Hugo Girard is Retiring

[Kÿle Vezeau]

I saw this on the news, he said he wanted to spend more time with his family.

[Jesse Marunde]

He is still a great strongman. When his foot heals up I wonder if he'll stay in retirement...

Jesse

[JEFF VANCO]

Hugo's a good guy, I've hung out with him a few times in Thunder Bay and Kitchener. A buddy of mine, who lives in the same town as Hugo during the fall and winter months, sometimes trains with him (he's 19 and can bench 440 in a t-shirt). I can understand growing tired of continuously competing. He won't stop training (I'd bet money on this). Happy retirement Hugo (for now). I'd like to see Hugo back in powerlifting.

Powerlifting rules,

Biglog

[ScottDowney]

Its a shame that Hugo is making this decision, but like Jesse said, when he is fully healed will he want to live with that decision?

I think Hugo should time out until hes fully recovered and then try a few World Strongman Cup competitions!

[GDolan]

I talked to him last night for over an hour.....he mentioned nothing of retirement :confused:
I wonder what's up........

[Jim Glassman]

I talked to him last night for over an hour.....he mentioned nothing of retirement :confused:
I wonder what's up........

I was with Steve B and Jessen in Poland this weekend and they too mentioned nothing about Hugo retiring. They did say he had reinjured his achilles tendon during a demo so it may be that he won't be able to compete this year, but heard nothing on retirement.

[Jesse Snadden]

Hugo is a friend of mine and I never heard anything regarding this, I saw Hugo less than a month ago and although he tore his achilles a second time, he was optimistic that he would heal and come back. If Hugo does ever retire from strongman, he will most likely train for powerlifting.