Jorma Räty

Jorma Räty was a Finnish weightlifter turned bodybuilder, born on 15 October 1946 and died on 29 September 2007. He took up bodybuilding in the early 1960s after competing in weightlifting, and became known as the best back in the world. At Manila in 1980 he won the IFBB Mr. Universe title in the under 80 kilogram class, and as of 2007 he was the only Nordic male bodybuilder to have won that IFBB title. His fellow countryman, the Finnish-Estonian bodybuilder Olev Annus, won the NABBA Mr. Universe title in 1987. The source is a short article, so this entry is limited to the record that it states.