Shawn Rhoden is a Jamaican IFBB bodybuilder who became Mr. Olympia in 2018. He died of a heart attack on November 6, 2021.
Wiki/Biography
Shawn Rhoden was born on Wednesday, April 2, 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica (age 46 at time of death). His zodiac sign is Aries. Sean has been playing sports since he was a teenager. He played football and cricket as a teenager. In 1990, he moved to the United States from Jamaica, where he developed an interest in bodybuilding.
appearance
Height: 5′10″
Competition weight: 111 kg
Off-season weight: 116kg
Hair color: Bald
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): 50-34-24
family
Parents and siblings
His father, Lloyd, died in 2002.
wife and children
In 2018, he married Michelle Sugar, with whom he has a daughter named Cora Capri. Later, Sean and Michelle divorced.
Sean Roden with his daughter and ex-wife
Sean Roden and his daughter
Profession
At the age of 17, he started working out in the gym to gain the physical strength and size needed for bodybuilding. During his first few years of bodybuilding, he suffered a serious injury and took a break from bodybuilding.
Sean Roden as a teenager
He then continued training and participated in bodybuilding competitions with the encouragement of Mr. Universe Yohnie Shambouger. In 1993, he suffered a serious injury to his right hand and doctors advised him to give up bodybuilding. Although doctors advised him to give up bodybuilding, he continued training and participated in many bodybuilding competitions. Due to some personal and professional setbacks, he drank heavily and took a break from bodybuilding. In 2010, he made a comeback in the bodybuilding world and obtained an IFBB professional card. He participated in the Mr. Olympia competition and professional men’s bodybuilding competition in various seasons, and won the championship for the first time in 2018.
dispute
In October 2018, he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Salt Lake City, Utah, causing huge controversy. In July 2019, he was banned from competing in the 2019 Mr. Olympia competition after being accused of rape, object rape and sexual abuse.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
Amateur game history
- 1999: NPC (National Physique Committee) Team World Championship (third place)
- 2000: NPC Team World Championship (4th place)
- 2001: NPC Team World Championship (2nd place)
- 2009: NPC Team World Championship (1st place)
- 2009: IFBB North American Championship (1st place)
Professional game history
- 2010: IFBB Dallas European Super Show (6th place)
- 2010: IFBB Dallas European Super Show (1st place)
- 2011: IFBB Dallas European Super Show (3rd place)
- 2011: Mr. Olympia (11th place)
- 2012: IFBB (International Federation of Bodybuilding and Bodybuilding) Flex Pro (4th place)
- 2012: IFBB Arnold Classic (8th place)
- 2012: NPC Dexter Jackson Classic (Nowhere)
- 2012: IFBB PBW Tampa PRO (1st place)
- 2012: Mr. Olympia (3rd place)
- 2012: IFBB Arnold Classic Europe (1st place)
- 2012: IFBB British Grand Prix (1st place)
- 2012: IFBB EVL Prague PRO (2nd place)
- 2013: 2013 Mr. Olympia (4th place)
- 2013: IFBB Arnold Classic European Competition (4th place)
- 2014: IFBB Arnold Classic (2nd place)
- 2014: IFBB Australia PRO (1st place)
- 2014: Mr. Olympia (3rd place)
- 2014: IFBB Arnold Classic Europe (2nd place)
- 2014: Dubai PRO (2nd place)
- 2014: IFBB EVL Prague PRO (3rd place)
- 2014: IFBB San Marino PRO (1st place)
- 2015: Mr. Olympia (3rd place)
- 2015: IFBB EVL Prague PRO (3rd place)
- 2016: Kuwait Professional Men’s Bodybuilding (3rd place)
- 2016: Mr. Olympia (2nd place)
- 2017: Mr. Olympia (fifth place)
- 2018: Mr. Olympia (1st place)
die
He died of a heart attack on November 6, 2021, while in the United States.
Facts/Trivia
- Shawn is also known as Flexatron.
- He is not vegetarian and loves steak and pancakes.
- In 2019, a documentary about Shawn’s life, “Flexatron: Becoming Shawn Rhoden,” was released.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education