Patrik Baboumian

Patrik Baboumian is a retired strongman who competed for Germany, born on 1 July 1979 in Abadan, Iran, to Armenian parents. He moved to Germany at the age of seven and later built a career in log lifting, yoke carrying and other strength events after an earlier period as a bodybuilder. He won the German heavyweight log lift record, took fourth place at the log lift world championship in 2011, and was named Germany's Strongest Man the same year. In 2012 he became European powerlifting champion in the 140 kilogram class of the GPA and set world records in beer keg lifting and the front hold. His yoke walk of 560 kilograms in 2015 became one of his best known feats. He promotes veganism, has appeared in an animal rights campaign and in the documentary The Game Changers.