Ted van der Parre

Ted van der Parre is a former Dutch strongman, born on 21 September 1955, who won the World's Strongest Man contest in 1992. He had placed fourth in the 1991 edition and returned in 1994, when a calf injury forced him to drop out after the second event and he finished eighth. Standing 2.13 metres tall and weighing 160 kilograms, he is the tallest man ever to compete in World's Strongest Man, and his body mass index of 35 was among the lowest in that contest. At home he won the Strongest Man of the Netherlands title in 1991, 1992 and 1994. His recorded personal bests include a 130 kilogram log press at the 1994 Strongest Man on Earth and a keg toss of a 25 kilogram keg over 5.00 metres at the 1995 Manfred Hoeberl Classic, which was a world record at the time.