Will 2021 champion Mamdouh Elssbiay be at Mr. Olympia 2022?

Mr. Olympia 2022 will begin on December 15, and the defending champion, Mamdouh Elssbiay, will hope to claim the championship for the third time in a row.

Hailing from Egypt, Elssbiay won the Mr. Olympia title in 2020 and 2021. Moreover, he has qualified for Mr. Olympia 2022, which will take place in Las Vegas, unlike the last two years' championships organized in Orlando, Florida.

Mamdouh Elssbiay was born on September 16, 1984, in Al-Sebea, Kafr El Sheikh, in Egypt, and has been a successful bodybuilder.

Elssbiay used to work as a fisherman before stepping into bodybuilding. He earned his pro card in 2012 after winning the Amateur Olympia in Kuwait City.

He won the 2013 New York Pro Championship and finished eighth at Mr. Olympia in 2013. The following year, he again won the New York Pro Championship but could not claim the Mr. Olympia title. Elssbiay finished seventh in the tournament.

Mamdouh Elssbiay finished fifth in 2015, fourth in 2016, and second in 2017 at Mr. Olympia. After years of struggling, he finally clinched the trophy in 2020 and is now in a race to win for the third time in a row.

American bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman won eight Mr. Olympia titles in his career, the highest in history. He is unarguably the most successful bodybuilder in the world.

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2022 Mr. Olympia: Qualified

• Nick Walker (USA)
• Nathan De Asha (UK)
• Mamdouh Elssbiay (Egypt)
• Brandon Curry (USA)
• Hadi Choopan (Iran)
• Hunter Labrada (USA)
• Shaun Clarida (USA)
• Regan Grimes (Canada)
• Samson Dauda (UK)
• Rafael Brandao (Brazil)
• Angel Calderon Frias (Spain)
• Joel Thomas (USA)
• William Bonac (Netherlands)
• Blessing Awodibu (Ireland)
• Charles Griffen (USA)
• Mohamed Shabaan (Egypt)
• Hassan Mostafa (Egypt)
• Mohammad Alnsoor (Jordan)
• Vitor Boff (Brazil)
• Andrea Presti (Italy)
• Iain Valliere (Canada)
• Antoine Vaillant (Canada)
• Akim Williams (USA)
• Chinedu Andrew Obiekea (USA)
• Vladyslav Sukhoruchko (Ukraine)
• Derek Lunsford (USA)
• Patrick Johnson (Denmark)
• Tonio Burton (USA)
• James Hollingshead (UK)
• Michal Krizanek (Slovakia)
• Leandro Peres (Brazil)
• Theo Leguerrier (France)
• Behrooz Tabani Abarghani (Iran)

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Mr. Olympia winners so far

• 2021: Mamdouh Elssbiay
• 2020: Mamdouh Elssbiay
• 2019: Brandon Curry
• 2018: Shawn Rhode
• 2017: Phil Heath
• 2016: Phil Heath
• 2015: Phil Heath
• 2014: Phil Heath
• 2013: Phil Heath
• 2012: Phil Heath
• 2011: Phil Heath
• 2010: Jay Cutler
• 2009: Jay Cutler
• 2008: Dexter Jackson
• 2007: Jay Cutler
• 2006: Jay Cutler
• 2005: Ronnie Coleman
• 2004: Ronnie Coleman
• 2003: Ronnie Coleman
• 2002: Ronnie Coleman
• 2001: Ronnie Coleman
• 2000: Ronnie Coleman
• 1999: Ronnie Coleman
• 1998: Ronnie Coleman
• 1997: Dorian Yates
• 1996: Dorian Yates
• 1995: Dorian Yates
• 1994: Dorian Yates
• 1993: Dorian Yates
• 1992: Dorian Yates
• 1991: Lee Haney
• 1990: Lee Haney
• 1989: Lee Haney
• 1988: Lee Haney
• 1987: Lee Haney
• 1986: Lee Haney
• 1985: Lee Haney
• 1984: Lee Haney
• 1983: Samir Bannout
• 1982: Chris Dickerson
• 1981: Franco Columbu
• 1980: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1979: Frank Zane
• 1978: Frank Zane
• 1977: Frank Zane
• 1976: Franco Columbu
• 1975: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1974: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1973; Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1972: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1971: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1970: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1969: Sergio Oliva
• 1968: Sergio Oliva
• 1967: Sergio Oliva
• 1966: Larry Scott
• 1965: Larry Scott