Patrik Baboumian
“Strength should build up, not destroy. My strength needs no victims. My strength is my compassion.”
Patrik Baboumian is an Armenian-German strongman competitor, psychologist and former bodybuilder. He won the IFBB German junior bodybuilding championship in 1999, and in 2002 he became the overall junior champion at the Gießen Campions-Cup. Patrik currently holds the world log lift record in the 105k-category (165 kg), as well as the German heavyweight loglift record (180 kg) and the title of “Strongest Man of Germany” (105 kg division).
Baboumian has been a vegetarian since 2005, and became a vegan in 2011 for ethical reasons.