Abdulhadi Muhammad Al-Khayat (عبدالهادي محمد الخياط) | |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1979 |
Birth Place: | Kuwait |
Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
Bestwin: | IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships |
Bestwinyear: | 2015 |
Abdulhadi Muhammad Al-Khayat (Arabic: عبدالهادي محمد الخياط; born March 6, 1979) is a Kuwaiti bodybuilding champion, police officer, and commando.
Kuwait National Team athlete, and a member of International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness, Al-Khayat is a super-heavyweight bodybuilder. His weight is approx. 231.5−264.5 pounds (105−120 kilograms). Al-Khayat started his international career in 2012; during the Saudi Arabia and Qatar Bodybuilding Championships he was awarded gold in heavy/super-heavyweight category. His next prestigious competition, IFBB Asian Amateur Bodybuilding Championships, took place in 2013. During the contest Al-Khayat placed first in super-heavyweight category, and fourth in classic bodybuilding category. He has saved this title the next year. Also in 2014, he competed in his first American contest — Arnold Classic America. He placed fifth in super-heavyweight category. He was a super-heavyweight and the overall winner of 2015 IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships.[1] The same year Al-Khayat was also the super-heavyweight/overall winner of Olympia Amateur, which was held in Liverpool.[1] In November 2015 he was honored with IFBB Pro Card, and became a professional bodybuilder — the first one from Kuwait.[2]
Living in Kuwait City, he graduated in Communication Systems and works as a police officer.[3] He won the silver medal in 2012 Police Bodybuilding Championships in Qatar.[4] He has a son named Muhammad.
In late 2015 he was cast as Yousef Rambu in Kuwaiti action movie Second Blood, inspired by First Blood and .[5] [6] The film had its world premiere in November 2016.[7]
In 2016 he became a member of the Kuwaiti special operations forces — a commando. He was given the rank of officer.[8] [9] [10]