Heinz Ollesch

Heinz Ollesch, born on 27 November 1966, is a strongman from Germany. He was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria, grew up in Lehen, started strength training in 1984 and has taken part in international strongman contests since 1994. He won Germany's Strongest Man twelve times, in every year from 1994 to 2004 and again in 2006, and he reached the final of the World's Strongest Man in 1995, where he finished fourth, his best result there. He also took podium places at the World Strongman Challenge and finished second in Europe's Strongest Man in 1996. Away from competition he played a supporting role in the Thai film Tom-Yum-Goong.