You thought it was over didn’t you? We brought out the big guns with Phil Heath and you think that’s the end of the line. Well we decided to save one of our favorite up-and-comers for last. That’s right – today we are highlighting Big Rammy.
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Nickname: Big Ramy
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 286 lbs
Hometown: Kuwait
2014 Competition History
IFBB New York Pro – 1st
2013 Competition History
Mr. Olympia – 8th
IFBB New York Pro – 1st
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Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Elssbiay doesn’t have much competitive history behind him and that’s what makes his story so unreal. Within just four short years Ramy has already risen into the sky with a name that is now on the tip of everyone’s tongue.
In 2010 Big Ramy entered Oxygen Gym in Kuwait and started his life of bodybuilding. By 2011 he got his body weight up to 200 pounds – nothing really to write home about. But within a year he stepped onto the Amateur Olympia stage at a surprising 286 pounds. Suddenly people were talking.
He quickly turned pro and has now ranked first in both of the two New York Pro competitions he entered. He ranked 8th at last year’s Mr. Olymia and is now on his way to compete again for the glorious Sandow.
Big Ramy is the definition of a “out of nowhere.” He
