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The Iranian bodybuilder Hadi Choopan<\/strong> won the 2022 Mr. Olympia and the 2024 Arnold Classic, and has finished runner-up at three straight Olympias. This is his life story, diet, training regimen, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hadi Choopan<\/h2>\n

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Athlete Statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Full Name:\u00a0Hadi Choopan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/b><\/td>\nHeight<\/b><\/td>\nAge<\/b><\/td>\nDate of Birth<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200-220lbs(90.7-100kg)<\/td>\n5\u20197 (169 cm)<\/td>\n38\u00a0years<\/td>\nSeptember 26, 1987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/b><\/td>\nEra<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iranian<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Early Life<\/h2>\n

Hadi Choopan<\/strong> was born in September of 1987 in Sepidan County, Fars Province,<\/strong> located in southern Iran.<\/strong> He was born into a very poor family,<\/strong> a product of the financially struggling region<\/strong> they were in. These poor conditions resulted in Hadi having to work<\/strong> at an early age.<\/strong> He started peddling goods, along with working in construction.<\/p>\n

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Despite his constant need to work, Choopan still managed to develop an interest in bodybuilding.<\/strong> He began his path to be a pro bodybuilder in 2000,<\/strong> at the age of 13.<\/strong> This process began with Choopan mocking poses<\/strong> of other famous bodybuilders,<\/strong> in front of his family. Initially, he was rather undersized,<\/strong> and dealt with jokes and push back from his friends and family.<\/p>\n

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Early Bodybuilding Career<\/h2>\n

However, Hadi Choopan was eventually able to gain some size<\/strong>, and start looking like a bodybuilder. His first coach was\u00a0Jamshid Owji, in 2002.<\/strong> At the time, Jamshid only allowed Hadi to lift 5kg weights<\/strong>, due to his small size. Nevertheless, Choopan would eventually grow and get bigger.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within three years<\/strong> of pursuing professional bodybuilding,<\/strong> Hadi Choopan already earned a third place in a national competition<\/strong>. Additionally, he won first place<\/strong> in competitions in his native Providence Of Fars.<\/strong> However, 2005<\/strong> is where he won his first national title<\/strong> and began establishing himself as someone to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

In 2008,<\/strong> Choopan would stop training with Jamshid Owji,<\/strong> and spend a few years without<\/strong> a trainer.<\/strong> Despite that, he still managed to win more national titles,<\/strong> along with a silver medal<\/strong> at the WBPF World Bodybuilding Championships.<\/strong> Hadi went without a trainer until 2013.<\/strong> At that point, he began training with\u00a0Ali Ne\u2019mati,<\/strong> and his career as a professional bodybuilder<\/strong> began to take off.<\/p>\n

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Hadi Choopan \u2013 Pro Bodybuilding Career<\/h3>\n

In 2013,<\/strong> Hadi Choopan won first place in the WBPF Asia Championships,<\/strong> to start off a good run professionally. He would return to compete at the WBPF World Bodybuilding Championships,<\/strong> winning gold in 2013, 2014, and 2015.<\/strong> Despite the success, this was the only competing<\/strong> he did in those years.<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong> would begin the next chapter of his pro career, as Choopan would stop training with Ne\u2019mati.<\/strong> At this point, and continuing forward, he would train with the world-renowned Hany Rambod.<\/strong> Subsequently, his career began to take a bigger leap.<\/strong> He made his first showing under Rambod\u2019s tutelage at the 2017 Mr. Olympia Amateur,<\/strong> where he managed to score a gold medal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hadi Choopan competed three more times in 2017<\/strong>, earning silver medals<\/strong> across the board. Most notably, he lost<\/strong> in the 2017 Asia Grand Prix<\/strong> to multiple-time 212 Olympia champ Flex Lewis<\/a>.<\/strong> However, this decision was seen as controversial<\/strong> by many in attendance. According to skeptics,<\/strong> it appeared that Choopan had a bigger and better physique<\/strong> than Lewis, despite the judge\u2019s decision. Nevertheless, it was at this point, that \u201cThe Persian Wolf\u201d<\/strong> would be known as a force to be reckoned with, around the world.<\/p>\n

Hadi Choopan faced the brunt of worsening geopolitical relations between USA and Iran<\/b><\/h2>\n

Hadi Choopan\u2019s rise in the international bodybuilding scene coincided with a difficult chapter in the global geopolitical order.<\/p>\n

While the Iranian bodybuilder was getting primed to take over the bodybuilding scene, the geopolitical relations between Islamic Republic of Iran and USA went from bad to worse.<\/p>\n

Severe travel restrictions were imposed on Iranian citizens and Choopan felt the heat of this situation as well. As a result, he had to sit on the sidelines during major shows like the 2018 Arnold Classic and the 2018 Mr. Olympia.<\/p>\n

The restrictions eased out a little bit in 2019 and Hadi Choopan managed to arrive on the US shores to participate in the 2019 Mr. Olympia. A lifelong 212 competitor, Choopan decided to compete in the Men\u2019s Open division instead.<\/p>\n

But his decision raised quite a few eyebrows at the time. Size had taken a center stage over all the other attributes in recent years and many people speculated that Choopan would not survive in the Men\u2019s Open division.<\/p>\n

But that was not how things were supposed to play out. Despite being at a disadvantage in terms of size, \u2018The Persian Wolf\u2019 surprised the bodybuilding community when he was placed third at the 2019 Mr. Olympia. What he lost in size, he made up with conditioning, proportions, muscle definition and aesthetics.<\/p>\n

Choopan became a serious Mr. Olympia contender amid the chaos created by travel restrictions. But the uncertainty still loomed large on his prospects of competing in the west.<\/p>\n

Choopan returned to the USA for the 2020 Olympia and secured a fourth-place finish. But making it to the stage was not easy and he arrived with almost no time to spare. According to his coach Hany Rambod:<\/p>\n

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\u201c[Hadi Choopan] literally came a day and a half before 2020 Olympia. He was still holding water from the flight right before prejudging where we had to turn his water and everything because he had such a long flight getting into Orlando.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rambod has detailed the difficulties they faced in making sure Choopan reaches the venue. Year after year, Rambod and his associates have had to pull the strings, utilize their contacts and wait eagerly, hoping that Choopan can compete.<\/p>\n

But despite all the difficulties, the Iranian bodybuilder continued to be placed in the top four at the Olympia. Hadi Choopan narrowly missed the victory, reclaiming the third-place finish at the 2021 Mr. Olympia. However, a large section of bodybuilding community felt that he deserved the victory.<\/p>\n

Winning the 2022 Mr. Olympia title<\/b><\/h2>\n

2022 Mr. Olympia was unique in the sense that it featured arguably the toughest line-up of competitors in the Men\u2019s Open division in recent history. Apart from established veterans and young contenders like Brandon Curry, Hadi Choopan, Nick Walker<\/a> and Hunter Labrada, the line-up boasted several hot prospects like Michal Krizo, Andrew Jacked Samson Dauda and Blessing Awodibu.<\/p>\n

Despite having finished third in the previous year\u2019s Olympia, Choopan\u2019s name was missing in the list of probable top finishers and winners. However, \u2018The Persian Wolf\u2019 dominated the stage along with Nick Walker and Derek Lunsford from prejudging to finals and scored a historic win at the 2022 Mr. Olympia, dethroning former two-time Mr. Olympia Mamdouh \u2018Big Ramy\u2019 Elssbiay.<\/p>\n

Choopan became the first Iranian bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia title. Coincidentally, his win came at the time when Islamic Republic of Iran was struggling with social unrest. It started after an Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, was arrested for not wearing Hijab properly and died three days later and her death sparked nation-wide protests.<\/p>\n

Choopan\u2019s 2022 Mr. Olympia win came as a positive development in the country that had not witnessed social unrest of this scale in quite some time.<\/p>\n

While sharing his thoughts after 2022 Mr. Olympia, Hadi Choopan dedicated his victory to the Iranian women and expressed his desire to live in a world where racism did not exist.<\/p>\n

Losing the title, reclaiming the glory at 2024 Arnold Classic<\/b><\/h2>\n

Hadi Choopan\u2019s 2022 Mr. Olympia win proved that the competition could no longer be won with size alone. Another 212 competitor and former 212 Olympia champion, Derek Lunsford, shook up the division at the 2022 Olympia and secured a runner-up finish behind Choopan.<\/p>\n

Heading into the 2023 Mr. Olympia, Lunsford was highly touted as the biggest threat to Choopan\u2019s top spot. After a fierce battle in the finals, Lunsford won the 2023 Mr. Olympia. A disappointed Hadi Choopan stormed off the stage amid the photo-ops but he later clarified his actions with a statement.<\/p>\n

Intent to prove his worth and get the taste of victory before trying to win the Mr. Olympia title again, Choopan participated in the 2024 Arnold Classic.<\/p>\n

Choopan edged past defending champion Samson Dauda in the finals and registered a thumping victory at the 2024 Arnold Classic. Choopan also claimed gold at the 2024 Arnold Classic UK competition, once again edging past Dauda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many experts opined that Hadi Choopan\u2019s physique looked hard and solid at the Arnold\u2019s and his victory sent a clear message to Derek Lunsford about the challenge he can expect at the 2024 Mr. Olympia. Ultimately, Choopan took second place to Samson Dauda at the 2024 Mr. Olympia<\/a> with his teammate, Derek Lunsford, taking third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three straight Olympia runner-up finishes<\/b><\/h2>\n

Choopan skipped the 2025 Arnold Classic rather than defend the title he had won a year earlier. He resurfaced at the 2025 Mr. Olympia<\/a>, where Derek Lunsford reclaimed the Sandow and Choopan finished second for the third year running. The crowd gave him the People\u2019s Champion Olympia Award on the same night.<\/p>\n

He opened 2026 back in Columbus, at the show he had walked away from rather than lost. Andrew Jacked won it, Nick Walker took second, and Choopan placed third at the 2026 Arnold Classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hadi Choopan \u2013 Championships and Accomplishments<\/h3>\n

Misc. (2003-2011)<\/h4>\n