Strongest Man of the Netherlands () 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 each. Alex Moonen and Kelvin de Ruiter holds 4 wins each, Ted van der Parre holds 3 wins, and Kevin Hazeleger, Gerard Du Prie and Jitse Kramer each have 2 wins in the contest.
The competition has been held throughout the Netherlands and throughout the 38 times it has been held, only Borculo, Winschoten, Almere, Enschede, Arnhem and Weert have hosted the competition more than once. It is one of the oldest strongman competitions in the world.
Regular events Deadlift Log lift Atlas stones Truck pull Super yoke Farmer's walk
Top 3 placings YearChampionRunner-up3rd placeCity/town1979 Gerard Du Prie Jan Woudsma Robert Nuy Hilversum television studios 1980–81 colspan=4 1982 Simon Wulfse Gerard Du Prie Huub van Eck Dronten (De Meerpaal)1983 Gerard Du Prie (2) Arnhem (Open Air Museum)1984 Ab Wolders Cees de Vreugd Simon Wulfse Alkmaar (Kaasmarkt)1985-88 colspan=4 1989 Tjalling van den Bosch Ab Wolders and Ted Van Der Parre (tie) Hindeloopen1990 colspan=4 1991 Ted van der Parre Wout Zijlstra Berend Veneberg Ameland1992 Ted van der Parre (2) Berend Veneberg Rens Vrolijk Zierikzee1993 Berend Veneberg Ted van der Parre Piet Flikweert Leerdam1994 Ted van der Parre (3) Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra Borculo1995 Berend Veneberg Paul Smeets Hans Schonewlle Haaksbergen1996 Berend Veneberg (2) Wout Zijlstra Paul Smeets Sneek1997 Berend Veneberg (3) Wout Zijlstra Paul Smeets Almere1998 colspan=4 1999 Berend Veneberg (4) Peter Baltus Jarno Hams Borculo2000 Berend Veneberg (5) Wout Zijlstra Eduard Leeflang Enschede 2001 Wout Zijlstra Jarno Hams Sander Du Burck Borculo2002 Berend Veneberg (6) Sjaak Ruska Jarno Hams Arnhem2003 Peter Baltus Jarno Hams Sjaak Ruska Zandvoort2004 Jarno Hams Simon Sulaiman Edwin Hakvoort Enschede2005 Jarno Hams (2) Dave Mossing Edwin Hakvoort Vriezenveen2006 Jarno Hams (3) Sjaak Ruska Tom Jansen Hellendoorn2007 Jarno Hams (4) Evert Kreuze Tom Jansen Heerhugowaard2008 Jarno Hams (5) Richard van der Linden Evert Kreuze Puttershoek2009 Simon Sulaiman Alex Moonen Jan Wagenaar Vroomshoop2010 Jarno Hams (6) Richard van der Linden Alex Moonen Hoofddorp2011 Jan Wagenaar Richard van der Linden Alex Moonen Surhuisterveen2012 Jarno Hams (7) Jan Wagenaar Alex Moonen Kerkrade 2013 Jitse Kramer Jan Wagenaar Niels Gordijn Boxtel 2014 Alex Moonen Niels Gordijn Kelvin de Ruiter Meppel (Gasgracht) 2015Overborculo.nl Final Strongest man of the Netherlands Jitse Kramer (2) Niels Gordijn Enzo Tauro Borculo 2016Jitse Kramer second at Strongest Man of the Netherlands 2016 Alex Moonen (2) Jitse Kramer Enzo Tauro Zwolle 2017Alex Moonen is Strongest Man of the Netherlands 2016 for the third time. Alex Moonen (3) Enzo Tauro Kelvin de Ruiter Hengelo 2018 Alex Moonen (4) Kelvin de Ruiter Enzo Tauro Schinveld 2019Kelvin de Ruiter, strongest man of the Netherlands 2019De 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. Kelvin de Ruiter Joost Heutinck Teun Moors Weert 2020 colspan=4 2021 Kelvin de Ruiter (2) George Sulaiman Angelo van der Pas Kampen 2022 Kelvin de Ruiter (3) George Sulaiman Kevin de Jong Almere 2023 Kelvin de Ruiter (4) Kevin Hazeleger George Sulaiman Winschoten 2024 Kevin Hazeleger Kelvin de Ruiter Max Gelder Winschoten2025 Kevin Hazeleger (2) Max Gelder Kelvin de RuiterWeert2026 Kevin Hazeleger (3) Sander van Zutphen Luca HeijsterBolsward
Repeat champions ChampionTimes & years Berend Veneberg 7 (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002) Jarno Hams 7 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) Alex Moonen 4 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) Kelvin de Ruiter 4 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) Ted van der Parre 3 (1991, 1992, 1994) Kevin Hazeleger3 (2024, 2025, 2026) Gerard Du Prie 2 (1979, 1983) Jitse Kramer 2 (2013, 2015)
Notes According to the results of realdutchpower the event was held in 1997 and not held in 1998.
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