Berend Veneberg

Berend Veneberg, born on 5 November 1963 in Den Ham, Overijssel, is a former strongman and powerlifter from the Netherlands. After a third place at the Strongest Man of the Netherlands in 1991 and a second in 1992 he won the title for the first time in 1993 and went on to win it seven times. He finished fifth at the World's Strongest Man in 1993, ninth in 1998 and sixth in 1999, won Europe's Strongest Man in 2000, and with Wout Zijlstra won the World's Strongest Team in 1998. He has also won the Dutch National Powerlifting Championships six times, runs his own gym and has trained strongmen such as Jarno Hams. He competed on American Gladiators.