Name |
Hugo Girard |
Height |
6 ft 2 in |
Naionality |
Canadian |
Date of Birth |
20-December-1971 |
Place of Birth |
Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf, Quebec |
Famous for |
Acting |
Hugo Girard is a Canadian strongman and actor. Girard is a Strongman Super Series world Champion, a four-time World Muscle Power champion and a six-time Canada's Strongest Man.
Hugo was the subject of a documentary film called "Strongman: Hugo Girard" in 2002. The film shows Hugo's training for the 2002 North America's Strongest Man competition, which he eventually won. The film also features his training partners Jessen Paulin and Travis Lyndon. The film was directed by Alan Black and released by Top of the World Films.
Prior to his career as a strongman competitor, Girard worked as a bouncer in a popular Quebec City nightclub on weekends while attending community college. In the early 1990s, he went to Los Angeles in order to either pursue a career as a professional bodybuilder or as an actor. After a few months, Girard came back to the province of Quebec where he was later hired as a police officer for the city of Gatineau.