Hooper rises to the highest of strongman in one in every of the more meteoric rises in the game’s history.
Mitchell Hooper is the champion of the 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM). The athlete is the primary Canadian victor in the competition’s illustrious 46-year history. After an all-around dominant performance from start to complete, it’s abundantly clear that Hooper got here, saw, and conquered over the remaining of strongman’s elite performers in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Rounding out the 2023 WSM podium were Tom Stoltman (second place) and Oleksii Novikov (third place). A runner-up finish is admirable and a top quality result for Stoltman, nevertheless it was also assuredly not what the previous two-time champion (2021-2022) hoped for. Meanwhile, Novikov takes home his second consecutive podium finish after capturing the 2020 WSM title.
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Listed below are the standings from the Finals of the 2023 WSM:
2023 World’s Strongest Man Finals Standings
- Mitchell Hooper (Canada) | 2023 WSM champion
- Tom Stoltman (United Kingdom)
- Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine)
- Trey Mitchell (United States)
- Evan Singleton (United States)
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine)
- Brian Shaw (United States)
- Luke Stoltman (United Kingdom)
- Matthew Ragg (Recent Zealand)
- *Jaco Schoonwinkel (South Africa) | *Withdrew on contest’s last day
To notch his first profession WSM title, Hooper mostly cleared through the competition’s events schedule.
Within the Qualifying Round, Hooper won 4 of the five events where he participated in Group 3, ensuring he wouldn’t must compete within the climactic Stone Off for a berth within the Finals. Once the weekend’s Finals got here around, Hooper won 4 of 5 events before the famous Atlas Stones even occurred, virtually guaranteeing himself the title on a mathematical basis barring outright disaster. He would then are available in second to cement the victory. Hooper finished his 2023 WSM championship performance with a convincing 53.5 points, lapping the remaining of his powerful peers by 4.5 points.
Mitchell Hooper 2023 World’s Strongest Man Event Results
Here’s an summary of how Hooper fared event by event through the 2023 WSM:
Qualifying Round (Group 3)
- Loading Race — First place | Five implements, 52.14 seconds
- Deadlift Machine — First place | Eight reps
- Log Ladder — First place | Five reps, 39.51 seconds
- Conan’s Wheel — First place | 636 degrees
- Kettlebell Toss — Second place | Six reps, 17.18 seconds
Finals
- Reign Total Body Fuel Shield (Heat 3) — First place | 64.8 meters
- KNAACK Deadlift — First place | Eight reps
- Fingal’s Fingers — Sixth place | Five reps, 49.89 seconds
- Max Dumbbell — First place | 4 lifts
- Bus Pull — First place | 30.24 seconds
- Atlas Stones — Second place | Five stones, 36.96 seconds
Hooper’s first WSM title caps what could be one in every of the more jarring rises that strongman has ever seen. The athlete’s first-ever skilled show was as a rookie within the 2022 WSM, where he initially entered as a reserve before qualifying for the Finals. He eventually scored an eighth-place lead to what now looks like a harbinger of the dominance to come back.
That’s since it’s been full steam ahead for the Canadian athlete ever since.
After his 2022 WSM blitz, Hooper qualified for the rostrum in nine of nine contests, including the 2023 WSM. Together with his WSM victory within the account, Hooper has now won five of his last six competitions. His WSM triumph aside, the opposite 4 contest wins are the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic UK (ASCUK), the 2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals (GLWTF), the 2023 Australia’s Strongest International (ASI), and the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC).
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It’s unimaginable to exactly predict what lies in store for Hooper’s competitive future. Nonetheless, he just accomplished one in every of the more remarkable one-year runs ever in strongman with a WSM championship and continues to be just 27 years old.
It’s not hard to ascertain the brand new king of the game holding onto his throne for a very long time.
Featured image: Todd Burandt / Courtesy of World’s Strongest Man