Christian Savoie (born 25 March 1976) is a leading Canadian

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competitor and entrant to the

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competition on multiple occasions.

Biography

Christian was born in Quebec, known as the "cradle of strongmen", and resides in

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. Christian Savoie works full-time as a

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Strongman career

Christian began competing in strongman at the age of 25. His first victory came in 2008 when he won the Quebec cup. Also that year he came third in

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, and placed second in

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. In 2009 Christian won

, and a first-place finish in

secured him an invite to the

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contest. Christian again won

, and qualified for the

2010 World's Strongest Man The 2010 World's Strongest Man was the 33rd edition of World's Strongest Man held at Sun City, South Africa from September 15–22, 2010. Zydrunas Savickas won his second title, Brian Shaw placed second, moving up 1 spot from 3rd place the prev ...

contest. Christian placed second at the 2011 Canada's Strongest Man, and won North America's Strongest Man for the third consecutive year. During the competitions at Warwick in 2014, Christian tore his ligaments in both of his legs while carrying the Conan wheel around his socket. This put an end to his career. Measurements: * height * weight

Strongman record

* 2005 ** 5. –

* 2006 ** 4. –

* 2007 ** Competed in –

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: Venice Beach ** 5. –

** 7. –

** 7. – World Strongman Cup Federatio – Grand Prix of Khanty-Mansijsk * 2008 ** 1. – Quebec Cup – Strongman series ** 2. – Quebec's Strongest Man ** 3. –

** 2. –

** 10. –

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* 2009 ** 11. –

** 1. –

** Q. – World's Strongest Man 2009,

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* 2010 ** 1. –

** Q. – World's Strongest Man 2010, Sun City

References

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