Jusup Wilkosz

Jusup Wilkosz (1948 to 2019) was a Greek-German bodybuilder who competed in weightlifting before turning to bodybuilding and trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the mid-1970s. In 1979 he won the German Bodybuilding Championships, the World Amateur Championships and the IFBB Mr. Universe, and in 1980 he took the IFBB Pro Mr. Universe. He then placed sixth at the 1981 Mr. Olympia, tenth in 1982, sixth in 1983, third in 1984 and twelfth in 1986, and he took third in the Grand Prix Sweden and Grand Prix World in 1983. Several injuries forced him to end his career before he reached his potential peak, and in 1994 injuries again stopped his preparation for the Masters Olympia. A semi-fictional novel about his life was published in Germany in 2007.