Patrik Baboumian


Patrik Baboumian is an Iranian-born German-Armenian retired strongman and former bodybuilder. He promotes veganism.

Early life

Baboumian was born on 1 July 1979 in Abadan, the son of Armenian parents. He emigrated to Germany 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 105k category, as well as the German heavyweight loglift record 180 kg and the title of "Strongest Man of Germany". 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. 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.

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 PETA, advocating a vegan diet.

Details

In 2007, Baboumian presented with the following measures: