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2017 SCL World Truck Pull Championships

The 2017 SCL World Truck Pull Championships was held on 2017-10-20 in Amman, Jordan. 9 athletes competed across 3 events were contested.

Date: October 20, 2017
Location: Amman, Jordan, Jordan
Type: Strongman Champions League
Division: Men
Kelvin de Ruiter
1st Place

Kelvin de Ruiter 🇳🇱

Total Points: 24.0

Events (3 total)

  1. 1. Truck Pull
  2. 2. Arm Over Arm Pull
  3. 3. Truck Pull #2

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Kelvin de Ruiter 🇳🇱 NED 24.0
2 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 20.0
3 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 19.0
4 Gerhard van Staden 🇿🇦 RSA 19.0
5 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 SLO 18.0
6 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 12.0
7 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 LTU 10.0
8 Ákos Nagy 🇭🇺 HUN 7.0
9 Martin Wildauer 🇦🇹 AUT 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Kelvin de Ruiter 21.99 m 9.0
2 Gerhard van Staden 19.95 m 8.0
3 Brian Shaw 19.88 m 7.0
4 Jean-François Caron 19.4 m 6.0
5 Terry Hollands 19.02 m 5.0
6 Martin Wildauer 19.23 m 4.0
7 Matjaž Belšak 18.17 m 3.0
8 Vytautas Lalas 18 m 2.0
9 Ákos Nagy 9.78 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Kelvin de Ruiter 27.19 s 9.0
2 Gerhard van Staden 27.34 s 8.0
3 Terry Hollands 27.69 s 7.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 27.87 s 6.0
5 Brian Shaw 28.77 s 5.0
6 Ákos Nagy 30.22 s 4.0
7 Vytautas Lalas 31.33 s 3.0
8 Jean-François Caron 31.75 s 2.0
9 Martin Wildauer 33.84 s 1.0

Truck Pull #2

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 33.59 s 9.0
2 Brian Shaw 34.61 s 8.0
3 Terry Hollands 35.43 s 7.0
4 Kelvin de Ruiter 36.83 s 6.0
5 Vytautas Lalas 37.37 s 5.0
6 Jean-François Caron 37.82 s 4.0
7 Gerhard van Staden 37.90 s 3.0
8 Ákos Nagy 40.87 s 2.0
9 Martin Wildauer 42.28 s 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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