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| Nickname | Big Ramy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-09-16) 16 September 1984 (age 39) Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Contest: 295 lb (134 kg) Off season: 310 lb (141 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Brandon Curry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Hadi Choopan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mamdouh Mohammed Hassan Elssbiay (Arabic: ممدوح محمد حسن السبيعي; born 16 September 1984), also known as Big Ramy, is an Egyptian IFBB Pro professional bodybuilder. He is a two time Mr. Olympia champion, winning in 2020 and 2021.
Born in Kafr El Sheikh, Elssbiay started to train professionally as a bodybuilder in 2009 after moving to Kuwait. He eventually earned his pro card by winning the overall title at the 2012 Amateur Olympia in Kuwait City. In 2013, he made his IFBB Pro-debut at the New York Pro, which he won. In 2020, he became the first Egyptian bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia title, and the first non-American since British champion Dorian Yates in 1997.[2]
Mamdouh Mohammed Hassan Elssbiay was born on 6 September 1984 in Al-Sebea, a town in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.[3] He worked as a fisherman before moving to Kuwait, where he started to train professionally in Kuwait City in 2009.[4]
Elssbiay earned his pro card by winning the overall title at the 2012 Amateur Olympia in Kuwait City.[5] In 2010, he joined Oxygen Gym in Kuwait. By 2011, he weighed 200 lbs, and when he stepped on the 2012 Amateur Olympia Kuwait stage, he weighed in at 286 lbs and was declared the champion. In 2013, Elssbiay made his IFBB Pro-debut at the New York Pro, which he won.[6] In 2020 and 2021, he won the Mr. Olympia contest.[7]
In October 2020, Elssbiay tested positive for COVID-19, preventing him from participating in the 2020 Europa Pro Bodybuilding Championships.[8]
Elssbiay is Muslim. In November 2021, it was revealed that he had secretly married his second wife, and that his first wife had discovered this through the media.[9]
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