding with that of other competitions: ''Austrian Summer Giants'' and ''Austrian Winter Giants'' in addition to be governed by two different federations: ''Austrian Strongman Federation'' and ''Catch Wrestling Association''.

Champions breakdown

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, , , , , , , - , 1990 , ,

, , , , , , , - , 1991 , ,

, , , , , , , - , 1992 , ,

, , , , , , , - , 1992 , , Karl Saliger , , Leopold Krendl , , August Smisl , , , - , 1993 , ,

, , , , , , , - , 1993 , , Karl Saliger , , August Smisl , , Leopold Krendl , , , - , 1994 , ,

, , , , , , , - , 1994 , , Karl Saliger , , Franz Siller , , Anton Tucek , , , - , 1995 , , Karl Saliger , , August Smisl , , Franz Siller , , , - , 1996 , ,

, , , , , , , - , 1996 , , August Smisl , , Manfred Gruber , , Christian Gärtner , , , - , 1997 , , Franz Siller , , Manfred Gruber , , Karl Bauer , , , - , 1998 , , Ralf Ber , , , , , , , - , 1998 , , Franz Siller , , Karl Bauer , , Oliver Gratzer , , , - , 1999 , , Karl Bauer , , Manfred Gruber , , Ralf Ber , , , - , 2000 , , Bernd Kerschbaumer , , Manfred Gruber, , Hubert Dorer, , , - , 2001 , , Ralf Ber , , Bernd Kerschbaumer, , Franz Mullner, , , - , 2002 , , Hubert Dorer , , , , , , , - , 2002 , , Bernd Kerschbaumer , , Markus Stark, , Karl Bauer, , , - , 2003 , , Ralf Ber , , , , , , , - , 2003 , , Franz Mullner , , Bernd Kerschbaumer, , Markus Stark, , , - , 2004 , , Ralf Ber , , , , , , , - , 2004 , , Franz Mullner , , Bernd Kerschbaumer, , Oliver Gratzer, , , - , 2005 , , Franz Mullner , , , , , , , - , 2005 , , Bernd Kerschbaumer , , Oliver Gratzer, , Stefan Weiermann, , , - , 2006 , , Bernd Kerschbaumer , , Stefan Weiermann , , Wolfgang Kriechbaum , , , - , 2007 , , Bernd Kerschbaumer , , Oliver Gratzer , , Wolfgang Kriechbaum , , , - , 2008 , , Gregor Stegnar , , Bernd Kerschbaumer , ,

, , , - , 2009 , ,

, , Gerhard Trawöger , , Michael Votter , , , - , 2010 , ,

, , Alexander Meyer , , Michael Votter , , , - , 2011 , ,

, , Gerhard Trawöger , , Erwin Geisler , , , - , 2012 , ,

, , Michael Votter , , Alexander Meyer , , , - , 2013 , ,

, , Alexander Meyer , , Thomas Wanek , , , - , 2014 , , Michael Votter , , Manuel Comper , , Erwin Geisler , , , - , 2015 , , Nemanja Tasic , , Manuel Comper , , Michael Votter , , , - , 2015 , , Michael Votter , , Manuel Comper , , Nemanja Tasic , , , - , 2016 , ,

, , Michael Votter , , Nemanja Tasic , , , - , 2016 , , Michael Votter , , Manuel Comper , , Oliver Hanschek-Wagner , , , - , 2017 , ,

, , Ronald Knoll , , Emanuel Pescari , , , - , 2018 , , Michael Votter , , Oliver Hanschek-Wagner , , Emanuel Pescari , , , - , 2019 , ,

Matjaz Belsak Matjaz Belsak (in Slovenian Matjaž Belšak; born 23 September 1992) is a Slovenian professional strongman and powerlifter. Having competed in 66 International strongman competitions and winning 12 of them, Belsak is among the 20 most decorated ...

, , Nemanja Tasic , , Peter Reinthaler , , , - , 2020–2021 , , colspan=4 , - , 2022 , , Emanuel Pescari , , Samuel Hausberger , , Peter Reinthaler , , , - , 2023 , , Emanuel Pescari , , Samuel Hausberger , , Peter Reinthaler , , , - , 2024 , , Jan Trettenbrein , , Maximilian Fleck , , Stefan Larch , , , - , 2025 , Thomas Glatzl , Maximilian Fleck , {{flagicon, Austria Florian Fuchsluger ,

References

National strongmen competitions Sport in Austria