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Home » Strongman News » 2025 Strongest Man in the Netherlands Results

2025 Strongest Man in the Netherlands Results

Kevin Hazeleger scored gold in Weert!

Phil Blechman
Written by Phil Blechman
Last updated on July 23rd, 2025

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

  1. Kevin Hazeleger — 65 points
  2. Max Gelder — 52.5 points
  3. Kelvin de Ruiter — 52 points (withdrew)
  4. Berend Aaftink — 47.5 points
  5. Luca Heijster — 43.5 points
  6. Martijn de Boer — 39 points
  7. Sander van Zutphen — 39 points
  8. Frank de Heus — 35.5 points
  9. Martijn de Weerd — 29 points
  10. Danilo Podkrajac — 18 points
  11. Teun Moors — Nine points (withdrew)
  12. 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

  1. Kelvin de Ruiter — 400 kilograms
  2. Kevin Hazeleger — 395 kilograms
  3. Berend Aaftink — 390 kilograms
  4. Max Gelder — 375 kilograms (T-fourth)
  5. Luca Heijster — 375 kilograms (T-fourth)
  6. Teun Moors — 355 kilograms
  7. Martijn de Boer — 345 kilograms (T-seventh)
  8. Johan Langhorst — 345 kilograms (T-seventh)
  9. Sander van Zutphen — 320 kilograms (T-ninth)
  10. Frank de Heus — 320 kilograms (T-ninth)
  11. Danilo Podkrajac — 320 kilograms (T-ninth)
  12. Martijn de Weerd — no lift

Truck Pull

Each strongman had one minute to pull a 10,000-kilogram vehicle 25 meters without rope.

  1. Kelvin de Ruiter — 21.13 seconds
  2. Berend Aaftink — 23.28 seconds
  3. Frank de Heus — 23.56 seconds
  4. Martijn de Boer — 23.57 seconds
  5. Kevin Hazeleger — 23.78 seconds
  6. Max Gelder — 24.44 seconds
  7. Sander van Zutphen — 25 seconds
  8. Luca Heijster — 25.87 seconds
  9. Danilo Podkrajac — 26.4 seconds
  10. Martijn de Weerd — 27.62 seconds
  11. Teun Moors — 28.41 seconds
  12. Johan Langhorst — withdrew

Log Lift

Athletes established max reps with 140 kilograms.

  1. Kevin Hazeleger — Seven reps
  2. Sander van Zutphen — Five reps
  3. Kelvin de Ruiter — Four reps
  4. Max Gelder — Three reps (T-fourth)
  5. Frank de Heus — Three reps (T-fourth)
  6. Berend Aaftink — Two reps (T-sixth)
  7. Luca Heijster — Two reps (T-sixth)
  8. Martijn de Weerd — One rep
  9. Martijn de Boer — no lift
  10. Danilo Podkrajac — no lift
  11. Teun Moors — withdrew
  12. Johan Langhorst — withdrew

Farmer’s Walk

Each strongman had one minute to traverse 40 meters with 140 kilograms.

  1. Kevin Hazeleger — 23.81 seconds
  2. Kelvin de Ruiter — 25.22 seconds
  3. Martijn de Boer — 25.56 seconds
  4. Berend Aaftink — 30.84 seconds
  5. Max Gelder — 32 seconds
  6. Danilo Podkrajac — 40.06 seconds
  7. Martijn de Weerd — 56.72 seconds
  8. Sander van Zutphen — 33.05 meters
  9. Luca Heijster — 24.1 meters
  10. Frank de Heus — 14.52 meters
  11. Teun Moors — withdrew
  12. Johan Langhorst — withdrew

Atlas Stones

Athletes loaded five stones weighing 120 to 200 kilograms within the 90-second time cap.

  1. Max Gelder — Four in 51.59 seconds
  2. Kevin Hazeleger — Three in 21.53 seconds
  3. Luca Heijster — Three in 30.53 seconds
  4. Martijn de Boer — Two in 13.21 seconds
  5. Martijn de Weerd — Two in 20.64 seconds
  6. Kelvin de Ruiter — Two in 23.17 seconds
  7. Frank de Heus — Two in 23.71 seconds
  8. Sander van Zutphen — Two in 29.2 seconds
  9. Berend Aaftink — no lift
  10. Danilo Podkrajac — no lift
  11. Teun Moors — withdrew
  12. 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.

  1. Kevin Hazeleger — Six in 19.56 seconds
  2. Berend Aaftink — Six in 38.32 seconds
  3. Luca Heijster — Five in 14.8 seconds
  4. Sander van Zutphen — Four in 12.03 seconds
  5. Max Gelder — Four in 12.87 seconds
  6. Martijn de Weerd — Four in 12.92 seconds
  7. Martijn de Boer — Four in 16.37 seconds
  8. Frank de Heus — Three in 9.89 seconds
  9. Danilo Podkrajac — Two in 11.46 seconds
  10. Kelvin de Ruiter — withdrew
  11. Teun Moors — withdrew
  12. Johan Langhorst — withdrew

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Featured image: @kevin_hazeleger94 on Instagram

Phil Blechman

About Phil Blechman

Phil is a native New Yorker passionate about storytelling, bodybuilding, and game design. He holds a BFA from Syracuse University.

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