Paul Grant (bodybuilder), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British bodybuilder
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Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
About Paul Grant (bodybuilder)
- Paul Grant (1943–2003) was a Welsh body builder who won the "amateur tall" category of the Mr.
- Universe contest in 1973 and went on to become an ambassador for the sport.
- Grant also won titles including Mr.
- Wales, Mr.
- Britain, Mr.
- Europe and Mr.
- World, and got 2nd in the World Championships two times.
- Grant was 5 ft 11 and at his peak weighed 16 stones (224 pounds) with a 50-inch chest and 33-inch waist.Grant was born in Swansea on 26 June 1943 (he was a twin).
- He started lifting weights at the age of 16.
- He married Christine (née Mason) in 1967 who went on to become Miss Universe Bikini.
- Grant moved near Venice Beach, California in the early 1970s where he trained at Gold's Gym with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Schwarzenegger became Grant's friend and they appeared in the 1976 documentary Pumping Iron together.
- While in California Grant worked for Joe Weider.Grant moved back to Swansea where he ran a health food store and then a gym.
- He was president of the Welsh Federation of Body-Builders for 25 years from 1978, in charge of staging the Mr.
- Wales and Mr.
- Britain competitions.Grant developed a kidney disease in his 30s, which led to a transplant operation in 1985.
- He died at the age of 60 on 23 November 2003.
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