Captains of Crush® No. 3 Gripper Certification:
Who's Who

Official certification list for the No. 3 Captains of Crush® gripper

 

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1991

  • Richard Sorin (USA)

1992

  • John Brookfield (USA)

1994

  • Tyce Saylor (USA)

1995

  • Ron Mazza (USA)
  • Eric Fitzsimmons (USA)
  • Mark Smith (USA)

1996

  • Jay Lyttle (USA)

1997

  • Phil Martin (USA)
  • Manfred Hoeberl (Germany)
  • Joe Kinney (USA)
  • Tim Vaughn (USA)
  • Baraban Robert (Austria)

1998

  • Satohisa Nakada (Japan)
  • Ken Brown (USA)
  • “Stanless Steel” (USA)
  • James Topolski (USA)
  • Jeff Maddy (USA)
  • Bruce Webster (USA)
  • Jesse Marunde (USA)
  • Magnus Samuelsson (Sweden)
  • Charlie Lysak (USA)
  • Peter Holman (USA)
  • Dave Tharp (USA)

1999

  • Rob Sasso (USA)
  • Brian Harvey (USA)
  • Kevin Fulton (USA)
  • P. J. Couvillion (USA)

2000

  • James Ferry (USA)
  • John Campion (USA)
  • Wade Gillingham (USA)
  • Gale Gillingham (USA)
  • John Wood (USA)
  • Bob Jodoin (USA)
  • Michael Daly (UK)
  • Laine Snook (UK)
  • Roger Steffens (USA)
  • Steve Weiner (USA)
  • George MacEachern (USA)
  • Matt Klingsporn (USA)
  • Kurtis Bowler (USA)

2001

  • Nick McKinless (UK)
  • Robert Lipinski (USA)
  • David Horne (UK)
  • Steve Gardener (UK)
  • Frank Nagy (Norway)
  • Karl Gillingham (USA)
  • Brad Gillingham (USA)
  • Heath Sexton (USA)
  • David Hurzeler (Switzerland)
  • Pedro Alberni (USA)
  • Bill Piche (USA)
  • Mike Gleason (USA)
  • Reggie Lloyd (USA)
  • Sami Heinonen (Finland) 
  • Tim Steinspring (USA)
  • Thomas Heslep (USA)
  • Marc Castro (USA)
  • Jean-Michel Smeers (Belgium)
  • Patrick Povilaitis (USA)
  • Kevin Stroud (USA)
  • Coy Kummer (USA)
  • Mark Harrison (Canada)
  • Scott Clayton (USA)
  • Jim Wylie (UK)
  • Martin Whittred (UK)

2002

  • Mike Sanderson (USA)
  • John Hicks (USA)
  • Randall Gore (USA)
  • Steve Angell (UK)
  • Jesse Murray (USA)
  • Eric Russell (USA)
  • Roy Holte (Norway)
  • Brent Mikesell (USA)
  • Mikael Siversson (Sweden)
  • Erik Franz (Germany)
  • Nathan Holle (UK)
  • Craig Holle (UK)
  • Gavin Holle (UK)
  • Greg D’Eramo (USA)
  • Paul Preece (UK)
  • Christopher Cozzens (USA)
  • Chris James (UK)
  • Roar Knudsen (Norway)
  • Jay Holle (UK)
  • Kayne Holle (UK)
  • Hakan Petschler (Sweden)
  • Gerardo Munoz (USA)
  • Harlan Jacobs (USA)
  • Josh Grace (USA)
  • Wesley Shea (USA)

2003

  • Pascal Toussaint (Canada)
  • Patrick Lemieux (Canada)
  • Eric Milfeld (USA)
  • Jeff Peterson (USA)
  • David Morton (USA)
  • Chris Caffery (USA)
  • Patrick Kohlmann (Germany)
  • Arne Persson (Sweden)
  • Simone Vincenzi (Italy)
  • Paul Knight (USA)
  • Adam D. Black (USA)
  • Steve McGranahan (USA)
  • Matt Van Weele (USA)
  • Dag Runar Orsvik Oye (Norway)
  • Michael Harris (USA)
  • Joakim Palmqvist (Sweden)
  • Clayton Edgin (USA)
  • Marc Wylie (UK)
  • Richard Scott (UK)
  • Pete Nickless (USA)
  • Daniel Cenidoza (USA)
  • Brian Carlton (USA)
  • Matt Makousky (USA)
  • Justin Byrnes (Australia)
  • Ryan Brown (USA)
  • Scott Greenbaum (USA)
  • Austin Slater (USA)
  • David Erives (USA)
  • Michael Wayne (USA)
  • Tom Martin (USA)
  • Stefan Straub (Canada)
  • Johan Albrektsson (Sweden)
  • Terry Amos (USA)
  • Hiroki Ninuma (Japan)
  • Jake Brooks (USA)
  • Erik Vining (USA)
  • Jeff Tan (Australia)
  • Shane Larson (USA)
  • Jerry Duty (USA)
  • Josh Dale (USA)
  • Jon Andersen (USA)
  • Jedd Johnson (USA)
  • Richard Bryant (USA)
  • John Bryant (USA)
  • Larry Malcomson (USA)
  • Jason Allen (USA)
  • Jorgen Norlund (Sweden)
  • Eric Townsend (USA)
  • Gordon Vizecky (USA)
  • David Herrmann (USA)

2004

  • Terry Stanfill (USA)
  • Dan McWhorter (USA)
  • Jim Gahnfelt (Sweden)
  • Jonathan Creason (USA)
  • Florian Kellersmann (Germany)
  • Stan Vegar (USA)
  • Eric H. Godfrey (USA)
  • Alex Graven (USA)
  • Yuichi Yokoyama (Japan)
  • Jason Adamski (USA)
  • Chad Woodall (USA)
  • Shawn Littleton (USA)
  • Martin Arildsson (Sweden)
  • James Smith (USA)
  • Steve Reagan (USA)
  • Nick Zinna (USA)
  • Brian Mottola (USA)
  • Masahiro Sawada (Japan)
  • Taylor Wilson (USA)
  • Kevin Bussi (USA)
  • Jeff Cagle (USA)

2005

  • Fredrik Laritz (Sweden)
  • Brendan Dwyer (USA)
  • Ben Edwards (USA)
  • Theo Burggraaff (Netherlands)
  • Scott George (USA)
  • David Lemanczyk (USA)

2006

  • Ron Wright Jr. (USA)
  • "Tex" Henderson (USA)
  • Brian Brouwer (Canada)

2007

  • Dave Brown (USA)
  • Stefan Falke (Germany)
  • Teemu Pohjola (Finland)
  • Wes Peart  (USA)
  • Teemu Ilvesniemi (Finland)
  • Richard Sorin (USA)

2008

  • Vache Sevajian (USA)
  • Chris Mathison (USA)
  • Andrew Durniat (USA)
  • Gabriel Sum (Germany)
  • Ioan Cristian Puscasu (Romania)
  • Tomi Kujala (Finland)
  • Juha Harju (Finland)
  • Andrus Murumets (Estonia)
  • Sam Scott (Australia)
  • Brian Shaw (USA)
  • George Meere (Netherlands)
  • Jouni Pakarinen (Finland)

2009

  • Brad Ardrey (USA)
  • Rich Williams (USA)
  • Sam Solomi (UK)
  • Steve Schmidt (USA)
  • Jonathan D. Vogt (USA)
  • Taichi Morodomi (Japan)
  • Timo Tuukkanen (Finland)
  • Jaime McEwen (USA)
  • Carlos F. Rivera Pagan (USA)

2010

  • Roy Rotzer (Sweden)
  • Rex Hubbard (USA)
  • Alexandre Paquette (USA)
  • Thomas Skalberg (Sweden)
  • Simon Mahalsky (Germany)
  • Robert Unt (Sweden)
  • Craig Call (USA)
  • Paul Knight (USA)
  • Sergey Daragan (Russia)
  • Adam T. Glass (USA)
  • Evgeniy Khrychkin (Russia)

2011

  • Ivan Beritashvili (Russia)
  • Hannes Kainz (Austria)
  • Nikita Krivosheev (Russia)

2012

  • Aaron Farley (USA)
  • Cesare Ricchezza (USA)
  • Sean Dockery (USA)
  • Alan Barch Jr. (USA)
  • Devon Gibson (USA)
  • Jani Kuusisto (Finland)
  • John McCarter (USA)
  • Alexey Tyukalov (Russia)
  • Alexander Petrov (Russia)
  • Kody Delone Burns (USA)
  • Noah Bitter (USA)
  • Dominic Martin (USA)

2013

  • Daniel Reinard (USA)
  • Sang-Do Shim (South Korea)
  • Tommy Jennings, Jr. (USA)
  • Alexey Pritula (Russia)
  • Yusuke Nakamura (Japan)
  • Joefrey Wibrin (Belgium)
  • Aleksander Asinowski (Russia)
  • Vadim Leles (Belarus)
  • Nikolay Shpak (Russia)
  • Eirik Bruun Ingelbretsen (Norway)

2014

  • Vano Sukhashvili (Russia)
  • Daniel Splendoria (USA)
  • Jonathan Hoffmann (USA)
  • Brandon Hall (USA)
  • Evan Hansmann (USA)
  • Youichi Okazaki (Japan)
  • Nathaniel Brous (USA)
  • Albin Lindskog (Sweden)
  • Jon-Clark Eklund (USA)
  • Sergey Sankov (Russia)

2015

  • Dan Corsi (USA)
  • Carl-August Mertz (Germany)
  • Alexander Kudashkin (Russia)
  • Nikolay Pleshakov (Russia)
  • Tigran Danielian (Russia)
  • Maxim Ostertak (Russia)
  • Sergey Bogotopov (Russia)
  • Gilbert Goodman (USA)
  • Kim Bum-suk (South Korea)
  • Jang Sung-hyun (South Korea) 
  • Aaron Baumann (USA)
  • Marco Buhl (Germany)
  • Hugo Karlsson (Sweden)

2016

  • Lucas Lindberg (Finland)
  • Kirill Sarychev (Russia)
  • Roman Penkovskiy (Russia)
  • Slghi Choi (South Korea)

2017

  • Carl Myerscough (USA)
  • Graeme Bryce (New Zealand)
  • Dmitriy Burlakov (Russia)
  • Mike Murray (Canada)

2018

  • Katsuya Kawasaki (Japan)
  • Gyu-min Lee (South Korea)
  • Bojan Pejic (Sweden)
  • Sergey Likhutyev (Russia)
  • Tanner Merkle (USA)
  • Bryan Hunsaker (USA)

2019

  • Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary)
  • Hannes Thorsteinsson (Iceland)
  • Brandon M. Brahler (USA)
  • David Shamey (Russia)
  • Nikita Yurkovets (Belarus)

2020

  • Salvatore Sabatino (USA)
  • Thom Fingalsson (Sweden)
  • Jason Dingey (USA)

2021

  • Sheldon Trefenanko (Canada)
  • Iain Thain (Scotland)
  • Ivan Cuk (USA)
  • Ivan Tikhonov (Russia)
  • Jamie (Jay) Smith (Canada)
  • Andrey Fligin (Russia)
  • Valery Tolstyh (Russia)
  • Dmitriy Khlyuzov (Russia)
  • Sergey Gonenko (Ukraine)
  • Nikita Yurkovets (Belarus)
  • John Garbo (USA)
  • Daniel Ferreira Folador Kavamoto (Brazil)
  • Vincent Rivellese (USA)
  • Valerii Stryha (Ukraine)

2022

  • Yakov Burkovnikov (Ukraine)
  • Artur Yumaguzhin (Russia)
  • Kosuke Takahashi (Japan)
  • Lawrence Gray (USA)
  • Jaland Worley (USA)

2023

  • Jermiah Merciconah (Australia)
  • Tyler Sandstrom (USA)
  • Derek Palmeri (USA)
  • Ivan Myskovets (Ukraine)
  • Ben Helms (USA)
  • Justin Douglas (USA)
  • Pedro Antonio Tamayo Jiménez (Mexico)

2024

  • Hamza Acar (Turkey)
  • Dimitar Nenkov (Bulgaria)


 

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