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2024 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Serge Usereau
He started competing when still a teenager in the mid '80s. His first major achievement occurred in 1985, when at the age of 18 he took second at the North American Championships in Amos. He would finish in the money at this tournament at least four times over the following seven years. He won no less than four national titles between 1988 and 1992. He won a WPAA world title in 1987 and a WAF world title in 1992 in the 165-lb class. Also in 1995, he competed in one of the most stacked 165-lb classes of all time at the Yukon Jack International Championships in New York City, where he made it to the podium.
Steve Morneau
He got a start in the sport in the late 1980's. Very strong from the start with both arms due to several years of weight training, it took no time for him to start winning major titles. In the early 1990's, when just in his early twenties, he won multiple Gloucester Fair International titles, multiple national titles, a title at the prestigious Super Bras-de-fer tournament in Paris and a WAF world title. For a period of time it could be argued he held the world number one left hand ranking after winning the left hand super heavyweight class at the 1992 Gloucester Fair International Championships ahead of Gary Goodridge and Garvin Lewis. Less active in the late 90s when he was focused on professional bodybuilding, he briefly re-emerged at the 2001 Gloucester Fair to defeat Devon Larratt and Sylvain Perron. In recent years, he has returned to regular armwrestling competition and has built up a huge club. He also amassed another five national titles and he's one of the very few people to have won senior division national titles 30 years apart. He's a big reason why the 2024 National Championships were held in Gatineau.
Théophile Massé
He started pulling way back at the beginning of the 20th century. Organized armwrestling was in the very early stages of development at the time. In 1910, at the age of about 21, this person defeated the recognized Canadian heavyweight champion and then successfully defended this title over the following 11 years, facing dozens of opponents in 2-out-of-3 or 3-out-of-5 challenge match settings for significant sums of money. No other puller of the era enjoyed a similar length of dominance. The sport's first true "star"
Yvon Champagne
He competed predominantly in the 200-lb class between the late 1970's and late 1980's and was one of Quebec's most travelled and successful competitors of the period. He was the first Quebec puller to win a CAWA National title as well as the first to win a WAF world title, which he won in Costa Rica in 1983. He finished top 3 at the North American Championships in Amos 7 years in a row between 1979 and 1985. He also finished near the top of standings at various national and world championships, such as at the IWC Worlds and the WPAA Canadian Nationals.