Robby Robinson (born May 24, 1946) is an American former bodybuilder who won the IFBB Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe titles. He was the Masters Olympia overall champion the first year that the event was held in 1994 and then went on to win the 50+ division at that same contest in both 1997 and 2000. His nickname is The Black Prince.
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Biography
Early years
Robinson was born in Damascus, Georgia, and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. He attended Florida A&M University, where he competed in both football and track & field.
While training for those sports he noticed his body's great responsiveness to weight training, which motivated him to enter his first bodybuilding competition. After competing in over three hundred amateur competitions, Robinson turned professional in 1975.
Professional Years
Although it was to be his only exposure to the movie screen, Robby's first professional year in 1975 was chronicled in the cult classic Pumping Iron. Overall, he won numerous IFBB contests, including the first annual Night of the Champions in 1979 as well as the first Masters Olympia in 1994.
As one of the famed Golden Age of Bodybuilding' bodybuilders who routinely worked out at Gold's Gym in Venice, California during the 70s, Robby was known as one who was never in off-season condition. Superbly built head-to-toe, his massive and extremely-peaked arms became his trademark. In has also been noted that Robinson has one biceps bigger than the other.
In 2003, Robinson was one of two bodybuilders who claimed to have been praised by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1970s.[citation needed]
See also
References
- Robby Robinson "Where are they now" at Bodybuilding.com
- Bio at Robinson's home page
- Robinson's claims regarding Schwarzenegger at Drudgereport.com
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