Cees de Vreugd

Who is Cees de Vreugd?

Cees de Vreugd, also known as "Kees de Vreugd" was a butcher, strongman and powerlifter from Katwijk, Netherlands. He finished 3rd at the World's Strongest Man games in 1985.

After competing in soccer in his youth, De Vreugd started weightlifting very late, in 1981 at age 29. In 1982 he began competing as a powerlifter, and won the Dutch National Championships in 1983. De Vreugd won the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in the +125 kg class in 1985. De Vreugd was the first European to total 2,200 lbs in powerlifting in 1985, including a 927 lbs squat. Later that year he made a total of 1002,5 kg, which still stands as a Dutch record. De Vreugd competed at 6"1" and approximately 311 lbs during his strongman career.