Christian Savoie

Christian Savoie is a leading Canadian strongman competitor, born on 25 March 1976 in Quebec and living in Sherbrooke, where he works full time as a butcher outside the sport. He began competing at twenty five and won his first victory, the Quebec cup, in 2008. He won North America's Strongest Man in 2009, 2010 and 2011, took Canada's Strongest Man in 2009, and qualified for the World's Strongest Man in 2009 and 2010. He tore ligaments in both legs while carrying the Conan wheel at Warwick in 2014, an injury that ended his career. He stood 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) and weighed about 140 kg.