GUWAHATI: In 2002, he won a battle against death with a big lump in his heart. Seven years down the line, he has won a match of muscles with hisperfectly toned abs. Meet the Mr Universe 2009 and the man with a big heart Mahadev Deka.
The 40-year old engineer from Assam on Saturday night clinched the title in the bantam weight category for India at the 2009 Musclemania Superbody world championship at Florida in the US.
“Mahadev called me from Florida on Sunday morning immediately after winning the title. This is the happiest moment in our lives. We are waiting for him to reach home,” said his wife Nayana, a fitness freak herself.
In 2008, he won the Musclemania at Miami and picked up the runners-up trophy. Though he had to make-do with a tight budget for his diet, Deka is the first from the state to win this prestigious world body building championship.
Mahadev underwent an open heart surgery in August 2002 after which he developed a lump in his chest. Doctors advised an open-heart surgery to get it removed. He rested for barely three months. Soon his love for the sport took him back to his favourite place, the gym.
Deka is an assistant engineer with the public health department of the state government. He took his first training from Monohar Ich in Kolkata in 1992 and went on to win won the bronze in that year’s Bharar Kumar Championship held at Bangalore.
He has won the Mr Assam title for seven years since 1992. He was also Mr North-East four times and Senior Mr India twice in a row. His first international exposure was at the Mr World championship 2005 in Germany and managed a semi-final berth.
Deka’s daily diet includes 20 egg whites, a chicken, fruit juice, little rice, lot of green vegetables and allotted supplements.
Source - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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The 40-year old engineer from Assam on Saturday night clinched the title in the bantam weight category for India at the 2009 Musclemania Superbody world championship at Florida in the US.
“Mahadev called me from Florida on Sunday morning immediately after winning the title. This is the happiest moment in our lives. We are waiting for him to reach home,” said his wife Nayana, a fitness freak herself.
In 2008, he won the Musclemania at Miami and picked up the runners-up trophy. Though he had to make-do with a tight budget for his diet, Deka is the first from the state to win this prestigious world body building championship.
Mahadev underwent an open heart surgery in August 2002 after which he developed a lump in his chest. Doctors advised an open-heart surgery to get it removed. He rested for barely three months. Soon his love for the sport took him back to his favourite place, the gym.
Deka is an assistant engineer with the public health department of the state government. He took his first training from Monohar Ich in Kolkata in 1992 and went on to win won the bronze in that year’s Bharar Kumar Championship held at Bangalore.
He has won the Mr Assam title for seven years since 1992. He was also Mr North-East four times and Senior Mr India twice in a row. His first international exposure was at the Mr World championship 2005 in Germany and managed a semi-final berth.
Deka’s daily diet includes 20 egg whites, a chicken, fruit juice, little rice, lot of green vegetables and allotted supplements.
Source - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
NaturalBodybuildingEvents.com provides the most comprehensive and up to date list of Natural Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Contests and Results from those organizations which actively promote a drug-free lifestyle. Also provides information on Natural Organizations, Seminars, Trainers and Competitor Resources
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