Simon Wulfse
Dutch strongman (born 1952)
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Born | (1952-01-12) January 12, 1952 (age 72) Dordrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Strongman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Wulfse (born January 12, 1952, in Dordrecht) is a strongman from the Netherlands. He finished third at the World's Strongest Man games in 1983. Wulfse won the Europe's Strongest Man title in 1983, his career best finish. He finished first in Strongest man of the Netherlands in 1982, and third in 1984.[1] Wulfse also finished third at the 1986 and 1987 World Muscle Power Championships.
He was arrested in 1989 and convicted of drug smuggling.[2]
Honours
- 1st place Strongest man of the Netherlands (1982)
- 1st place Europe's Strongest Man (1983)
- 3rd place World's Strongest Man (1983)
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Europe's Strongest Man champions
- 1980: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1981: Lars Hedlund (SWE)
- 1982: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1983: Simon Wulfse (NED)
- 1984: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1985: Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1986: Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1987: Ab Wolders (NED)
- 1988: Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1989: Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1990: Henning Thorsen (DEN)
- 1991: Gary Taylor (WAL) & Forbes Cowan (SCO) (tied)
- 1992: Ted van der Parre (NED) & László Fekete (HUN)
- 1993: Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1994: Magnús Ver Magnússon (ISL) & Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1995: Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1996: Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1997: Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1998: Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 1999: Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 2000: Berend Veneberg (NED)
- 2001: Svend Karlsen (DEN)
- 2002: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2003: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2004: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2005: Jarek Dymek (POL)
- 2007: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2008: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2009: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2010: Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2012: Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2013: Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2014: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2015: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2016: Laurence Shahlaei (ENG)
- 2017: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2018: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2019: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2020: Luke Richardson (ENG)
- 2021: Luke Stoltman (SCO)
- 2022: Oleksii Novikov (UKR)
- 2023: Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR)
- 2024: Luke Stoltman (SCO)