Mamdouh Elssbiay

Mamdouh Mohammed Hassan Elssbiay (ممدوح محمد حسن السبيعي; born 16 September 1984), also known as Big Ramy, is an Egyptian IFBB Pro professional bodybuilder.

Mamdouh Mohammed Hassan Elssbiay was born on 6 September 1984 in Al-Sebea, a town in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.

Born in Kafr El Sheikh, Elssbiay started to train professionally as a bodybuilder in 2009 after moving to Kuwait.

He worked as a fisherman before moving to Kuwait, where he started to train professionally in Kuwait City in 2009.

In 2010, he joined Oxygen Gym in Kuwait.

By 2011, he weighed 200 lbs, and when he stepped on the 2012 Amateur Olympia Kuwait stage, he weighed in at 286 lbs and was declared the champion.

He eventually earned his pro card by winning the overall title at the 2012 Amateur Olympia in Kuwait City.

Elssbiay earned his pro card by winning the overall title at the 2012 Amateur Olympia in Kuwait City.

In 2013, he made his IFBB Pro-debut at the New York Pro, which he won.

In 2013, Elssbiay made his IFBB Pro-debut at the New York Pro, which he won.

He is a two time Mr. Olympia champion, winning in 2020 and 2021.

In 2020, he became the first Egyptian bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia title, and the first non-American since British champion Dorian Yates in 1997.

In 2020 and 2021, he won the Mr. Olympia contest.

In October 2020, Elssbiay tested positive for COVID-19, preventing him from participating in the 2020 Europa Pro Bodybuilding Championships.

Elssbiay is Muslim.

In November 2021, it was revealed that he had secretly married his second wife, and that his first wife had discovered this through the media.

Amateur

Professional