The World's Strongest Firefighter Contest will return to the Arnold Sports Festival in 2026.
The contest, held on the Santa Monica Pier in 2020 and ever since before a sold-out crowds at the Arnold Sports Festival. 2023 was the first year the event was open, with three weight classes. In 2024, the event was opened up with more weight classes. For men, there was an open class, U105k and U90k. For women, there were two classes: under 72 and and over 72 kilo class. The top 10 finishers in the open men's competition and the top two winners of the men's middleweight and women's divisions advance to the 2026 World's Strongest Firefighter finals at the Arnold Expo Stage on Saturday, March 7.
Qualifying competitions will be held Friday, March 6at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
* Once exact weights and events are available, they will be sent to your email after you register. Athletes will compete in the order of entries received for the first event. Athletes will win their place after the first event.
For questions please email asfstrongestfirefighter@gmail.com or send a direct message to @asfstrongestfirefighter on Instagram.
Event Chair
Noah Justin - asfstrongestfirefighter@gmail.com