Rayno Nel is a South African strongman competitor born on 9 May 1995 and from Krugersdorp. In 2025 he won the World's Strongest Man title, the first winner of that title from South Africa, from Africa and from the southern hemisphere. He is also a two time Africa's Strongest Man, a two time South Africa's Strongest Man and the defending Strongman Champions League world champion. Before strongman he played rugby union, captaining the Central University of Technology side in the Varsity Cup and playing as a flanker for the Free State Cheetahs. He entered his first strongman contest in 2023, won South Africa's Strongest Man, and then won the 2024 Strongman Champions League events in Holland and Africa and the 2024 world finals. At the 2025 World's Strongest Man he won his group and beat former champions Mitchell Hooper and Tom Stoltman in the final. He finished second at the 2026 World's Strongest Man. Away from the sport he works as an electrical engineer.
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He is also a two times Africa's Strongest Man, two times South Africa's Strongest Man and the defending Strongman Champions League world champion.
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a South African strongman competitor from Krugersdorp
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He is the 2025 World's Strongest Man champion
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