Abdulhadi Al-Khayat

Abdulhadi Muhammad Al-Khayat, born on March 6, 1979, is a Kuwaiti bodybuilding champion who also works as a police officer and a commando. He competes as a super-heavyweight for the Kuwait National Team and belongs to the International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness. His international career began in 2012 with gold in the heavy and super-heavyweight category at the Saudi Arabia and Qatar Bodybuilding Championships. He won the super-heavyweight class at the IFBB Asian Amateur Bodybuilding Championships in 2013 and kept that title the next year, placed fifth in the super-heavyweight class at the Arnold Classic America in 2014, and took the super-heavyweight and overall titles at the 2015 IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships and at the Olympia Amateur in Liverpool the same year. In November 2015 he earned his IFBB Pro Card, the first professional bodybuilder from Kuwait. He lives in Kuwait City, appeared as Yousef Rambu in the Kuwaiti action film Second Blood, and joined the Kuwaiti special operations forces in 2016.