Hermann Görner

Hermann Görner, (13 April 1891 – 29 June 1956) was a famous German strongman and circus performer.

Hermann was a good all round athlete with a powerful physique and worked at various times as a model for painters and sculptors.

Despite being injured by shrapnel and losing an eye during World War I, Görner continued his career to become a professional strong man in 1921, touring countries such as Germany, Britain and South Africa.

[2] After the war he was for a time held in a Soviet administered POW camp, but settled later in a village near Hanover with his wife Elsie, who died in 1949.

Hermann was regularly visited by admirers at his small apartment and, despite the setbacks of losing his wife and war wounds, lived to the age of 65 before passing away in 1956.