Wout Zijlstra
Wout throwing the Weight for Height
Working as a meat inspector at Schiphol, National Airport in Amsterdam and promoting and organizing Highland Games and Strongman competitions everywhere in Europe. Wout has won every title in Highland Games competition and even placed third in the Strongest Man of the World competiton in 1998 behind Magnus Samuelsson and Jouko Ahola. Wout is a real professional athlete and worldwide regarded as a legend. Highland Games in the Netherlands would not be that big without the effort of Wout over the years.
He is one of the few athletes who could manage to balance Highland Games competitions and Strongman competition on a professional level at the same time. Wout has on his property a very big gym equipped for every kind of strongman training and Highland Games. All the current Champions in the Netherlands (strongman and Highland Games) are trained by Wout. Wout Zijlstra is an icon in the world for Strongman and Highland Games, he is 1.97 meter and weighs about 145 kilogram. Nowadays Wout is doing a great job as a presenter for Highland Games.
Wout is available for demonstrations and as competition organizer, you can contact him: http://www.sterksteman.nl/
Titles won:
Winner Champion of the Champions Highland Games (Scotland )
Winner European Championships (mulitple times)
Winner Dutch Highland Games Championships (mulitple times)
Winner World Grand-Prix Highland Games (Ireland)
Winner World series Highlandgames Callander and Killin (Scotland)
Winnerr World Grand-Prix Highland Games (Brazil)
World record Weight for Height - 25 kg over 5,70 meter
Srongest man of the Netherlands
Strongest Man of the World team
He is one of the few athletes who could manage to balance Highland Games competitions and Strongman competition on a professional level at the same time. Wout has on his property a very big gym equipped for every kind of strongman training and Highland Games. All the current Champions in the Netherlands (strongman and Highland Games) are trained by Wout. Wout Zijlstra is an icon in the world for Strongman and Highland Games, he is 1.97 meter and weighs about 145 kilogram. Nowadays Wout is doing a great job as a presenter for Highland Games.
Wout is available for demonstrations and as competition organizer, you can contact him: http://www.sterksteman.nl/
Titles won:
Winner Champion of the Champions Highland Games (Scotland )
Winner European Championships (mulitple times)
Winner Dutch Highland Games Championships (mulitple times)
Winner World Grand-Prix Highland Games (Ireland)
Winner World series Highlandgames Callander and Killin (Scotland)
Winnerr World Grand-Prix Highland Games (Brazil)
World record Weight for Height - 25 kg over 5,70 meter
Srongest man of the Netherlands
Strongest Man of the World team