Achim Albrecht

Achim Albrecht, born on 2 July 1962, is a German personal trainer who competed first as a bodybuilder and later as a professional wrestler. He came to bodybuilding in 1985 after earlier work in rowing and weightlifting, won the International German Bodybuilding Championships in Nuremberg in 1989, and took the over 90 kilograms class of the IFBB Mr. Universe contest in Kuala Lumpur in 1990. In 1991 he moved to the United States, signed with Joe Weider and placed ninth at that year's Mr. Olympia. In 1996 he turned to professional wrestling, working for the World Wrestling Federation, the United States Wrestling Association and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Brakkus until knee and shoulder injuries ended his wrestling in 1999. He then worked as a certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist in San Francisco.