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Igor Werner Wins the 2010 German Strongman Championships

by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2012 IronMind


Strongman Project’s Heinz Ollesch has reported on the German Strongman Championships, which were won by Igor Werner.

German Strongman National Championships winner Igor Werner on the yoke.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Heinz Ollesch.
German Strongman National Championships winner Igor Werner on the yoke.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Heinz Ollesch.
 

“Germany's Strongest Man 2010 is Igor Werner,” Heinz Ollesch told IronMind® today.  “He also won in 2007."

“The events were: Log Lift for maximum, Car Deadlift, Yoke Race (365 kg for 30 meter), Tire Flip (380 kg for 20 meters), Beer Keg overhead lift (100 kg for reps), and Farmer’s Walk (125 kg, 60 meters for time). 

“Igor equaled the German record in the Beer Keg overhead lift with 12 reps in 75 seconds,” Ollesch said.

Here are the overall top ten:
 

1. Igor Werner 11
2. Patrik Baboumian 18
3. Robert Heinrich 22
4. Florian Trimpl 25
5. Tilo Kretzschmar 28
6. Anton Schimke 31
7. Willi Kliesch 42
8. Andreas Starzer* 48
9. Enrico Schütze 48
10. Sven Reichbodt 53

*winner in the 105-kg category; injured in the Tire Flip


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Here’s the medal/prize ceremony group photo for the 2010 German Strongman Nationals.  Heinz Ollesch, himself a 12-time winner of Germany’s Strongest Man, heads up the Strongman Project, which produces top national and international strongman competitions in Germany.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Heinz Ollesch.
Here’s the medal/prize ceremony group photo for the 2010 German Strongman Nationals.  Heinz Ollesch, himself a 12-time winner of Germany’s Strongest Man, heads up the Strongman Project, which produces top national and international strongman competitions in Germany.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Heinz Ollesch.
  
                                                                                             


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