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Meet the father of modern body building, Eugen Sandow

New Delhi: Eugen Sandow is the world's first hunk.He rose to fame in the late 1890s as a weightlifter and bodybuilder.He was born 1867 in Prussia (Germany) by the name Friedrich Muller. Today he has

India TV News Desk Updated on: January 21, 2014 6:45 IST


He travelled all around the world on tours to countries as varied as South Africa, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand. He was even designated as special instructor in physical culture to King Edward VII in 1911.

Sandow was married to Blanche Brooks, with whom he had two daughters, Helen and Lorraine.
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