19 Facts About Travis Ortmayer

Travis Ortmayer was born on August 9,1981 and is an American professional Strongman athlete from Cypress, Texas.

In 2002, Marshall and Travis Ortmayer formed "the Unit" strongman training grounds in Cypress, Texas.

Travis Ortmayer earned his American Strongman Corporation Professional Strongman card by winning the 2004 NAS US Amateur National Championships.

Travis Ortmayer competed in this qualifier and placed 2nd overall behind 2006 WSM winner Phil Pfister.

In 2006 Travis Ortmayer eventually won his first international competition in Cyprus at the IFSA Cyprus Grand Prix.

At the 2006 America's Strongest Man, Travis Ortmayer was 1.5 points away from victory, but took home 3rd place overall.

Travis Ortmayer's performance earned him an invite by strength sport historian Terry Todd to compete in his contest, the Arnold Strongman Classic contest, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio.

Travis Ortmayer maintained his Atlas Stone: Light Set world record, but lost his Heavy Set world record to the 2006 Champion Zydrunas Savickas.

Travis Ortmayer then went on to compete in the exclusive 2007 Arnold Strongman Classic competition.

Travis Ortmayer went on to compete in the 2007 Fresno Pro-Am.

Travis Ortmayer won this contest, which qualified him to compete in the 2007 America's Strongest Man.

Travis Ortmayer competed in the 2007 IFSA Strongamn World Championships in Geumsan, South Korea.

Travis Ortmayer worked the microphone at the Arnold Strongman contest in March 2008.

Travis Ortmayer took some time during late 2007 to let his body recover and to build up base strength levels.

Travis Ortmayer competed in the Strongman Champions League 2008 Latvia contest and finished a close second behind Zydrunas Savickas.

Travis Ortmayer competed in the 2008 World's Strongest Man competition, his first time in the contest.

Travis Ortmayer would go on to finish fifth at both the 2009 World's Strongest Man and 2010 World's Strongest Man contests in the finals.

Travis Ortmayer suffered an injury during the qualifying heats of the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest, was forced to withdraw from the contest, and did not make the finals.

In 2021, Travis Ortmayer returned to the World's Strongest Man competition after 10 years, but failed to make the final.