USilvio Samuel.
USilvio Samuel ungomunye wabantu abadume kakhulu emhlabeni wokwakha umzimba.
Wazalwa ngo-1975 eBrazil. Esikhathini esithile kamuva, ngemuva kokuzalwa kukaSilvio, umndeni wakhe wonke wathuthela eNigeria.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umfana ubebandakanyeka emidlalweni ehlukahlukene, ebambe iqhaza elikhulu ekukhuleni kwakhe ngokomzimba. Ngesinye isikhathi eneminyaka engu-14, uSilvio waqashelwa ngumqeqeshi weqembu lesizwe laseNigeria elikhuthaza amandla, u-Ivan Ganev. Wazizwa ukuthi lo mfana unekusasa elihle kwezemidlalo. Futhi ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili, uGanev wamemela uSamuel eqenjini lakhe. USilvio akakwazanga ukwenqaba lokhu kunikezwa. Ukuqeqeshwa okunzima kwaqala, okwasheshe kwathela izithelo - ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuqala kwamakilasi, uSamuel ubamba iqhaza emncintiswaneni wakhe wokuqala wokufukula amandla phakathi kwabancane futhi uba ngumpetha ngokuphelele. Yebo, umqeqeshi onolwazi wayengenaphutha ngomfana.
Uhambo oluya eNigeria nase-Afrika lwaqala, lapho uSilvio, njengengxenye yeqembu lakhe, alwela isicoco esikhulu semiqhudelwano. Uphumelele ngokuphawulekayo kulo mdlalo, kangangoba amarekhodi awaqalayo, futhi akekho noyedwa obengadlula, kuze kube namuhla.
Ngokushesha uSilvio waba yilungu leqembu lesizwe laseSpain elikhulisa amandla. Mhlawumbe ngabe uqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe omuhle, kepha ngo-1998 kwenzeka isimo esaphoqa umfana ukuthi ashiye izinsimbi - wahlinzwa ukuze asuse i-appendicitis. Ngemuva kwalokho, iminyaka emibili, uSilvio akazange adlale ezemidlalo nhlobo. Ngalesi sikhathi wayesebenza njenge-bouncer kuma-disco eMadrid.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi umzimba kaSamuel wavusa umxhwele. Ngesibalo esinjengesakhe, kwakudingeka isikhathi eside ukungena emzabalazweni wesicoco somakhi womzimba ongcono kakhulu. Kodwa lo msubathi ngokwakhe akazange aphuthume ukwenza lokhu kuze kube yilapho u-Alfonso Gomez emqinisekisa ngalokhu.
Ngo-2001, uSilvio waba phambili emncintiswaneni wokwakha umzimba kaFrancisco del Yero. Eminyakeni emithathu eyalandela wabamba iqhaza kwiNational and World Amateur Bodybuilding Association. Ngalesi sikhathi, wakwazi ukuwina izicoco eziningi ezihlonishwayo, esinye sazo kwakungu “Mnu. Umkhathi ”.
Ngo-2006, uSilvio waba nomcimbi obalulekile - wanikezwa isikhundla sobungcweti yi-International Federation of Bodybuilders. Futhi ngawo lowo nyaka, umsubathi ubamba iqhaza ku- "New York Pro 2006", lapho ethatha khona indawo ye-14 kuphela.
Namuhla uSamuel uhlala eFullerton, eCalifornia, lapho eqhubeka khona nokuqeqeshwa kwakhe, elungiselela ukunqoba izindawo eziphakeme ezintsha.