Hadi Choopan is an Iranian bodybuilder who has won several bodybuilding competitions. As his body size increased, he competed in different weight classes and became the first Iranian bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia title in 2022.
Wiki/Biography
Hadi Choopan was born on Saturday, September 26, 1987, in Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran (35 years old as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Libra. He was thin as a child and began exercising to gain weight at age 13. After high school, he worked in the construction industry until the age of 24.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 100kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): Chest 56″, Waist 34″, Biceps 22″
family
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about his parents. However, he mentioned in an interview that he has 6 brothers and 1 sister. The name of one of his brothers is Hassan.
wife and children
He is married and the couple has 2 sons and 1 daughter.
Hadi Chupan’s wife and children
religion
He believes in Zoroastrianism.
Profession
At the age of 13, Hardy began working out at a local gym and competed in his first competition at the age of 17. In 2002, he started training under Jamshid Owji and won many local bodybuilding competitions. In 2005, he won his first national bodybuilding championship. In 2008, he stopped training under coach Jamshid Owji and trained without any coach until 2013, when he started training under Ali Nemati ‘mati). Under the guidance of Ali Nemati, he won many international competitions, including a hat trick of gold medals at the WBPF World Bodybuilding Championships from 2013 to 2015 and a gold medal at the WBPF Asian Championships. In 2016, he won his professional card at the bodybuilding championships in Russia. In 2017, he stopped training with Ali Ne’mati and began training under the guidance of the famous coach Hany Rambod. Under Hany’s guidance, he won a gold medal at the 2017 Mr. Olympia Amateur Competition and a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Grand Prix. In 2019, he competed in the Mr. Olympia for the first time and finished third. He won the gold medal at the 2022 Mr. Olympia competition.
Hadi Choopan (right) and Hany Rambod
dispute
US visa issues
In 2018, then-US President Donald Trump banned all Iranian nationals from entering the United States, and Hardy was denied a visa to compete in the 2018 Arnold Classic and Mr. Olympia. He issued a statement expressing his frustration and calling the incident discriminatory. In 2019, the same situation happened again. With the intervention and public support of the American Media Company, the organizer of the Mr. Olympia competition, Hardy obtained a visa in time to participate in the 2019 Mr. Olympia competition.
medal
gold
- 2003-2012: 105 provincial gold medals (Fars and Tehran provinces) and 30 national competition gold medals
- 2013: WBPF Asian Championship
- 2013 to 2015: WBPF World Championship
- 2017: Mr. Amateur Olympia
- 2022: Mr. Olympia
Hadi Choopan after winning Mr. Olympia 2022
silver
- 2012: WBPF World Championship
bronze
Facts/Trivia
- He is known as the “Persian Wolf” by bodybuilding enthusiasts around the world.
- He claimed in interviews that the hearing problem he had since childhood was hereditary.
- His first coach, Jamshid Owji, only allowed him to use 5kg weight due to his smaller stature at the time.
- In one of his Instagram posts, he wrote the name of Ahura Mazda, the supreme god of Zoroastrianism, the Iranian prophet Chara The religious system of Zarathustra is considered apostasy in Islam.
Hadi Choopan in traditional Parsi costume
- He appeared in the bodybuilding documentaries Generation Steel 3 (2018) and Generation Steel (2022).
- He dedicated his 2022 Mr. Olympia victory to Iranian women’s fight for equality.
- When he first joined the gym, he weighed 90 pounds.
- He is a big fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Baitola Abbaspur.
- During his HIIT (high-intensity interval training) workouts, he rests 30 seconds between sets, whereas during normal training, he rests 2-3 minutes between sets.
- His diet consists mainly of brown rice, skinless chicken breasts and avocados, and he eats 6-7 meals a day.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education