Dayo Audi

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Dayo Audi
professional bodybuilder
Personal info
Full nameDayo Audifferen
Best statistics
Professional (Pro) career
Best win
  • 2008 WBBF Mr Universe

Ekundayo Audifferen, better known as Dayo Audi, is a Nigerian-born British bodybuilder. [1] [2] [3] He is a former NABBA International Mr World and won the WBBF Mr Universe title in 2008. [1] [2] He has lived in Doncaster, England. [4]

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Early life and education

Audifferen grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, with an older brother and younger sister. [5] In 1982, he moved to the UK for postgraduate studies in politics at the University of Aberdeen. [1] [3] His PhD thesis focused on the role of the Organisation of African Unity in regional conflict management. [3] He later told The Daily Telegraph that he got into the sport of bodybuilding by chance. [1]

Career

In 1996, Audi took the NABBA Overall Mr Britain title. [6] He went on to finish third in Men's Class 1 at the 1996 NABBA Mr Universe competition, only one point behind Sergei Ogorodnikov in second. [7] By 1997, he was regarded as one of the top bodybuilders in the UK. [8] [1]

In August 2003, Audi competed at the Masters Olympia in the United States, representing England, and placed 11th. [9] In 2008, he took the World Body Building Federation (WBBF) Overall Mr Universe title. [2]

Dayo organised the 2009 England's Strongest Man event which took place in May at the Doncaster Dome. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hughes, Simon (6 October 1997). "BODYBUILDING: Turning temple of the body into a construction site – All pumped up as mounds of muscle swell in quest for stardom as Mr Universe". The Daily Telegraph. ProQuest   316916123 . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "MR. UNIVERSE". World Fitness Federation/World Body Building Federation . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "The O.A.U. and Crisis Diplomacy: A Study in Regional Conflict Management". Biafran War Database. December 1987. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bradford: Country's top body-builders due to muscle in for top show". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford, West Yorkshire. 15 January 1996. Retrieved 10 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Archibong, Maurice (9 November 2011). "Omodele Ayo Audifferen 1964–2011 R.I.P". Maurice Archibong Travels. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "1996 NABBA MR & MISS BRITAIN - Results". GMV Productions. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "1996 NABBA Universe: The Men – The Show". GMV Productions. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Audi's great bodywork". Lincolnshire Echo. 3 April 1997. Retrieved 10 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Schmaltz, Jim (November 2003). "Groulx and unusual: with big names absent, Claude Groulx easily dominates the Masters Olympia". Flex. Vol. 21, no. 9. Retrieved 10 July 2025– via Gale General OneFile.
  10. ↑ Strossen, Randall J. (26 May 2009). "Terry Hollands Wins England's Strongest Man". IronMind. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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