Patrik Baboumian (, fa, پاتریک بابومیان; born 1 July 1979) is an Iranian-born German-Armenian retired strongman and former bodybuilder. He promotes veganism.

Early life

Baboumian was born on 1 July 1979 in

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, the son of Armenian parents. He emigrated to

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with his mother and grandmother at the age of seven. By the age of nine, he had developed an interest in weight training, which led him to pursue bodybuilding.

Career

In 1999, Baboumian won the IFBB German Junior Bodybuilding Championship, and in 2002 he became the Overall Junior Champion at the Gießen Campions-Cup. Baboumian held the world log lift record in the 105 kg category , as well as the German heavyweight loglift record 180 kg (396 pounds) and the title of "Strongest Man of Germany" (105 kg division). Since 2006, he has been competing at IFSA Strongman events. In 2007, Baboumian competed at the FSA −105 kg World Championships and ended up in 14th place. Baboumian lifted in his second attempt in the 2009 German log lift nationals. The next year, he set a new German heavyweight log lifting record with 180 kg (396 pounds). In 2011, Baboumian competed at the loglifting world championship and placed 4th with a new German overall record of . On 21 May 2011, he lifted in Finland, winning the local competition. He also won "Germany's Strongest Man" in 2011 by winning the open division at the German strongman nationals. On September 20, 2015, Baboumian beat his own record by completing the yoke walk with in Germany. In 2017, Baboumian featured in the documentary "Empathy" directed by Ed Antoja and that aims to promote a more respectful way of life towards all animals. In 2018, Baboumian featured in the Netflix documentary "

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" directed by

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, a film that explores nutritional science and showcases elite athletes who only consume plant-based diets. In 2022, Baboumian featured in a song and music video called "Strongest Of The Strong" by Kreator, who added thundering backing vocals to the song and appeared in the music video for the song as the comic book character Earthraiser who's fighting for animals and nature.

Personal life

Baboumian has been a vegetarian since 2005 and became a vegan in 2011. In November 2011, he became the new face of a campaign by the animal rights organization

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, advocating a vegan diet.

Accomplishments

*1999 int. German Champion Jun.

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—IFBB *2007 German Champion −105 kg Strongman—GFSA *2009 German Champion −105 kg Strongman—GFSA *2009 German Team-Champion Strongman—GFSA *2009 German Champion log lift—GFSA *2009 World record log lift—105 kg *2010 German Champion log lift—GFSA *2010 German record in log lift +105 kg *2011 4th place at loglifting worldcup *2011 German record in loglifting +105 kg *2011 German Champion and total winner in log lifting—GFSA 180 kg(396 pounds) *2011 German record in beer keg lifting (13 repeats) *2011 Germany's Strongest Man *2012 European Champion in Powerlifting Class—140 kg division (GPA) *2012 World record beer keg lifting ''Zeitungsbericht Hamburger Morgenpost – MOPO''
Retrieved 19 August 2012. *2012 World record Front Hold 20 kg (1:26,14 Minuten)Patrik Baboumians world record attempt in Front...
2012-09-08 *2013 Veg Fest yoke-walk, over in Toronto *2015 Veg Fest yoke-walk, in 28 secondsArticle on Clearly Veg
, 20 September 2015.

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