Jean-Pierre Brulois

Jean-Pierre Brulois, born on 18 April 1957, is a former world champion powerlifter, strongman and Olympic weightlifter from France. He is best known for winning the super heavyweight title at the 1990 International Powerlifting Federation World Championships in The Hague. He began Olympic lifting at fourteen and broke French cadet and junior records in the snatch and the clean and jerk before military service interrupted his training. Bodybuilder Serge Nubret then persuaded him to move to powerlifting, and the coach Marc Vouillot worked with him from the mid 1980s. He also entered four World's Strongest Man contests, in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1992, finishing eighth in 1985, fifth in 1986 and seventh in 1988. His recorded powerlifting bests include a 402.5 kilogram squat, a 250 kilogram bench press and a 340 kilogram deadlift, and the article describes him as arguably the strongest Frenchman whose feats have been officially verified.