Kobi Ifrach

Yaacov Kobi Ifrach, born on September 2, 1996, is an Israeli bodybuilder, the only Israeli to win Mr. Universe Junior on behalf of the NABBA Association. As of 2019 he holds an IFBB professional card, one of the few Israelis to hold that card and the youngest of them to win it, at 22. He was born and raised in Zichron Yaacov in an ultra-Orthodox religious home with eight brothers and sisters, and at 11 his older brother Meir introduced him to bodybuilding. He was sent to study at a yeshiva in Tiberias but often left his Torah lessons to work out in the gym. At 16 he first competed in Mr. Israel for the NABBA Association and won second place in the youth category, and in 2013 he first won the Mr. Israel competition.