Travis Ortmayer (born August 9, 1981) is an American professional Strongman athlete from Cypress, Texas.

"The Unit" was also joined by World's Strongest Man competitor Josh Thigpen[2] and professional strongman Jim Glassman.

His placement qualified him to compete in the inaugural 2005 IFSA Strongman World Championships being held in Quebec City, Canada.

During the Hummer Tire Deadlift, Ortmayer also injured his back, and was waived out of the competition by the attending doctor.

During the USA National Championship, Ortmayer re-injured his back on the second event, the Tire Deadlift, and pulled out of the competition.

Ortmayer and his team (Derek Poundstone, Van Hatfield, Nick Best and Walt Gogola) pulled out a victory against the three of the top five European strongmen in the World, (Žydrūnas Savickas, Vasyl Virastyuk and Andrus Murumets.

This time Team USA consisted of Ortmayer along with Derek Poundstone, Tom McClure and Brian Shaw.

Ortmayer was invited to compete in the Fortissimus – Decathlon of Strength competition held in Canada the last weekend of June.

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

He beat out champion competitors including Mikhail Koklyaev, Andrus Murumets, and Oleksandr Pekanov.

On April 2, 2008, Ortmayer signed on to compete against Derek Poundstone at the Madison Square Garden Super Series on June 21, 2008.

He won the Madison Square Garden Super Series by defeating Derek Poundstone into second place.

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