The 2025 Strongest Man in the Netherlands (SMN) contest occurred in Weert, Netherlands, on July 20, 2025. The contest featured 12 of the countries strongest athletes competing through six events: Max Deadlift, Truck Pull, Log Lift, Farmer’s Walk, Atlas Stones, and Sandbag Toss.
Kevin Hazeleger scored the overall gold, achieving 66 of a possible 72 points. It was a runaway performance; 13.5 points ahead of runner-up Max Gelder.
2025 Strongest Man in the Netherlands Results
- Kevin Hazeleger — 65 points
- Max Gelder — 52.5 points
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 52 points (withdrew)
- Berend Aaftink — 47.5 points
- Luca Heijster — 43.5 points
- Martijn de Boer — 39 points
- Sander van Zutphen — 39 points
- Frank de Heus — 35.5 points
- Martijn de Weerd — 29 points
- Danilo Podkrajac — 18 points
- Teun Moors — Nine points (withdrew)
- Johan Langhorst — Six points (withdrew)
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2025 Strongest Man in the Netherlands Event Results
Below are the results for each of the events contested in Weert:
Max Deadlift
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 400 kilograms
- Kevin Hazeleger — 395 kilograms
- Berend Aaftink — 390 kilograms
- Max Gelder — 375 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Luca Heijster — 375 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Teun Moors — 355 kilograms
- Martijn de Boer — 345 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Johan Langhorst — 345 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Sander van Zutphen — 320 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Frank de Heus — 320 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Danilo Podkrajac — 320 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Martijn de Weerd — no lift
Truck Pull
Each strongman had one minute to pull a 10,000-kilogram vehicle 25 meters without rope.
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 21.13 seconds
- Berend Aaftink — 23.28 seconds
- Frank de Heus — 23.56 seconds
- Martijn de Boer — 23.57 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 23.78 seconds
- Max Gelder — 24.44 seconds
- Sander van Zutphen — 25 seconds
- Luca Heijster — 25.87 seconds
- Danilo Podkrajac — 26.4 seconds
- Martijn de Weerd — 27.62 seconds
- Teun Moors — 28.41 seconds
- Johan Langhorst — withdrew
Log Lift
Athletes established max reps with 140 kilograms.
- Kevin Hazeleger — Seven reps
- Sander van Zutphen — Five reps
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Four reps
- Max Gelder — Three reps (T-fourth)
- Frank de Heus — Three reps (T-fourth)
- Berend Aaftink — Two reps (T-sixth)
- Luca Heijster — Two reps (T-sixth)
- Martijn de Weerd — One rep
- Martijn de Boer — no lift
- Danilo Podkrajac — no lift
- Teun Moors — withdrew
- Johan Langhorst — withdrew
Farmer’s Walk
Each strongman had one minute to traverse 40 meters with 140 kilograms.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 23.81 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 25.22 seconds
- Martijn de Boer — 25.56 seconds
- Berend Aaftink — 30.84 seconds
- Max Gelder — 32 seconds
- Danilo Podkrajac — 40.06 seconds
- Martijn de Weerd — 56.72 seconds
- Sander van Zutphen — 33.05 meters
- Luca Heijster — 24.1 meters
- Frank de Heus — 14.52 meters
- Teun Moors — withdrew
- Johan Langhorst — withdrew
Atlas Stones
Athletes loaded five stones weighing 120 to 200 kilograms within the 90-second time cap.
- Max Gelder — Four in 51.59 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Three in 21.53 seconds
- Luca Heijster — Three in 30.53 seconds
- Martijn de Boer — Two in 13.21 seconds
- Martijn de Weerd — Two in 20.64 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Two in 23.17 seconds
- Frank de Heus — Two in 23.71 seconds
- Sander van Zutphen — Two in 29.2 seconds
- Berend Aaftink — no lift
- Danilo Podkrajac — no lift
- Teun Moors — withdrew
- Johan Langhorst — withdrew
Sandbag Toss
With one minute on the clock, each strongman tossed six implements weighing 18 to 28 kilograms over a 4.3-meter bar.
- Kevin Hazeleger — Six in 19.56 seconds
- Berend Aaftink — Six in 38.32 seconds
- Luca Heijster — Five in 14.8 seconds
- Sander van Zutphen — Four in 12.03 seconds
- Max Gelder — Four in 12.87 seconds
- Martijn de Weerd — Four in 12.92 seconds
- Martijn de Boer — Four in 16.37 seconds
- Frank de Heus — Three in 9.89 seconds
- Danilo Podkrajac — Two in 11.46 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — withdrew
- Teun Moors — withdrew
- Johan Langhorst — withdrew
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