Suhas Khamkar
| Suhas Khamkar | |
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| Bodybuilder | |
| Personal info | |
| Born | 9th of August 1980 Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Professional career | |
| Best win |
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Suhas Khamkar (born August 9, 1980) is a professional bodybuilder from India. A native of Kolhapur region, Suhas comes from a family of fitness experts and bodybuilders. Suhas's inspiration for body building can be traced back to his home town Kolhapur where he grew up watching many wrestlers and body builders. However in the year 1997 at the age of 16, Suhas drew inspiration from Arnold Schwarzenegger and embarked on a journey of becoming a world champion in the sport of bodybuilding.
Bibhishal Patil taught Suhas various attributes & techniques of bodybuilding and rendered detailed information about the sport. After his family moved to Mumbai, Suhas continued working on his fitness and career goal and took inspiration from a lot of local bodybuilders along the way.Later Suhas has started his own gym.
Was an employee of Central Railway of India, Suhas Khamkar is the first Indian Bodybuilder to win a national level gold medal in the Railways national competitions, Also Suhas is the First Indian bodybuilder to Become Mr.Asia in 2010
Controversies
Suhas had represented Indian Bodybuilding Fitness and Federation (IBBF) at Arnold Classic. Controversy started because IBBF is not recognized by government of India. As Suhas was a government employee at that time, him representing a non government bodybuilding organization was condemned by many people. [1]
References
- ^ "Suhas Khamkar". Indian Bodybuilding. 13 February 2014.
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