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Tom Stoltman Wins 2022 World’s Strongest Man

After a five-day battle, Tom Stoltman won his second consecutive World's Strongest Man title.

Written by Chris Colucci Last updated on May 29, 2022

Tom Stoltman has won the 2022 World’s Strongest Man, making him the first champion in six years to win back-to-back titles.

After five days of competition, the leaderboard had the 2021 champion retaining his title with two former WSM champions — Martins Licis and Oleksii Novikov — making the podium for second and third place, respectively. Four-time WSM champion Brian Shaw placed a distant fourth.

  1. Tom Stoltman — 53.5 points
  2. Martins Licis — 43 points
  3. Oleksii Novikov — 43 points
  4. Brian Shaw — 37.5 points
  5. Maxime Boudreault — 34.5 points
  6. Trey Mitchell — 34 points
  7. Luke Stoltman — 30.5 points
  8. Mitchell Hooper — 30 points
  9. Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted — 13 points
  10. Gabriel Rheaume — 11 points

Tom Stoltman’s 2022 Path to Victory

Stoltman dominated his group in the Qualifying rounds, consistently winning first place through all six initial events, but 2020 WSM winner Oleksii Novikov’s early performances during Days Four and Five made a hard path for ultimate victory. 

In the first day of Finals, Mitchell Hooper’s surprise win during the KNAACK Giant’s Medley pushed Stoltman to second place and Novikov to third in the event. Novikov’s first-place performances in both the Deadlift and the Flintstone Barbell kept him one-and-a-half points ahead of Stoltman on the leaderboard, meaning the ’21 winner would need to dig deep in the fifth and final day to achieve a repeat win.

In Day Two of Finals, Novikov took an initial lead during the Bus Pull with a first place win as Stoltman came in third. In the penultimate event, Stoltman tackled all nine steps of the Reign Total Body Fuel Power Stairs, while Novikov completed only six reps and placed a shocking eighth.

The overall points gap grew wider and Stoltman began his eventual drive for the title. In the conclusive Atlas Stones, Stoltman had a commanding first place performance, loading all five stones in just over 25 seconds. Novikov placed last in the Stones after loading only four stones.

By the end of the day, Martins Licis sat in second place on the leaderboard, barely edging out Novikov based on their performances during the Atlas Stones, and Stoltman secured his second title without question.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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With his first win in 2021, Tom Stoltman became the first competitor representing Scotland to win the title. With his second win in 2022, he became the tenth competitor in the contest’s 45-year history to win multiple titles.

About Chris Colucci

Chris has spent more than 20 years studying health and fitness beginning at a supplement store in the local shopping mall, earning a brown belt in Kenpo Jiujitsu and teaching martial arts to kids and adults, personal training with clients including competitive athletes and 80-year olds, interviewing legends of the strength world, and fine-tuning countless articles from expert coaches. In his "spare" time, he studies late-19th and early-20th century physical culture; takes care of his wife, kids, dogs, and cats; and tries to keep his vegetable garden producing year-round.

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