Bodybuilding

However, this effort was unsuccessful, and Olympic recognition for bodybuilding remains controversial, as many argue that it is not truly a sport.

Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmʏlɐ]; 2 April 1867-14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia.

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is a Polish and American former professional wrestler and bodybuilder

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(born January 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and former professional strongman competitor

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He won Mr. Asia title in 1948 at Calcutta at the Asian bodybuilding competition.

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while also winning titles in amateur bodybuilding contests during his younger years

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James "Flex" Lewis (born 15 November 1983) is a Welsh former bodybuilder and has won 7 consecutive 212 Mr. Olympia titles.

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Richard Eugene Piana (September 26, 1970, August 25, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, businessman, and YouTuber.

was an Italian-born American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method

was a Guadeloupean-French professional bodybuilder, actor and self-published author

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Branch Warren is an American retired IFBB Pro League professional bodybuilder.

was a Jamaican-American IFBB Pro professional bodybuilder and past Mr. Olympia

is a Haitian Canadian professional female bodybuilder

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Anders Graneheim (born May 3, 1962) is a Swedish bodybuilder.

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Ade Rai (born I Gusti Agung Kusuma Yudha Rai; 6 May 1970) is an Indonesian professional natural bodybuilder.

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Azman Bin Abdullah (born 17 June 1963) is a Singaporean bodybuilder.

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He started bodybuilding at the age of fourteen.

is an Uzbek professional bodybuilder, mas wrestling athlete and actor

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is an IFBB bodybuilder from Bečej, Serbia

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is a Barbadan professional female bodybuilder, based in Jerusalem

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Hans Mortier was a world-class bodybuilder before he entered the ring

was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model, and actress

was a Finnish weightlifter who became a bodybuilder in the early 1960s

forerunner of present-day female bodybuilders

He then turned to bodybuilding, where he won the WABBA world championship title

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Garcia is a bodybuilder and often credits the sport for shaping her relentless nature in business.

is a Nigerian-born British bodybuilder

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In 2009, she switched to bodybuilding.

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Dennis Tyron James (born May 31, 1966) is a German-American retired IFBB Pro bodybuilder.

Heather Marie Armbrust (née Policky) (born July 21, 1977) is an American professional female bodybuilder.

Francis McGrath (born August 9, 1978, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder and model.

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Laura Combes was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.

Marie Laure Mahabir is a former professional bodybuilder and personal trainer of the French West Indies.

is a Greek bodybuilder with Greek and Australian dual citizenship

is a Sri Lankan male IFBB professional bodybuilder.

is an American natural bodybuilding competitor

was an Indian Bengali bodybuilder

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is a Kuwaiti bodybuilding champion, police officer, and commando

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is a Syrian-American professional bodybuilder, who has competed in bodybuilding and bikini modeling from 2000 to 2012

is an American International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) professional bodybuilder

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Don Z. Ross (October 6, 1946, June 2, 1995) was a professional bodybuilder, wrestler and weight training coach from California.

Varinder Singh Ghuman (1983 or 1984-9 October 2025) was an Indian professional bodybuilder and actor.

is a Burmese professional bodybuilder, and a two-time Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship winner in the 70 kg category.

won consecutive national championships from 1972 to 1989 and was the first bodybuilder from Indonesia to perform in an international bodybuilding championship.

Negrita Jayde (July 5, 1958, August 28, 2009) was a Canadian female bodybuilding champion, personal trainer, author, actress and businesswoman.

is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.

Ronny Rockel (born 12 July 1972) is a former IFBB professional bodybuilder from East Germany.

Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan is a professional bodybuilder.

was an American bodybuilder known for winning competitions over a thirty-year career.

Armin Scholz is a German professional bodybuilder and gym owner

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Kyaw Min Than is a Burmese professional bodybuilder.

Edson Prado is a Brazilian professional bodybuilder and personal trainer.

is an American professional female bodybuilder.

At 20, she started her passion in bodybuilding.

is a Russian professional bodybuilder.

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Francisco 'Paco' Bautista is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.

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American bodybuilder.

Nanita Maharjan (born 1985) is a Nepali bodybuilder.

was an American actor and bodybuilder

is an Indian bodybuilder from Kolhapur

is a French Canadian professional female bodybuilder

Dona Oliveira (September 8, 1960, December 7, 2018) was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.

Paivio was a successful bodybuilder.

Andreas Cahling (born 1952) is a professional bodybuilder.

Charlene Rink (born February 11, 1972) is a former professional fitness competitor, wrestler and competitive female bodybuilder.

is a retired Russian (Circassian) bodybuilder

is a retired IFBB professional bodybuilder from Russia.

A Romanian professional bodybuilder and fitness model

Best known for his accomplishments in the bodybuilding industry

Sonny Schmidt (1953-2004) was a Samoan-New Zealand professional bodybuilder.

was an American competitive female bodybuilder from Erie, Pennsylvania

is an American IFBB professional female bodybuilder

is a former professional female bodybuilder from Germany

is a Trinidad professional female bodybuilder

is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, fitness spokesmodel, and celebrity trainer.

With Monte Saldo, he developed the Maxalding system of bodybuilding through muscle control.

is a Mexican professional wrestler and bodybuilder, best known by his ring name Mini Charly Manson.

is an IFBB American professional bodybuilder.

was a German-born author, former stripper, female bodybuilder, photographer, and spiritual leader.

as well as a professional bodybuilder winning both the Mr. Australasia and Mr. New Zealand bodybuilding competitions in 1951.

He has placed in the top three of ten professional body building championships.

is an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and artist.

is a German female bodybuilder and fitness blogger.

is an Indian professional bodybuilder.

Don Youngblood (April 7, 1954, May 8, 2005) was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder.

Laxman Reddy is an Indian professional bodybuilder from Hyderabad, Telangana State, India.

is an Iranian bodybuilder and mixed martial artist.

is a female bodybuilder from Voronezh, Russia

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Grant Roberts is a former Mr. World Canada bodybuilding champion

was an American actor and bodybuilder, known for his starring roles in Italian sword-and-sandal and Spaghetti Western films.

Anibal Lopez (born August 24, 1942) is an American bodybuilder.

is a Libyan professional bodybuilder residing in Tampa.

Th-resa Bostick (born 1969) is an American professional female bodybuilder.

Erik Fankhouser (born May 30, 1980) is a professional American bodybuilder

is a professional female bodybuilder from Ft. Myers, Florida.

was an American bodybuilder.

is a retired South Korean bodybuilder.

was a German-American strongman, bodybuilder, magazine publisher, and gymnasium owner prominent in physical culture.

is a Bahraini bodybuilder.

Mary Roberts was one of the top professional female bodybuilders of the 1980s.

Suhas Khamkar (born 9 August 1980) is a professional bodybuilder from India.

David Paul (March 8, 1957, March 6, 2020) was an American actor and bodybuilder.

John Brown is an American bodybuilder.

is a retired German professional bodybuilder.

Kay Baxter (October 3, 1945, May 16, 1988) was a pioneer female bodybuilder.

was an American Merchant Mariner, bodybuilder, and professional wrestler.

Giuliano Stroe (born June 18, 2004) is a Romanian boxer, gymnast, and bodybuilder.

was a pioneer Burmese athlete, bodybuilder, swimmer and a former beauty queen.

Tony Pearson (born January 11, 1957) is an American bodybuilding champion.

Leo Robert (January 16, 1921, November 28, 2016) was a Canadian bodybuilder.

Kenny Waller (born March 20, 1942) is an American former bodybuilder featured in the 1977 movie Pumping Iron, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

is an Israeli bodybuilder.

Fannie Barrios (1964-2005) was a professional female bodybuilder from Venezuela.

is a Myanmar's two-time gold medal winning professional bodybuilder.

winning Burmese bodybuilder.

Monique Jones (born March 12, 1979) is an American professional female bodybuilder.

was awarded the title of Mr. Québec in 1960

Colette Guimond (born September 14, 1961) is a French Canadian professional IFBB female bodybuilder.

was a Russian IFBB professional bodybuilder, personal trainer, model and actor.

was an American bodybuilder,

Aung Khaing Win is a bodybuilder affiliated with the Myanmar Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation.

was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur.

top professional bodybuilders and a personal trainer and winner of Mr Asia 2016.

David Hoffmann (born February 26, 1980) is a German professional bodybuilder.

Tonya Knight (March 24, 1966, February 7, 2023) was an American professional bodybuilder.

is a Jordanian natural bodybuilder, figure competitor athlete, and certified personal trainer.

Tom Prince (October 26, 1968, February 5, 2022) was an American professional bodybuilder.

is a British actor and body builder who starred as Rhino on the ITV show Gladiators until its cancellation in 1999.

Pavol Jablonicky is a Slovak International Federation of BodyBuilders professional bodybuilder.

is an IFBB Pro bodybuilder from Norway.

was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder, better known by his ring name, Pepper Gomez.

is a professional female bodybuilder who mainly competes in European bodybuilding competitions.

Paul Wynter (1935-2019) was an Antigua and Barbuda competitive bodybuilder and sometime film actor.

Renné Toney (sometimes Rene) is a female bodybuilder from Brazil.

is a Finnish professional heavy-weight IFBB bodybuilder.

is a retired IFBB professional bodybuilder.

is a Japanese actress and former bodybuilder, singer, idol and professional wrestler.

Shelley Ann Beattie (August 24, 1967, February 16, 2008) was a professional female bodybuilder and actress.

Rhonda Lee Quaresma was a Canadian professional female bodybuilder

is an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder from Egypt.

Laura Binetti (born March 6, 1965) is a former professional Canadian female bodybuilder.

Mohamed Nasr is an Egyptian bodybuilder.

Guy Anthony Grundy (born 9 July 1970) is an Australian bodybuilder

was a Chinese bodybuilder and a bodybuilding champion who claimed numerous prizes in the senior category.

Jules S. Bacon (July 8, 1917, January 13, 2007) was an American professional bodybuilder.

Kathy Segal is an American bodybuilding champion who rose to the top of the amateur ranks by winning the Ms. International Bodybuilding Championship

Jackie Paisley was a professional female bodybuilder from Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States.

was an American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher from Nebraska.

was an English musician, dominatrix known as Mistress Dometria, and international competitive bodybuilder.

is a Brazilian model, bodybuilder, activist and reality television personality

Osman Misri (born 27 September 1997) is an Indian professional bodybuilder from Hyderabad, Telangana State, India

is an American powerlifter and chemical engineer, and former professional female bodybuilder.

Silvio Samuel (born August 3, 1975 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian-French IFBB professional bodybuilder.

is a Finnish bodybuilder competing in Classic Bodybuilding (CBB), which is the Finnish bodybuilding association for naturals.

is a Finnish professional female bodybuilding champion, pop singer, and member of the Finnish Parliament.

is a Burmese bodybuilder and an activist for harsher penalties for rape.

Susanne Niederhauser (born 13 August 1970) is a professional IFBB female bodybuilder from Wels, Austria.

is an American actress and bodybuilder, also known by her stage name Zap and Rain, one of the original cast members of American Gladiators.

Yolanda R. Hughes-Heying (born October 30, 1963) is an American professional female bodybuilder from the United States.

Marcos Chacon (born 1972 in Spain) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.

Lisa Cross (born 4 April 1978) is a professional British female bodybuilder

was a Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model and professional wrestling manager.

was a British IFBB and UKBFF professional bodybuilder, physique coach and former musician.

Peter Paul (born March 8, 1957) is a former American actor, producer, television personality and bodybuilder.

is a model and retired professional Canadian female bodybuilder and fitness competitor.

Tony Emmott (born 1938) is an English bodybuilding champion, who won the 1977 Mr. Universe (professional) competition.

was a registered nurse and former professional female bodybuilder of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

is an American IFBB professional figure and fitness competitor

is an American former professional bodybuilder during the early to mid-1960s

is a Brazilian actress and bodybuilder.

is a Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder, and retired professional wrestler.

is an Australian gym owner and retired professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion.

was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, actress, adult actress, and television personality.

where he became involved in bodybuilding

is a British world champion bodybuilder and professional Strongman competitor.

is a Dutch powerlifter and a former gymnast and bodybuilder.

is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder.

a professional bodybuilder competing in the IFBB Pro League.

is an IFBB professional bodybuilder and powerlifter from Poland.

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an American former professional female bodybuilder

is an American former fitness and figure competitor and female bodybuilder

was a female bodybuilder from the United States

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was one of the first professional female bodybuilders in the early 1980s

In 2000, Cassetty entered the competitive body building industry

achieved renown as a bodybuilder

is a Russian American amateur bodybuilder