Dominic Filiou

Dominic Filiou (1977 to 2019) was a Canadian strongman of Greek ancestry. He is best remembered for the World's Strongest Man competitions of 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2005 he finished third in the final, which made him the first Canadian on the World's Strongest Man podium since Tom Magee in 1982, while in 2006 and 2007 he went out in the qualifying heats. In 2007 he won Canada's Strongest Man, becoming the first man to beat Hugo Girard on Canadian soil, and in the same contest he set a world record in the firetruck pull, moving a 20,412 kilogram truck over a 24 metre course in 33.18 seconds. He died of a heart attack on January 2, 2019, leaving a wife, Melanie, and five children.