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🇮🇷 Hadi Choopan
«The Persian Wolf»
1× Olympia titles
6 Podium finishes
Iran Country
1987 Born
Reign: 2022–2022
Biography
Iranian IFBB Pro League bodybuilder nicknamed "The Persian Wolf", Mr. Olympia champion in 2022. Born in Abnow in Fars province, he won his first national title in 2005, took the WBPF Asia Championships in 2013 and kept placing at IFBB world level before turning professional. He is known above all for his legs and his conditioning, and for years of podium finishes before the title finally came.
Prize money from titles
- 2022 $400,000
Total for first places $400,000
Counts winner's prizes only; payouts for second and third place in those years were not published.
Olympia appearances
2025 2 2nd place
2024 2 2nd place
2023 2 2nd place
2022 1 Champion
2021 3 3rd place
2019 3 3rd place
Shared the podium with
Derek Lunsford 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022Samson Dauda 2024, 2023Brandon Curry 2021, 2019Andrew Jacked 2025Nick Walker 2022Mamdouh Elssbiay 2021William Bonac 2019
Photo: Tasnim News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons