Alex Shabunya

Alex Shabunya is a Belarusian professional bodybuilder, born on 4 October 1977 in Navapolatsk. Before he took up bodybuilding he trained in skiing, boxing and wrestling, and he began gym training in 1995 under his first trainer, Sergei Muchenko. He competed in WABBA tournaments in 1997 and made his IFBB debut in 1998, and he is a seven-time Mr Belarus. After joining the IronWorld Club in 2005 and moving to Minsk to train on his own, he won the 2005 Eastern Europe title, the Iron Man Grand Prix and the Iron World tournament that year. His listed IFBB European Amateur Championships results run from 15th in the heavyweight class in 2000 to third in the super heavyweight class in 2003. He lives in Minsk and works as a firefighter for the Belarusian Ministry of Emergency Situations.