The 2024 World’s Strongest Firefighter strongman and strongwoman competitions will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH, as a part of the Arnold Sports Festival on the weekend of Mar. 1-3, 2024.
Over 120 firefighters from around the world will gather to compete across five different divisions. The top 10 finishers in the Men’s Open and the top two in the Men’s Middleweights and Women’s divisions will advance to the Finals to crown the 2024 champion. The previous four champions of this contest are:
2019: Tim Scott (CAL FIRE, California)
2020: Ben Gallaher (Kern County, Calif.)
2022: Daniel Camacho (Phoenix, Ariz.)
2023: Andrew Burton (Rockwell, Texas)
This larger lineup and division increase is a new change, but organizer Noah Justin shared that it was necessary because of athletes’ increased participation demand. Justin expressed these adjustments make sense as they better represent what someone would see in an actual fire department.
“If you were to walk in a fire department in many towns and cities, you would see men and women — all of which have to be strong and fit to perform their duties, which are vital to their communities,” said Justin. “As Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “They are the real heroes.” So, we want to provide the platform for them to showcase their abilities.”
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2024 World’s Strongest Firefighter Rosters
The rosters for all five divisions are below, with names in alphabetical order:
Women’s Under 72KG
Stacy Aguirrebarrena
Parker Ashworth
Anne Butters
Sophia Cooley
Natalie Cooper
Alaynea Decker
Julianne Durante
Samantha Hamilton
Laura Moran
Megan Prato
Taryn Rooney
Rosanna Silbaugh
Stephanie Waugh
Wendi Wentzell
Women’s Over 72KG
Jennifer Ashe
Abigail Buday
Alexandra Castellanos
Samantha Hamilton
Kelly Lamb
Meryah Wilson
Men’s Middleweight Under 90KG
Anthony Esteves
Ivann Falcon
Alexander Galarza
Robert Garcia
Joel Hensley
Chen Junyang
Noah Keller
Mark Lane
John Lloyd
Alfred Munoz
Edward Mussi
Luis Saldana
Tyler Scott
Liam Shiels
James White
Men’s Middleweight Under 105KG
Colton Adams
Mike Anderson
Frank Boniello
Ben Brandon
Thomas Bradley
Kevin Carroll, Jr
Jerry Castillo
Steven Dent
Joshua Dunmire
Dave Dunn
Paul Emmick
Cory Fain
Colin Fay
Adam Hetterle
Martin Horký
Codey Kimble
Nick Knull
Guerrero Lopez
Kevin Manson
Eliezio Marchezi
Joe McGhee
Cody Monger
Edwardo Morales
Tyler Muniz
Anthony Muzquiz
Christopher Northern
Ben Pace
Jan Pipiš
Jacob Powell
Justin Ray
Aaron Rich
Logan Sad
Gregory Van Mierlo
Charles Voorhees
Harry Walker
Taygen Watson
Brian Weber
Stephen Weldon
Dylan West
Chris Wickiser
Andrew Young
David Jeremiah Young
Men’s Open
Jordan Barr
Seth Bowen
Przemyslaw Brzoza
Daniel Cave
Robert Coleman
Michael Ebanks
Jeffrey Elian
Alek Escobedo
Ryan Fincham
Sevin Franck
Justin Grigg
Zackary Hash
William Hegedus
Cornelius Henderson
Marc Hernandez
Patrick-Michel Houle
Sawyer Kemp
Scotty Keyser
Olivier de Launière
George Lusito
Adam MacDonnell
Corey Makowski
Jason Marvin
Kevin Matthews
Michael McGowan
Cathal McNally
Nathan Millsaps
Andrew Morales
Christopher Mount
Sonny Murphy
Kevin Ramsey
Chris Rios
Louis Sciaqua
Robert Seggel
Casey Shoe
Henry Spencer
Cameron St. Amand
Matt Staker
Panayiotis Stavropoulos
Brady Sterchi
Marc Taylor
Joseph Voiles
Christopher Wallace
Marcus Waugh
Caleb Woodall
Charles Woodford
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Event Schedule
Events will occur throughout the first two days of competition to determine who will advance to the finals. The schedule for each of these events is below:
Friday, March 1, 2024 – Preliminary Events
Cerberus Bag Toss Over Bar
Press Gauntlet
Anderson Lever Squat with Trump Weight
Yoke/Wheelbarrow Race
Saturday, March 2, 2024 – Finals
Fire Hydrant Press for Reps
Crucifix Axle Hold
Ambulance Tire Deadlift for Reps
How to Watch
The competition is being produced in partnership with Strongman Corporation. The finals of this competition will be streamed live for fans to watch free of charge on the 2024 Arnold Sports Festival live stream.
This weekend-long event also serves as a fundraiser to benefit the Santa Monica Firefighters Relief Fund, CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation, and the Columbus Firefighters Foundation. More information and updates about the 2024 World’s Strongest Firefighter contest are available on their Instagram page @asfworldsstrongestfirefighter.
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