Finland's Strongest Man

Finland's Strongest Man is an annual strongman held every year in Finland since 1987.^[1]Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Bill Kazmaier and Hjalti Arnason were guests in the competition but their placings were not included in the final results.^[2] Both Janne Virtanen and Jani Illikainen hold the record with 4 wins, Ilkka Nummisto and Riku Kiri hold 3 wins each as well.^[3]

[edit] Top 3 placings

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place

1987	Arto Lyytikainen	Markku Suonenvirta	Jari Leino/Kari Portronen
1988	Riku Kiri
1989	Markku Suonenvirta	Ilkka Nummisto
1990	Ilkka Nummisto	Markku Suonenvirta
1991	Ilkka Nummisto	Markku Suonenvirta
1992	Ilkka Nummisto	Jukka Laine	Marko Varalahti
1993	Riku Kiri	Marko Varalahti	Jarmo Ruotsalainen
1994	Riku Kiri	Harri Simonen	Jorma Ojanaho
1995	Marko Varalahti	Sami Heinonene	Jukka Laine
1996	Jorma Ojanaho	Jouko Ahola	Marko Varalahti
1997	Jouko Ahola	Sami Heinonene	Jorma Ojanaho
1998	Janne Virtanen	Matti Uppa	Jukka Laine
1999	Janne Virtanen	Sami Heinonene	Juha Rasanen
2000	Janne Virtanen	Sami Heinonen	Juha-Matti Räsänen
2001	Janne Virtanen	Juha-Matti Rasanen	Pasi Paavisto
2002	Juha-Matti Räsänen	Sami Heinonen	Harri Simonen
2003	Juha-Matti Rasanen	Esa Qvintus	Tomi Lotta
2004	Tomi Lotta	Juha-Matti Rasanen	Jani Illikainen
2005	Jani Illikainen	Matti Uppa	Juha-Pakka Aitala
2006	Jani Illikainen	Juha-Matti Rasanen	Esa Qvintus
2007	Jani Illikainen	Jani Kolohmainan	Janne Hart
2008	Jani Illikainen