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Strongest Man of the Netherlands

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Strongest Man of the Netherlands
Jitse Kramer (2015 Champion)
Tournament information
LocationVaries, Netherlands
Month playedJuly (on a Saturday)
Established1979
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
Netherlands Kevin Hazeleger

Strongest Man of the Netherlands (Dutch: Sterkste Man van Nederland) is an annual strongman competition held in the Netherlands and featuring exclusively Dutch athletes. The contest was established in 1979, with Gerard Du Prie winning the inaugural contest. Berend Veneberg and Jarno Hams hold the record for most wins with 7. Kelvin de Ruiter holds 4 wins, Ted van der Parre holds 3 wins, and Ab Wolders and Gerard Du Prie each have 2 wins in the contest.[1]

Jarno Hams lost in 2014 for the first time in ten years and became 4th. There were some years he did not participate, but he was the undisputed champion. In 2015, the 7-time champion wanted to try one last time to become the only man to win 8 times, but Hams got injured just before the match, so another man took his place in the event.

Regular events

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  • Deadlift
  • Log lift
  • Atlas stones
  • Truck pull
  • Super yoke
  • Farmer's walk

Top 3 placings

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place City/town
1979 Netherlands Gerard Du Prie Netherlands Jan Woudsma Netherlands Robert Nuy Hilversum television studios
1980-81 Event not held
1982 Netherlands Simon Wulfse Netherlands Gerard Du Prie Netherlands Huub van Eck Dronten (De Meerpaal)
1983 Netherlands Gerard Du Prie (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Arnhem (Open Air Museum)
1984 Netherlands Ab Wolders Netherlands Cees de Vreugd Netherlands Simon Wulfse Alkmaar (Kaasmarkt)
1985-88 Event not held
1989 Netherlands Tjalling van den Bosch Netherlands Ab Wolders and Netherlands Ted Van Der Parre (tie) Hindeloopen
1990 Event not held
1991 Netherlands Ted van der Parre Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Netherlands Berend Veneberg Ameland
1992 Netherlands Ted van der Parre Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Rens Vrolijk Zierikzee
1993 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Ted van der Parre Netherlands Piet Flikweert Leerdam
1994 Netherlands Ted van der Parre Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Borculo
1995 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Paul Smeets Netherlands Hans Schonewlle Haaksbergen
1996 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Netherlands Paul Smeets Sneek
1997 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Netherlands Paul Smeets Almere
1998 Event not held
1999[2] Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Peter Baltus Netherlands Jarno Hams Borculo
2000 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Netherlands Eduard Leeflang Enschede
2001[2] Netherlands Wout Zijlstra Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Sander Du Burck Borculo
2002 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Sjaak Ruska Netherlands Jarno Hams Arnhem
2003 Netherlands Peter Baltus Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Sjaak Ruska Zandvoort
2004 Netherlands Jarno Hams Syria Simon Sulaiman Netherlands Edwin Hakvoort Enschede
2005 Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Dave Mossing Netherlands Edwin Hakvoort Vriezenveen
2006 Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Sjaak Ruska Netherlands Tom Jansen Hellendoorn
2007[3] Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Evert Kreuze Netherlands Tom Jansen Heerhugowaard
2008 Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Richard van der Linden Netherlands Evert Kreuze Puttershoek
2009 Syria Simon Sulaiman Netherlands Alex Moonen Netherlands Jan Wagenaar Vroomshoop
2010[4] Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Richard van der Linden Netherlands Alex Moonen Hoofddorp
2011[5] Netherlands Jan Wagenaar Netherlands Richard van der Linden Netherlands Alex Moonen Surhuisterveen
2012[6] Netherlands Jarno Hams Netherlands Jan Wagenaar Netherlands Alex Moonen Kerkrade
2013 Netherlands Jitse Kramer Netherlands Jan Wagenaar Netherlands Niels Gordijn Boxtel
2014 Netherlands Alex Moonen Netherlands Niels Gordijn Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Meppel (Gasgracht)
2015[7] Netherlands Jitse Kramer Netherlands Niels Gordijn Netherlands Enzo Tauro Borculo
2016[8] Netherlands Alex Moonen Netherlands Jitse Kramer Netherlands Enzo Tauro Zwolle
2017[9] Netherlands Alex Moonen Netherlands Enzo Tauro Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Hengelo
2018 Netherlands Alex Moonen Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Netherlands Enzo Tauro Schinveld
2019[10][11] Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Netherlands Joost Heutinck Netherlands Teun Moors Weert
2020 Event not held
2021 Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Syria George Sulaiman Netherlands Angelo van der Pas Kampen
2022 Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Syria George Sulaiman Netherlands Kevin de Jong Almere
2023 Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Netherlands Kevin Hazeleger Syria George Sulaiman Winschoten
2024 Netherlands Kevin Hazeleger Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Netherlands Max Gelder Winschoten

Notes

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  1. According to the results of realdutchpower the event was held in 1997 and not held in 1998.

References

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  1. ^ "www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com". Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. ^ a b "jarnohams.nl". Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  3. ^ "realdutchpowe.nl, Results 2007". Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  4. ^ "realdutchpowe.nl, Results 2010". Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  5. ^ "realdutchpowe.nl, Results 2011". Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  6. ^ "nufoto.nl, Results 2012". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  7. ^ Overborculo.nl Final Strongest man of the Netherlands
  8. ^ (in Dutch)Jitse Kramer second at Strongest Man of the Netherlands 2016
  9. ^ (in Dutch)Alex Moonen is Strongest Man of the Netherlands 2016 for the third time.
  10. ^ Kelvin de Ruiter, strongest man of the Netherlands 2019
  11. ^ De Ruiter's coach was his father, but he died in 2019. Kelvin de Ruiter, 6ft8 tall ("The Flying Dutchman") dedicated his title to his father, who supported him all the years and almost all competitions.