Italy's Strongest Man

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Italy's Strongest Man (Italian: L'uomo più forte d'Italia) is an annual strongman competition held in Italy and featuring exclusively Italian athletes. The contest was established in 2012. Alessandro Castelli holds the record for most wins with 3 titles, while Marco Guidi has 2 titles.

It is a multi event competition that tests competitors in a number of different lifts and events. The winner is decided by the aggregate across all events. The competition has been held in Tirrenia, Forcoli, Florence and Vicopisano.

Champions breakdown

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place
2012	Claudio Randazzo	Markus Maestroni	Marco Guidi
2013	Marco Guidi	Maurizio Piazza	Andrea Giomini
2014	Alex Curletto	Marco Guidi	Emanuele Condoleo
2015	Marco Guidi	Francesco Gioia	Emanuele Condoleo
2016	Alessandro Castelli	Marco Guidi	Gian Paolo Pedna
2017	Rafaelle Lotito	Carlo Ceglia	Francesco Gioia
2018	Alessandro Castelli	Michele Lestini	Maksymilian Mioduszewski
2019	Alessandro Castelli	Michele Lestini	Antonio Sternativo
2020–2021	Event not held
2022	Andrea Invernizzi	Matteo Toninelli	Paolo Acquaviva
2023	Nicolas Cambi	Andrea Invernizzi	Alessandro Castelli
2024	Emanuele Greco	Paolo Acquaviva	Francesco Videtta
2025	Paolo Acquaviva	Nicolas Cambi	Francesco Videtta

Repeat champions

Champion	Times & years
Alessandro Castelli	3 (2016, 2018, 2019)
Marco Guidi	2 (2013, 2015)

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