A milestone moment for a youthful strongman.
Pavlo Kordiyaka is the 2023 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) winner. The Ukrainian strongman prevailed in the 13-athlete contest showcasing the strongest active athletes with European lineage. The prestigious levels of competition took position on Apr. 1, 2023, in Leeds, England, and eventually noticed Kordiyaka topped as its king.
Former defending ESM winner and fellow Ukrainian countryman Oleksii Novikov concluded in 2nd position. Novikov was notably nursing a new minimal lat muscle mass injury, and that may possibly have performed a part in falling small of defending his title. In accordance to Strongman Archives, regardless of the damage and runner-up outcome, it is Novikov’s eighth podium inserting in his final nine contests dating again to early 2022. Rounding out this year’s ESM podium was Latvia’s Aivars Šmaukstelis, winner of the 2022 Globe Strongman Championships (WSC), in 3rd spot. It is Šmaukstelis’ seventh consecutive podium end result relationship back again to August 2022.
The 2023 ESM highlighted 5 gatherings in this order:
To notch his victory, Kordiyaka gained the Log Press Ladder (5 lifts in 52.55 seconds), the Load and Drive Race (a time of 44.14 seconds), and the Conan’s Wheel (with a rotation of 1009-degrees almost three comprehensive revolutions). That rotation length is a new Entire world History on the Conan’s Wheel. Kordiyaka recorded three reps of the 350-kilogram (771.6-pound) Deadlift in 1 moment for sixth location. The athlete ranked 2nd on the Castle Stones (an Atlas Stones variation) when he lifted all 5 in 21.76 seconds. Only Šmaukstelis fared greater (5 in 20.47 seconds).
Listed here are the last standings from the 2023 ESM:
2023 Europe’s Strongest Person Ultimate Standings
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine) — 57.5 points
- Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine) — 53.5 factors
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia) — 51.5 factors
- Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted (Iceland) — 45.5 points
- Adam Bishop (United Kingdom) — 41.5 factors
- Shane Flowers (United Kingdom) — 37 points
- Pa O’Dwyer (Ireland) — 36.5 details
- Konstantine Janashia (Ga) — 30.5 details
- Dennis Kohlruss (Germany) — 26 factors
- Paul Smith (United Kingdom) — 25.5 details
- Gavin Bilton (United Kingdom) — 17.5 points
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf (France) — 16.5 factors
- Graham Hicks (United Kingdom) — 8 factors
For each Strongman Archives, this ESM triumph could arguably be the ideal of Kordiyaka’s career to day. The 27-yr-old can also boast wins in the 2020 Ukraine’s Strongest Guy (USM), the 2021 Official Strongman Games (OSG), and the 2022 Marijampole Global. His prior finest finish in the ESM was a fourth-location debut in 2022.
Kordiyaka will up coming contend in the 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) on Apr. 19-23, 2023, in Myrtle Beach, SC. He unsuccessful to progress to the Closing in his 2022 WSM debut. Momentum from his 2023 ESM get might thrust Kordiyaka to thrive on this next event.
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