Dennis Kohlruss

Dennis Kohlruss, born on 14 May 1988, is a German strongman competitor from Rastatt and the reigning five time Germany's Strongest Man. He discovered the sport at 21, during military service in the Bundeswehr, after watching videos of Magnus Samuelsson, the 1998 World's Strongest Man. He is a regular entrant in the Strongman Champions League with seven podium finishes, has competed in 33 international strongman competitions, and won the 2020 SCL World Record Breakers and the 2021 Megatron events. He holds German records in the Atlas stone to shoulder, log press and block press, and world records in the keg press, the helicopter pull and the truck pull. A 185 kilogram stone in Bavaria is named the Kohlruss stone in his honour, and he was the first person to shoulder it.