Jean-Pierre Brulois

Jean-Pierre Brulois (born 18 April 1957[1]) is a former world champion powerlifter, strongman and Olympic Weightlifter[2] from France

Jean-Pierre Brulois
Personal information
Born (1957-04-18) 18 April 1957
Lille, France France
Occupationpowerlifter, Strongman, Olympic Weightlifting
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Medal record
Powerlifting
Representing  France
IPF World Championships
7th 1981 125kg
3rd 1983 125kg
2nd 1984 125kg
6th 1986 +125kg
5th 1988 +125kg
2nd 1989 +125kg
3rd 1988 +125kg
1st 1990 +125kg
IPF World Games
3rd 1989 +125kg
IPF World Bench Press Championships
EPF European Championships
4th 1983 125
3rd 1988 +125kg
1st 1989 +125kg
1st 1990 +125kg
Strongman
Representing  France
World's Strongest Man
8th 1985 World's Strongest Man
5th 1986 World's Strongest Man
7th 1988 World's Strongest Man
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  France
French Weightlifting Championships
1st 1973 Cadet
1st 1974 Junior

Strength sports

Jean-Pierre is best known for winning the 1990 IPF World Powerlifting Champion title in The Hague, Netherlands. A former Junior record holder in Olympic weightlifting, he also competed in four World Strongest Man contests: 1985, 1986, 1988, and 1992,[3] finishing 8th in 1985, 5th in 1986, and 7th in 1988.

Overall, Jean-Pierre Brulois is arguably the strongest Frenchman whose feats have ever been officially verified (along with Louis Uni and Charles Rigoulot).

Personal life

In a 2005 article, Jean-Pierre Brulois explained to French strength sports specialist Emmanuel Legeard that, as a young boy, he was haunted by a recurring nightmare in which he was being crushed by a truck; weight training had helped him overcome this complex.[4] Jean-Pierre started Olympic lifting at age 14. As a cadet (16 year old), and then again as a junior weightlifter (17 year old), he broke the French records in both the snatch and the clean and jerk, but was then called to fulfill the military service required at the time of all 18-year-old French males.

On his return from the military, he was contacted by Serge Nubret who persuaded him to leave Olympic Weightlifting for Powerlifting. In the mid-1980s, Jean-Pierre met with Marc Vouillot, a renowned Powerlifting coach, who instantly understood his athletic potential and started training him. In 1990, he was crowned super heavyweight World champion of the International Powerlifting Federation. He retired soon after for professional, as well as familial reasons. In 1990, Harry Kümel proposed him for the role of Hercules in Michel Boisrond's "Hercule aux pieds d'Omphale" ("Hercules at the Feet of Omphale").

Powerlifting Records
  • Squat - 402,5 kg "raw" (IPF World Championships of 1990, cat. +125 kg)
  • Bench Press - 250 kg "raw" (Coupe des Flandres, 1991, cat. +125)
  • Deadlift - 340 kg "raw" (National championships, Federation Française de Force, cat. 125 kg)
  • Powerlifting Total - 972,5 kg [5]

Notable Records in Olympic Weightlifting

Personal Records[8]
  • Snatch - 150 kg
  • Clean and Jerk - 180 kg

World's Strongest Man results

Filmography

References
  1. Emmanuel Legeard, La Force, Paris, France, 2005
  2. Georges Lambert, Haltérophilie: le guide du spécialiste, Paris, 1978
  3. http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/worlds-strongest-man-archive.html%5B%5D
  4. Emmanuel Legeard (March 2005). "Jean-Pierre Brulois, The Son of Apollon". Milo. IronMind. 12 (4): 94.
  5. "Brulois Jean-Pierre - results in powerlifting and benchpress, records, personal data, photos and video".
  6. Georges Lambert, Haltérophilie: le guide du spécialiste, Paris, 1978
  7. Georges Lambert, Haltérophilie: le guide du spécialiste, Paris, 1978
  8. Emmanuel Legeard, La Force, Paris, France, 2005
  9. ""Softly from Paris" Hercule aux pieds d'Omphale (TV Episode 1988) - IMDb". IMDb.
  10. "La totale ! (1991) - IMDb". IMDb.
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