Jessen Paulin

Jessen Paulin (born May 29, 1974) is a Canadian Strongman. A resident of Gatineau, Quebec, Paulin is known for being a multiple-Quebec's Strongest Man champion and a two-time Canada's Strongest Man in 2005 and 2006 succeeding, multiple-time champion and former World Champion Hugo Girard who was in rehabilitation following a surgery on an injured foot. In 2007, he was crowned the North America's Strongest Man, an event that featured six Canadian and six American strongman athletes.[1] Jessen won this title again in 2008.[2]

Jessen Paulin

Personal information
Born	(1974-05-29) May 29, 1974 Senneterre, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Strongman
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Medal record Strongman Representing  Canada World's Strongest Man Qualified 2002 World's Strongest Man 8th 2003 World's Strongest Man Qualified 2005 World's Strongest Man Qualified 2006 World's Strongest Man Canada's Strongest Man 9th 1999 2nd 2000 3rd 2001 2nd 2002 2nd 2003 2nd 2004 1st 2005 1st 2006 2nd 2007 5th 2008 North America's Strongest Man 1st 2007 1st 2008 Quebec's Strongest Man 1st 2000 1st 2001 1st 2002 2nd 2003 1st 2004 1st 2005 1st 2006

Paulin first entered the Canadian Strongmen spotlight in 1999 in which he first reached the Canada's Strongest Man finals and finished in 9th place. Paulin received most of his training with the help of Girard and often shared the same training routine.[3] It was in 2002, that Paulin first reached the World Stage by finishing second in Canada's Strongest Man and repeated the same feat in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, Jessen qualified for the finals for the first and only time at the World's Strongest Man competition, eventually finishing in 8th place.[4]

In 2004, Girard suffered a major foot injury which kept him sidelined from the main competition for nearly two years. Paulin took advantage of Girard's absence in 2005 to become Canada's Strongest Man for the first time and reaching the world stage for the third time in four years. However, Paulin did not reach the Grand Finals of the competition.

In 2006, after successfully defending the Canadian crown, Paulin participated for the fourth time in the World Strongest's Man Competition held in China but finished in 5th position of his group during the first round. His group included former World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski.[5]

In 2007, after finishing second behind Dominic Filiou in Canada's Strongest Man, Paulin qualified for the World's Strongest Man competition for the third year in a row and fifth time in six years after winning the North America's Strongest Man competition which was held in his hometown during the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival. Paulin, finished ahead of American competitor Brian Shaw by way of a tie-breaker after both finished the competition with 83 points In that event, Hugo Girard who attempted a comeback withdrew from the competition due to another injury.[6]

Jessen was scheduled to compete at the 2008 inaugural Fortissimus strongman event, but withdrew and officially retired from international strongman competition.[7]