Michalis Kefalianos

Michalis Kefalianos, also written Michael or Mihalis, is a Greek bodybuilder with Greek and Australian dual citizenship who competed as an IFBB professional and is widely considered the best Greek bodybuilder. He was born on the island of Kos in 1971 and began training at twenty after his compulsory army service. He lived for four years in Adelaide, Australia, then returned to Kos, where he won multiple titles at the Mr. Aegean and Mr. Hellas competitions between 1998 and 2007 and later founded Olympian Gym Kos. He won the 2008 International North German Championship in Hamburg and earned his IFBB pro card the same day. At the 2009 IFBB Australia Pro Grand Prix he placed fourth and became the first Greek bodybuilder to qualify for the Mr. Olympia, where he went on to place joint sixteenth in 2009 and sixteenth in 2011 and 2012. He competed in more than thirty-five professional shows, and the highlight of his career was winning the 2012 Mr. Europe Pro in Madrid, Spain.