Biography
Australian bodybuilder White Myth, or Lee Andrew Prue McCatch, is considered a representative of the Golden Epoch of Bodybuilding, which has become famous in the world of sports, without having an impressive natural forms in the youth. And although the speeches of a resident of the Green Continent at the Mister Olympia contest were not marked by prestigious titles, his dedication, perseverance and charm brought glory and world fame.Childhood and youth
Lee Priere was born on July 6, 1972 in a working family from Australian Newcastle in a poor family and in childhood, like many boys, had a tendency to various sports, preferring rugby, football and karate.
A little later, he showed interest in working with gravity under the influence of a grandfather, who was in the army champion in freestyle wrestling. The mother of the future bodybuilder at the amateur level was engaged in weightlifting. Looking at her, 13-year-old teenager also signed up in the gym. There he was impressed with the pumped muscles of the athletes and photographs of Tom Platci, Eddie Robinson and the young Arnie.
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Puting a goal as soon as possible to become like idols as possible, whether a lot of time paid training and a year after the start of classes took part in the youth tournament on Bodybuilding in Sydney. Then he spoke several times in pair contests together with his mother, and in 1988 he won the Junior Australian Championship.
Such a result inspired a young bodybuilder to develop a food and training program, the key points of which were squats with a 340-kilogram barbell and the bench press with a weight of 240 kg.
Sport
In the early 1990s, Priest decided to enter a professional level, but due to the young age, he was refused to him. However, this did not stop athlete, and he came to the "Niagara Falls" contest. There, with the support of the famous bodybuilder, Jim Manyon, the young man was still released on the stage, but, without having psychological preparations for such competitions, the young man was inserted and showed the 9th result.
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Despite this, the biography of Lee coolly changed, and at the Ironman tournament he managed to bypass the king of Bodybuilding Sonny Schmidt, and then enter the top ten to Arnold Classic, San Jose Pro Invitational, Grand Prix Czech Republic and IFBB San Jose Pro.
After a while, when the bodybuilder has achieved an ideal form and with a height of 163 cm gained weight of 97 kg, due to the problems with doping, discovered by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, the attack had to take off his own candidate from a number of prestigious competitions. He was able to return to the podium in 1996.
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Then, throughout the long professional career, Australian demonstrated himself as an outstanding athlet, but in the end he won only 2 titles, while taking a dozen prizes.
Staying outside the pedestal at the most prestigious Competition "Mr. Olympia", in 2002, was the first at the IFBB San Francisco Pro Competitions. The next victories took place in 2006 and 2013 in the tournaments of the Grand Prix of Australia and Nabba Mr. Universe, where the athlete surpassed the famous bodybuilders Ronnie Roclary and Chris Kormye.
Personal life
In July 2000, Priest was combined with a marriage with Canadian cultivist Katty Lifrankos, which at that time also appeared at the competitions of professionals. After dating, the couple did not think about the improvement of personal life, and the theme of their conversations was a sport.
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Once it felt that he was experiencing more than a friendly sympathy for a beautiful and pumped woman and decided to write her a romantic message. And then, when Katty went to the USA to a photo session, Bodybuilder said that would fly along with her.
Until 2005, a couple lived in America and worked together in the gym, improving the press, biceps and triceps. Then the spouses lost interest in each other and made a divorce, while Lifrankos continued to play sports, and Prius married a girl named Rachel Gudban again.
Lee Priest now
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Now if Priest moved away from professional sports and, judging by Instagram, continues to get involved in shraming and tattoos, and also leads his own show on Youtube.
In addition, he became the hero of documentary films "Lee Pri. White Myth, "and then began a film actor career and in 2015-2019, starred in the films" Dumb Criminals: The Movie "," The Skydiver & The Scarec "," Domino Boys "and" Round Trip ".
Awards and achievements
- 1989, 1990 - Winner IFBB Australian Championships
- 1995 - 3rd place on IFBB IRONMAN Pro Invitational
- 1997 - 3rd place on IFBB Grand Prix Germany
- 1997 - 2nd place on IFBB IRONMAN Pro Invitational
- 2002 - Winner IFBB SAN FRANCISCO PRO INVITATIONAL
- 2004 - 2nd place on IFBB SAN FRANCISCO PRO INVITATIONAL
- 2013 - Winner "Nabba Mr. Universe"