Shaw Classic

Shaw Classic

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Tournament information
Location	United States Colorado Estes Park Event Center
Established	2020; 5 years ago (2020)
Number of tournaments	5
Format	Multi-event competition
Website	theshawclassic.com
Current champion
Mitchell Hooper
Most recent tournament
2024 Shaw Classic

The Shaw Classic is a strongman competition run and hosted by four-time World's Strongest Man Brian Shaw, who won the inaugural competition in 2020.^[1] The second edition of the contest had 16 athletes with backgrounds from Europe and North America.^[2] The total prize pool in 2020 was $53,900.^[3] In 2021 the prize pool increased to $100,000 and in 2022 the prize pool increased to $150,000.^[4] In 2023 the prize pool was $251,932.^[5]

In 2023 Brian Shaw announced the winner of the Shaw Classic Pro Competition would gain the title of Strongest Man on Earth after acquiring the trademark off of Paul Ohl the organiser of the Fortissimus strongman competition held in 2008 and 2009.^[6] Shaw also announced that the 2023 Shaw Classic would be the last competition of his career.^[7]

Podium Breakdown

Pro Men

(From 2023 onwards, the competition is known as 'Strongest Man on Earth')

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2020	Brian Shaw	JF Caron	Oleksii Novikov
2021	Trey Mitchell	Brian Shaw	JF Caron
2022	Trey Mitchell (2)	Brian Shaw	Mitchell Hooper
2023	Brian Shaw (2)	Mitchell Hooper	Tom Stoltman
2024	Mitchell Hooper	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Lucas Hatton

Open Men

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2022	Thomas Evans	Joey Lavallée	Wesley Derwinsky
2023	Austin Andrade	Wesley Derwinsky	Joey Lavallée
2024	Joshua Spurgeon	Nicholas Guardione	Tim Buck

Open Women

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2022	Victoria Long	Olga Liashchuk	Cori Butler
2023	Olga Liashchuk	Samantha Belliveau	Melissa Peacock
2024	Melissa Peacock	Nicole Genrich	Nadia Stowers

Lightweight Men

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2024	Alec Soukup	Matthew McQuiston	John Alimo

Lightweight Women

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2024	Kira Wrixon	Taylor Woods	Holly McRae

Classic Results

2020 Shaw Classic

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Brian Shaw	United States	47.5
2	JF Caron	Canada	44.5
3	Oleksii Novikov	Ukraine	40
4	Trey Mitchell	United States	35.5
5	Jerry Pritchett	United States	33.5
6	Adam Bishop	United Kingdom	31
7	Luke Stoltman	Scotland	30.5
8	Maxime Boudreault	Canada	29.5
9	Kevin Faires	United States	27
10	Terry Hollands	United Kingdom	5

2021 Shaw Classic

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Trey Mitchell	United States	104.5
2	Brian Shaw	United States	101.5
3	JF Caron	Canada	99
4	Kevin Faires	United States	83
5	Evan Singleton	United States	80
6	Bobby Thompson	United States	75.5
7	Adam Bishop	United Kingdom	74
8	Maxime Boudreault	Canada	70
9	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia	69
10	Konstantine Janashia	Georgia	60
11	Graham Hicks	United Kingdom	56.5
12	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	36
13	Gabriel Rheaume	Canada	32
14	Gabriel Pena	Mexico	29.5
15	Jerry Pritchett	United States	23
16	Mikhail Shivlyakov	Russia	22.5

^[8]

2022 Shaw Classic

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Trey Mitchell	United States	100.5
2	Brian Shaw	United States	99.5
3	Mitchell Hooper	Canada	95
4	Oleksii Novikov	Ukraine	79
5	Maxime Boudreault	Canada	70
6	Kevin Faires	United States	68
7	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia	67.5
8	Evan Singleton	United States	59.5
9	Konstantine Janashia	Georgia	52
10	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	49.5
11	Bobby Thompson	United States	42
12	Gabriel Pena	Mexico	39
13	Gabriel Rheaume	Canada	36.5
14	Jerry Pritchett	United States	27
15	Luke Stoltman	Scotland	1

^[9]

2023 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

Main article: 2023 Shaw Classic

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Brian Shaw	United States	96
2	Mitchell Hooper	Canada	89
3	Tom Stoltman	Scotland	83
4	Evan Singleton	United States	77.5
5	Trey Mitchell	United States	73
6	Thomas Evans	United States	64
7	Bobby Thompson	United States	62
8	Maxime Boudreault	Canada	57
9	Kevin Faires	United States	49
10	Oleksii Novikov	Ukraine	44
11	Gavin Bilton	Wales	43
12	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia	41
13	Luke Stoltman	Scotland	32.5
14	Adam Bishop	United Kingdom	8

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2024 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Mitchell Hooper	Canada	117
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	108
3	Lucas Hatton	United States	83
4	Trey Mitchell	United States	79.5
5	Austin Andrade	United States	75.5
6	Evan Singleton	United States	70
7	Tom Stoltman	Scotland	68.5
8	Bobby Thompson	United States	63.5
9	Wesley Derwinsky	Canada	61.5
10	Thomas Evans	United States	57
11	Maxime Boudreault	Canada	41
12	Matthew Ragg	New Zealand	40
13	Tristan Hoath	Canada	38
14	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia	38
15	Pavlo Kordiyaka	Ukraine	35
16	Oleksii Novikov	Ukraine	29.5

Open Results

2022

2022 Shaw Open (Men)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Thomas Evans	United States	62.5
2	Joey Lavallee	Canada	61.5
3	Wesley Derwinsky	Canada	58.5
4	Sean Hayes	Canada	53
4	Jack Plankers	United States	53
6	Austin Andrade	United States	50.5
7	Lucas Nail	United States	47.5
8	Bryce Johnson	United States	44
9	Andrew Montoya	United States	41
10	Andy Black	United Kingdom	38.5
11	Tim Buck	United States	37
12	Trevor Siemonsma	United States	33
13	Brian Clark	United States	31.5
14	Alex Kelley	United States	26
15	Ayyub Mohammad	Germany	23.5
16	Joe Stella	United States	18

2022 Shaw Open (Women)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Victoria Long	United States	49.5
2	Olga Liashchuk	Ukraine	38.5
3	Cori Butler	United States	34.5
4	Nancy Johnson	United States	31.5
5	Samantha Belliveau	Canada	31
6	Jackie Osczevski	Canada	28.5
7	Bailey Deschene	Canada	22.5
8	Rebecca Houston	United States	13.5
9	Monica Johnson	United States	11.5
10	Taylor Woods	Canada	8

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2023

2023 Shaw Open (Men)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Austin Andrade	United States	65
2	Wesley Derwinsky	Canada	59
3	Joey Lavallee	Canada	58.5
4	Brett Thompson	United States	57.5
5	Tim Buck	United States	54.5
6	Nathan Goltry	United States	51.5
7	Tristain Hoath	Canada	48
8	James Jeffers	Canada	44
9	Bryce Johnson	United States	42
10	Nicholas Guardione	United States	41.5
11	Josh Gregory	United States	32.5
12	Zach Price	United States	31.5
13	Alexander Kopp	United States	28
13	Josh Spurgeon	United States	28
15	Andrew Montoya	United States	27
16	Donald Treglia	United States	10.5

2023 Shaw Open (Women)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Olga Liashchuk	Ukraine	67
2	Samantha Belliveau	Canada	63
3	Melissa Peacock	Canada	60
4	Jackie Osczevki	Canada	52
5	Cori Butler	United States	47
6	Jackie Rhodes	United States	41
7	Rebecca Houston	United States	30
7	Morgan Irons	United States	30
9	Stephanie Bisignano	Canada	28
10	Austyn Grubb	United States	27
11	Jessica Trumbull	United States	18
12	Joscelyne O'Brien	Canada	11.5
13	Laura De Berdt Romilly	Canada	8
13	Angela Highfield	United States	8

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2024

2024 Shaw Open (Men)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Joshua Spurgeon	United States	52.5
2	Nicholas Guardione	United States	50
3	Timothy Buck	United States	47
4	Joey Lavelle	Canada	45
5	Andrew Burton	United States	43.5
6	James Jeffers	Canada	37.5
7	Alexander Koop	United States	36
8	Nicholas Smith	United States	25
9	Jon Furrh	United States	23
10	Josh Gregory	United States	12.5

2024 Shaw Lightweight (Men)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Alec Soukup	United States	62.5
2	Matthew McQuiston	United States	55.5
3	John Alimo	United States	50
4	Richard Mocygemba	United States	49
5	Jack Turner	United States	40.5
6	Philup Brinkman	United States	36
7	Josh Harrelson	United States	34
8	Nick Strauss	United States	24.5
9	Harry Walker	United States	18
10	Blake Hoffman	United States	15

2024 Shaw Open (Women)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Melissa Peacock	Canada	57.5
2	Nicole Genrich	Australia	47.5
3	Nadia Stowers	United States	45.5
4	Erin Murray	United States	45.5
5	Nancy Johnson	United States	38.5
6	Jackie Osczevski	Canada	37
7	Ashley Crawford	United States	37
8	Jennifer Lyle	United States	34.5
9	Jackie Rhodes	United States	26.5
10	Laura De Berdt Romilly	Canada	15.5

2024 Shaw Lightweight (Women)
#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Kira Wrixon	United States	56
2	Taylor Woods	Canada	49
3	Holly McRae	Canada	46.5
4	Krystal Stanczyk	United States	38
5	Stacey Burr	United States	37
6	Kristin Ellis	United States	35.5
7	Diana Ferrer	Mexico	35
8	Nadia Morrison	United States	33.5
9	Heidi Ellen Humar	Australia	29
10	Jamie Strong	United States	21.5

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