The bodybuilding pioneer looks so as to add to his legacy in Romania.
The 2023 Masters Olympia is scheduled to be held on the weekend of Aug. 26-27, 2023 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. There will likely be loads of history made at this competition. It’s the primary time that the Men’s Open Masters Olympia will likely be held since Dexter Jackson won the title in 2012. For the opposite nine divisions, it would be their first Masters Olympia competition, including the 212 division.
One in every of the lads in that 212 lineup is David Henry, who knows lots about making Olympia history. He’s the primary Olympia champion within the history of the 212, which dates back to even before the load cap was 212 kilos.
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Henry was an element of the lineup for the inaugural Olympia 202 Showdown in 2008, when the load cap for the division was 202 kilos. That contest in Las Vegas, NV was the primary time since 1979 that the Olympia had two different weight classes. Frank Zane won the lightweight and overall Mr. Olympia titles that yr, before the classes were reunited in 1980 — the yr Arnold Schwarzenegger got here out of retirement to win his seventh Mr. Olympia title.
When Henry won that inaugural Olympia 202 title, he faced a lineup of contenders that included two eventual bodybuilding greats. Kevin English finished in second place — he would go on to win the following three 202 Olympia titles from 2009-2011. Flex Lewis placed third in 2008 and he would eventually overtake English to start his own string of seven titles once the load cap was raised to 212 in 2012.
Henry never reclaimed his title after losing it in 2009, but he’s been a mainstay within the division within the years since. As an energetic competitor, Henry most recently placed third on the 2022 Japan Pro and earned his most up-to-date contest victory on the 2021 Legion Sports Fest Pro. At 48 years old, he’s qualified to be within the 2023 Masters Olympia 212 lineup with its 40-year-old minimum.
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The total 18-man lineup for the 2023 Masters Olympia 212 is below.
- Anwar Darwish Ali
- Masoom Butt
- Fernando Noronha de Almeida
- Ricardo Plata Duran
- Jim Everton
- Derik Farnsworth
- Ahmed Fawzi
- David Henry
- Milton A. Martinez
- Zohir Mihoubi
- Bola Ojex
- Jicheng Qian
- Jonni Shreve
- Steve Thayer
- Ryan Walters
- Wayne Williams
- Jeff Williamson
- Hidetada Yamagishi
Whoever wins this contest will make history as the primary Masters Olympia 212 champion, but Henry has much more history riding on this coveted championship. The one competitor to have won each the Masters Olympia and Mr. Olympia titles is Dexter Jackson, who also won the Sandow trophy in 2008 — the identical yr Henry won his Olympia title.
If the USA Air Force veteran manages to take the win in Romania, his legacy in the game could also be much more secure than it already is.
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