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Frank Zane

フランク・ゼーン　/　ふらんく・ぜーん

American bodybuilder

June 28, 1942 (age 83)　・　Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania
bodybuilder
secondary school teacher

My Take

I find Frank Zane fascinating because he won three straight Mr. Olympia titles from 1977 to 1979 not by being the biggest man on stage, but by being the most precise. The nickname "the Chemist" tells you everything about how I read him: he treated the body like an equation of symmetry and proportion rather than raw mass. What strikes me most is that he came up through Mr. Universe in the 1960s while also working as a secondary school teacher and earning a degree from Wilkes University. That blend of intellect and aesthetics is, to me, why his physique still gets cited as a blueprint for classic bodybuilding.

Overview

Frank Zane (born June 28, 1942) is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "the Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 1977 to 1979. He previously reigned as Mr. Universe in 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1972, and Mr. America in 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Frank Zane
Name (Japanese): フランク・ゼーン
Reading: ふらんく・ぜーん
Born: June 28, 1942 (age 83)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Horse
Origin: Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 175 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: bodybuilder / secondary school teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Wilkes University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.frankzane.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

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