Biography
Ronnie Coleman belongs to the pleiad of great American bodybuilders. The owner of phenomenal anthropometric data, improved by persistent training, the Big Ron won the title "Mr. Olympia", and also won on other status competitions held by the International Bodybuilding Federation.Childhood and youth
Ronald Din Coleman was born on May 13, 1964 in the American state of Louisiana. His mother almost lost his life, producing a future champion. Large kid grew not by day, but by the hour. At the age of 12, Ronnie weighed about 80 kg and reached 180 cm. Such physical data was predetermined by the fate of the boy, from early childhood at the sport.
Starting with Basketball and Baseball, Coleman soon switched to American football. 3 years after admission to the school team, Ronald came to the main staff and became the leading player of the club who participated in the competition at the Super Cup.
Having matured, the young man left workouts on the field, to find the team types of varieties attendant, and entered the GSU College to the accounting department. In 1986, Ronnie received a bachelor's degree and began to earn money on the Internet of Italian pizzeria. However, mathematics did not become a vocation for a potential athlete, and Ron changed the calculator on a police officer's cap and began his guard career of the law and order.
The police in the police required constant physical training, and Coleman began to visit the Metroflex gym, where instead of modern simulators stood rusty rods and primitive dumbbells. Brajan Dobson's owner immediately drew attention to the impressive forms of Ron and personally took up the preparation of the future champion.
Coleman did not immediately believe in the opportunity to become a star bodybuilding, but did not refuse from a free subscription and professional briefing. After 7 months, the police officer scored the right form and won on the Mr. Texas tournament in 1990, and after 2 years he won the title at the National American Championship of Heavyweights and the title of world champion in the same category.
Sport
Coleman began to compete at the amateur level. He received a card of professional athlete in 1992 after the title of the absolute world champion in the tournament in Warsaw. Without stopping at reached, Ronnie began the hunt for the most prestigious award of bodybuilders, the title "Mr. Olympia".
Coleman's training program was extremely simple and most intense. It consisted of power and swing cycles and was supplemented with aerobic loads. Swing back and torso muscles, Ronnie paid special attention to his feet, alternating hard and lightweight work. This technique made it possible to keep the body in the tone and avoid injuries associated with the breakdown of tissues and damage to the joints.
As a result, Coleman brought his body to ideal proportions. With a height of 180 cm, an athlete who scored muscle mass, weighed 138 kg and continued to lift gravity while his biceps had reached the desired volume - 60 cm. In such form, Ronnie appeared at the world-famous tournament, but did not win. Without losing the presence of the spirit and faith in their own strength, the bodybuilder annually went to the podium, competing with talented and famous rivals.
He demonstrated the steel muscles, legs and backs, taking spectacular poses and appearing before the judges in various angles, and in 1998 he achieved recognition and long-awaited victory. Since then, luck has not changed Coleman, over the next 8 years he kept the title "Mr. Olympia", having broken the record that belonged to Arnold Schwarzenegger. In addition, Ronni's offseason participated in various competitions of bodybuilders and by the rank of "King" regularly added no less prestigious trophies.
The famous bodybuilder became the multiple owner of the Grand Prix of Russia, Finland, Germany, England, Holland and New Zealand, and also took the highest awards at the world professional championships 1999 and 2000.
For many years, the invisible rival of Ronnie for many years was the American bodybuilder from Massachusetts Jay Cutler, who in 2006 in the final "Mr. Olympia" selected victory from the tournament record holder. Coleman, who received a back injury, took the 2nd place. The victorious series of Big Ron was interrupted, and in 2007, the athlete announced his intention to complete the career of the bodybuilder.
In 2010, Ronnie tried to return to a large sport and again take part in the Main World Competition, but did not gain the necessary form and the qualifying competition did not pass. After that, Coleman began to criticize from experts and fans who believed Athlete Athlete inappropriate to participate in world-class tournaments. The athlete himself adhered to another opinion and continued to work in the gym, to which he was joined in his youth.
The range of operations on the spine and the hip joints, Ronnie retained the presence of the Spirit and in 2016 he suggested Cattler to spend an opportunity for the title of the best bodybuilder of the planet, but received a refusal. Nevertheless, the rivals met, but not in sports podium, but on the set of film biographies "Ronnie Coleman: King", published in 2018.
Personal life
At the beginning of a sports career Coleman met with the bodybuilder Wick Gates, who helped the athle in the process of training and supported at competitions. The rupture of the relationship followed immediately for the loss of the title "Mr. Universe" and hit the personal life of Bodybuilder.
In 2007, Ronnie married Rowaid Christine Achker, who gave birth to her husband of two children, girls named Jamelia and Valencia Daniel. This marriage was not happy, and the spouses soon divorced.
The third wife of Coleman in 2016 was a long-standing familiar Susan Williamson, who was a personal trainer athlete. Now Sue and Ronnie is a happy large-scale couple.
The athlete loves noisy family parties and often spends time surrounded by numerous relatives.
Ronnie Coleman now
In the fall of 2018, Ronnie shared with journalists news about his health. The athlete was afraid that the remainder of days can spend in a wheelchair due to problems with the spine. The last operations that Colemann cost $ 2 million were not successful and instead of the desired relief inflicted irreparable harm to the health of the famous bodybuilder.
However, it was soon received a refutation of this information from the author of the film about the King of Bodybuilding Vlad Yudina and from Coleman himself, who published several photos from his own cardiography in Instagram.
Now Ronnie carefully monitors the achievements of young bodybuilders. Special interest athlete causes a seven-time "Mr. Olympia" Phil Hit. Coleman is looking forward to 2019 tournament, which will determine who will be a record holder and the recognized king of bodybuilding in the near future.
Titles and awards
- 1990 - Mr. Texas
- 1991 - "World Bodybuilding Championship in heavyweight"
- 1997, 2003 - "Grand Prix of Russia"
- 1998 - 2005 "Mr. Olympia"
- 1998 - "Grand Prix of Germany"
- 1998 - "Grand Prix of Finland"
- 1999, 2000 - "World Professional Championships"
- 2001 - "Arnold Classic"
- 2001 - "Grand Prix of New Zealand"
- 2002, 2004 - "Grand Prix of Holland"
- 2000, 2004 - "Grand Prix of England"