Greg Kovacs

Greg Kovacs (Gregory Mark Kovacs, 16 December 1968 to 22 November 2013) was a Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder, born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He played travelling hockey and soccer and studied electrical engineering for a year before concentrating on bodybuilding. In the latter half of the 1990s he was the largest pro bodybuilder, standing 6 ft 4 in and weighing about 330 lb in contest condition, with arms reported at 25 inches and more. He won the 1996 Canadian National Championships, earned his IFBB Pro Card that year and appeared on the cover of Flex magazine in June 1997. He competed as a professional until 2005, when he retired to start a business and coach athletes, and he died in 2013 at his home in Mississauga.