Fikret Hodžić

Fikret Hodžić
Fikret Hodžić
professional bodybuilder
Personal info
Born	26 June 1953; Kevljani, Prijedor, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	9 July 1992 (aged 39); Trnopolje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best statistics
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in) (contest)
Weight	70 kg (contest)
Professional (Pro) career
Pro-debut	1976;
Best win	Mr. Universe (6th); 1987;
Active	1976–1992

Fikret Hodžić (26 June 1953 – 9 July 1992) was a professional Bosnian bodybuilder. Hodžić competed during the 1970s and 1980s representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[1]

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Hodžić began bodybuilding in 1973. He was inspired by Petar Čelik.^[2] He briefly had to stop training while completing mandatory military service.^{[citation needed]} Hodžić was the bodybuilding champion of Yugoslavia for 15 consecutive years spanning 1976–1991.^[3] He founded the first bodybuilding club in Bosnia and Herzigovina, Partizan, in 1975.^[4]

During the war he was killed near his home in Trnopolje in Bosnia and Herzegovina by a Serbian soldier,^[5] a former student of his.^[6] His wife and two children sought refuge in Austria.^[7] After hearing of Hodžić's murder, Arnold Schwarzenegger sent his condolences to the family.^[2] Hodžić's 20-year-old son Đemal was murdered in Sanski Most in 2000 by a local criminal.^[1]

His remains were found in a mass grave in January 2009 and were properly buried on 20 July 2009, a full 17 years after his murder.^{[citation needed]}

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Fikret Hodžić

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