Eugen Sandow
Eugen Sandow Eugene Sandow or ( born April 2, 1867 in Königsberg, East Prussia as Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, † October 14, 1925 in London, United Kingdom), was a pioneer of motor sports, especially bodybuilding.
Sandow made the sport popular power by original shows hosted on stages, which he called "Muscle Display" and in which he pushed a horse, for example. Soon he came all over in Europe and chose a stage name that was easy to pronounce in all major European languages. On June 6, 1893, he came as the " artiste" in Ellis Iceland and toured a year later with the art cyclists Nick Kaufmann by the United States, where he also had great success. On May 18, 1894, he turned in the Black Maria studio named after him film " Sandow " from.
Sandow also organized the first large-scale bodybuilding competition, which took place in London on 14 September 1901 entitled " The Great Competition". Twelve participants vied for the honor of winning this competition. The third-place finisher received a bronze statue of Eugene Sandow, a copy of which will be presented since 1977 to the winner of the Mr. Olympia competition. In the U.S., he returned back again on 3 October 1903.
Sandow was married and had two daughters. He died in 1925 in London, where he was buried. It is said that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered when he pushed a car up to rescue a child that had crashed. However, Probable cause of death was syphilis, whose late stage was not yet curable at that time. His grave in the cemetery Putney Vale Cemetery in London Borough of Wandsworth was left on the request of his wife Blanche without grave stone; only in 2002 a black marble tomb was built.
Sandow was involved in the financing of led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson Antarctic your expedition between 1911 and 1914. Return for which the Nunatak Mount Sandow (67 ° 22 'S, 100 ° 24'O ) was named after him. Also, a small town in Texas named after him.