Wout Zijlstra

Wout Zijlstra, born on 4 August 1964 in Wolsum in Friesland, is a former strongman and Highland Games athlete from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch Strongest Man title in 2001 after a run of podium finishes that began in 1991, and he twice reached the final of the World's Strongest Man, taking third place in 1998 behind Magnus Samuelsson and Jouko Ahola and eighth place in 2001. With his countryman Berend Veneberg he won the 1998 World's Strongest Team. In Highland Games weight over bar he equalled and then raised the world record for the 25.5 kilogram weight, reaching 5.70 metres at the 2002 Den Helder Highland Games, and he won the Dutch Highland Games championship in 2003 and 2004. He has also finished the Elfstedentocht twice.