Who won the 2023 Strongman Champions League Holland?
The 2023 Strongman Champions League Holland results are in. 14 strongman athletes took part in the competition which featured 6 events. Ultimately it would be Latvian native Aivars Šmaukstelis who would emerge victorious at the strongman competition.
The Strongman Champions League (SCL) features the best of the best in the sport. The 14 athletes taking part in the competition hail from all over the world and came together to prove their strength. Aivars Šmaukstelis would ultimately stand head and shoulders above the other world-class athletes. The Latvian strongman has once again proven that he’s one of the best in the world. Šmaukstelis earned 81 out of 84 possible points at the competition, showcasing his dominance.
While Kelvin de Ruiter and Kevin Hazeleger, who came in second and third respectively, tried their best to keep up with the front-runner, Aivars Šmaukstelis proved too impressive at this show leaving his competition in the dust. Below are the placing results for the 2023 SCL Holland show.
2023 SCL Holland Results
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia) — 81 points
- Kelvin de Ruiter (Netherlands) — 69 points
- Kevin Hazeleger (Netherlands) — 60.5 points
- Kane Francis (Great Britain) — 59 points
- Rongo Keene (Australia) — 54.5 points
- Evans Aryee (Belgium) — 45 points
- Mika Törrö (Finland) — 33.5 points
- Kevin de Jong (Netherlands) — 32.5 points
- Andrea Invernizzi (Italy) — 32.5 points
- Grzegorz Szymański (Poland) — 31 points
- Ayyub Mohammad (Germany) — 30 points
- Kelin Mills (South Africa) — 27.5 points
- Travis Ortmayer (USA) — 25 points
- Andy Black (Great Britain) — 14 points
The list of the above 14 competitors took part in 6 different events which included the Truck Pull, Super Yoke, Farmer’s Walk, Viking Press, Tire Flip, and Atlas Stones.
Below is a list of the events and the results.
Truck Pull
Athletes had to pull a 15,000 KG truck down a 25-meter course for the fastest time possible in a 60-second time limit. This is one of the two events that Aivars Šmaukstelis did not get the top result.
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 31.50 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 34.16 seconds
- Kelin Mills — 36.44 seconds
- Kevin de Jong — 37.78 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 38.66 seconds
- Rongo Keene — 39.38 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 42.22 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 43.03 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 43.07 seconds
- Andy Black — 45.44 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — 45.56 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — 46.22 seconds
- Kane Francis — 54.48 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 59 seconds
Super Yoke
Each strongman hefted a 425 KG yoke across a 25-meter course for the fastest time.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 10.75 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 12.78 seconds
- Kevin de Jong — 15.16 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 15.44 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 15.53 seconds
- Kelin Mills — 16.34 seconds (T-fifth)
- Kane Francis — 16.34 seconds (T-fifth)
- Rongo Keene — 18.31 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 18.71 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 29.22 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — 41.75 seconds
- Andy Black — One meter
- Mika Törrö — no result (no points)
- Grzegorz Szymański — no result (no points)
Farmer’s Walk
With 150 KG in each hand, each strongman is tasked to travel 40 meters for the fastest time.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 18.16 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 18.63 seconds
- Kane Francis — 19.09 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 21.84 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 21.91 seconds
- Rongo Keene — 22.34 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — 22.87 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 23.90 seconds
- Andy Black — 24 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 25.56 seconds
- Kelin Mills — 26.69 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — 31.59 seconds
- Kevin de Jong — 32.5 meters
- Ayyub Mohammad — 8.35 meters
Viking Press
Each strongman Viking Pressed 160 KG within a 60-second time limit.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 15 reps
- Kane Francis — 14 reps (T-second)
- Rongo Keene — 14 reps (T-second)
- Kevin Hazeleger — 13 reps (T-fourth)
- Andrea Invernizzi — 13 reps (T-fourth)
- Ayyub Mohammad — 13 reps (T-fourth)
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 12 reps
- Evans Aryee — 10 reps
- Mika Törrö — Eight reps
- Grzegorz Szymański — Seven reps
- Kevin de Jong — Five reps
- Kelin Mills — no reps
- Travis Ortmayer — no reps
- Andy Black — withdrew
Tire Flip
Athletes had to flip a 425 KG tire eight times within a 75-second time limit.
- Mika Törrö — 30.63 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 33.44 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 34.04 seconds
- Kane Francis — 42.22 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — 50.61 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — 52.19 seconds
- Rongo Keene — 52.56 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Seven flips (T-eighth)
- Evans Aryee — Seven flips (T-eighth)
- Andrea Invernizzi — Six flips (T-10th)
- Kevin de Jong — Six flips (T-10th)
- Kelin Mills — Five flips
- Ayyub Mohammad — Four flips
- Andy Black — withdrew
Atlas Stones
Within a 90-second time limit, each strongman attempted to load five Atlas Stones weighing 120 to 180 KG in the fastest time possible.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 32.03 seconds
- Kane Francis — Five in 39.90 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Five in 50.18 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Five in 52.97 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Five in 56.19 seconds
- Rongo Keene — Four in 54.43 seconds
- Evans Aryee — Three in 36.61 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Three in 58.15 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — Two in 26.61 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — Two in 49.56 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — One in 39.83 seconds
- Kevin de Jong — no lift
- Kelin Mills — no lift
- Andy Black — withdrew
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