Oliver Gratzer

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Oliver Gratzer (born June 27, 1974 in Steyr , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian strongman and photographer . Gratzer is the holder of several world records.

Life

After an apprenticeship as a cook, Oliver Gratzer developed a preference for weight training at a young age and was able to win several state and state championships in powerlifting or take podium places in the early 1990s. In 1998, at the invitation of Otto Wanz , he took part in the "AUSTRIAN GIANT", which was looking for the strongest man in Austria, and ultimately achieved 3rd place straight away as the best rookie .

After ten successful years in international strongman sport, Oliver Gratzer has been known to a wide audience in numerous television shows with spectacular appearances since 2008. In 2008 and 2016, for example, he had the well-known ZDF presenter Dunja Hayali jump from a 70 m high crane bungy, holding the rope with just the strength of his hands and securing an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. In 2009 and 2013, the famous TV chef Johann Lafer landed with his helicopter on Oliver Gratzer, who withstood a weight of over 650 kg on his shoulders.

To date, Oliver Gratzer has set 7 world records for Guinness World Records and Record Holders Republic. In the Oliver Geissen Show in 2008, Gratzer set a new world record in throwing ovens. In 2011, Gratzer Andre Rieu and his 50 musicians pulled 20 meters in a bus and carried four washing machines with a total weight of 380 kilograms 20 meters. Gratzer had numerous guest appearances as a strongman, including on ZDF Fernsehgarten or on the ORF television program Tom Turbo by Thomas Brezina .

Oliver Gratzer has been intensively involved with photography since 2010. From 2012 to 2015 he completed his photography training at the Prague School of Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer ever since.

successes

  • 2008 Guinness World Record in E-Herd weitwerfen in Cologne (record for the most domestic appliances in one minute Cologne September 13, 2008)
  • 2009 ZDF TV garden: Johann Lafer lands with his helicopter on Oliver Gratzer ZDF TV garden: Oliver Gratzer holds ZDF presenter Dunja Hajaly with his bungee jump on the bungee rope with his bungee jump. ZDF television garden: Oliver Gratzer and 3 other Strongman prevent an airplane (Antonov) from taking off and overcome 1575 kg of pulling force.
  • 2010 Guinness World Record in E-Herde weitwerfen in Rome (record for the most domestic appliances in one minute-Rome March 18, 2010)
  • 2012: February to May: "the spring festival of surprises" - the big European tour - 50 days / 50 cities / 4 countries. Oliver Gratzer is a fixture in the show program with a Strongman show. Oliver Gratzer and 4 other Strongman are stacking a pyramid from 55 washing machines at the ZDF television garden.
  • 2013 Johann Lafer lands on Oliver Gratzer with his helicopter
  • 2015 world record attempt - Oliver Gratzer, sitting on a snowcat, tries to pull 50 skiers up the slopes with bare hands as a human ski lift. (15th January 2015 ... Sulden / South Tyrol)
  • 2016 World record holding by a female bungee jumper (the highest bungee jump restrained with the hands ... ZDF-Fernsehgarten July 3, 2016)
  • 2017 world record in the car (the fastest time to flip 10 cars on their roofs by a team is 36.84sec ... ZDF-Fernsehgarten September 3, 2017)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World record with a bungy rope
  2. ↑ Entry in the Guinness Book of Records
  3. ↑ Johann Lafer lands on Oliver Gratzer's back
  4. ↑ World record with an oven
  5. ↑ Role in Tom Turbo.
  6. ^ Website of Oliver Gratzer

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Gratzer, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian strongman and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyr , Upper Austria