Ukraine's Strongest Man
Annual strongman competition held in Ukraine
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Ukraine's Strongest Man (Ukrainian: Найсильніша людина України) is an annual strongman competition held in Ukraine, featuring exclusively Ukrainian athletes to determine the Strongest Ukrainian of the year.
LocationUkraine
Established1998
FormatMulti-event competition
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ukraine |
| Established | 1998 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
| Current champion | |
 Oleksandr Kochergin (2021) | |
Vasyl Virastyuk holds the record for most wins, winning the title 7 times. Oleksandr Lashyn has won the title 6 times and Oleksii Novikov 4 times.
Three of the competition winners have proceeded to become World's Strongest Man (2004, 2020) and Europe's Strongest Man (2022, 2023) champions.
Champions Breakdown
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Roman Virastyuk | Oleksandr Bahach | |
| 1999-2000 | Event not held | |||
| 2001 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mykhailo Starov | Yuriy Parkhomenko | |
| 2002 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mykhailo Starov | (To be confirmed) | |
| 2003 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mykhailo Starov |  Igor Pedan | |
| 2004 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Mykhailo Starov | Roman Novik | |
| 2005 | Mykhailo Starov | Roman Novik | Oleksandr Pekanov | |
| 2006 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Vladimir Muraviov | Sergiy Konyushok | |
| 2007 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Viktor Yurchenko | Volodymyr Muravlov | |
| 2008 | Oleksandr Lashyn | Kostiantyn Ilin |
Serhiy Konyushok | |
| 2009 | Kostiantyn Ilin | Oleksandr Lashyn |
Serhiy Konyushok | |
| 2010 | Oleksandr Lashyn | Serhiy Konyushok |
Vitaliy Mikheyev | |
| 2011 | Oleksandr Lashyn |
Viktor Yurchenko |
Oleksandr Pekanov | |
| 2012 | Oleksandr Lashyn |
Vitaliy Mikheyev |
Boris Kurbatskiy | |
| 2013 | Oleksandr Lashyn |
Volodymyr Reksha |
Vitaliy Mikheyev | |
| 2014 | Kostiantyn Ilin |
Sergii Romanchuk |
Anton Dubrovskiy | |
| 2015 | Oleksandr Lashyn |
 Rafal Kobylarz |
Volodymyr Reksha | |
| 2016 | Oleksii Novikov |
Oleksandr Lashyn |
Vitaly Gerasimov | |
| 2017 | Oleksii Novikov |
Oleksandr Kochergin |
Pavlo Gaysha | |
| 2018 | Oleksii Novikov |
Pavlo Kordiyaka |
Andriy Burshtyn | |
| 2019 | Oleksii Novikov |
Pavlo Kordiyaka |
Oleksandr Kochergin | |
| 2020 | Pavlo Kordiyaka |
Oleksii Novikov |
Oleksandr Kochergin | |
| 2021 | Oleksandr Kochergin |
Denis Berezhnyk |
Roman Grekov | |
| 2022-2025 | Event not held | |||