Strongest Man of the Netherlands

Strongest Man of the Netherlands

Jitse Kramer (2015 Champion)
Tournament information
Location	Varies, Netherlands
Month played	July (on a Saturday)
Established	1979
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Kevin Hazeleger (2025)

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 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. ^[1]

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

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	City/town
1979	Gerard Du Prie	Jan Woudsma	Robert Nuy	Hilversum television studios
1980–81	Event not held
1982	Simon Wulfse	Gerard Du Prie	Huub van Eck	Dronten (De Meerpaal)
1983	Gerard Du Prie	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Arnhem (Open Air Museum)
1984	Ab Wolders	Cees de Vreugd	Simon Wulfse	Alkmaar (Kaasmarkt)
1985-88	Event not held
1989	Tjalling van den Bosch	Ab Wolders and Ted Van Der Parre (tie)		Hindeloopen
1990	Event not held
1991	Ted van der Parre	Wout Zijlstra	Berend Veneberg	Ameland
1992	Ted van der Parre	Berend Veneberg	Rens Vrolijk	Zierikzee
1993	Berend Veneberg	Ted van der Parre	Piet Flikweert	Leerdam
1994	Ted van der Parre	Berend Veneberg	Wout Zijlstra	Borculo
1995	Berend Veneberg	Paul Smeets	Hans Schonewlle	Haaksbergen
1996	Berend Veneberg	Wout Zijlstra	Paul Smeets	Sneek
1997	Berend Veneberg	Wout Zijlstra	Paul Smeets	Almere
1998	Event not held
1999 [2]	Berend Veneberg	Peter Baltus	Jarno Hams	Borculo
2000	Berend Veneberg	Wout Zijlstra	Eduard Leeflang	Enschede
2001 [2]	Wout Zijlstra	Jarno Hams	Sander Du Burck	Borculo
2002	Berend Veneberg	Sjaak Ruska	Jarno Hams	Arnhem
2003	Peter Baltus	Jarno Hams	Sjaak Ruska	Zandvoort
2004	Jarno Hams	Simon Sulaiman	Edwin Hakvoort	Enschede
2005	Jarno Hams	Dave Mossing	Edwin Hakvoort	Vriezenveen
2006	Jarno Hams	Sjaak Ruska	Tom Jansen	Hellendoorn
2007 [3]	Jarno Hams	Evert Kreuze	Tom Jansen	Heerhugowaard
2008	Jarno Hams	Richard van der Linden	Evert Kreuze	Puttershoek
2009	Simon Sulaiman	Alex Moonen	Jan Wagenaar	Vroomshoop
2010 [4]	Jarno Hams	Richard van der Linden	Alex Moonen	Hoofddorp
2011 [5]	Jan Wagenaar	Richard van der Linden	Alex Moonen	Surhuisterveen
2012 [6]	Jarno Hams	Jan Wagenaar	Alex Moonen	Kerkrade
2013	Jitse Kramer	Jan Wagenaar	Niels Gordijn	Boxtel
2014	Alex Moonen	Niels Gordijn	Kelvin de Ruiter	Meppel (Gasgracht)
2015 [7]	Jitse Kramer	Niels Gordijn	Enzo Tauro	Borculo
2016 [8]	Alex Moonen	Jitse Kramer	Enzo Tauro	Zwolle
2017 [9]	Alex Moonen	Enzo Tauro	Kelvin de Ruiter	Hengelo
2018	Alex Moonen	Kelvin de Ruiter	Enzo Tauro	Schinveld
2019 [10] [11]	Kelvin de Ruiter	Joost Heutinck	Teun Moors	Weert
2020	Event not held
2021	Kelvin de Ruiter	George Sulaiman	Angelo van der Pas	Kampen
2022	Kelvin de Ruiter	George Sulaiman	Kevin de Jong	Almere
2023	Kelvin de Ruiter	Kevin Hazeleger	George Sulaiman	Winschoten
2024	Kevin Hazeleger	Kelvin de Ruiter	Max Gelder	Winschoten
2025 [12]	Kevin Hazeleger	Max Gelder	Kelvin de Ruiter	Weert

Repeat champions

Champion	Times & 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)
Gerard Du Prie	2 (1979, 1983)
Jitse Kramer	2 (2013, 2015)
Kevin Hazeleger	2 (2024, 2025)

Notes

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

References

1. "www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com" . Retrieved 2010-08-20.
2. "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.
12. Janssen, Siebe (2025-07-20). "Netherland's Strongest Man - 2025". strengthresults.com. Retrieved 2025-07-21.