Robby Robinson (bodybuilder)
Robby Robinson (born May 24, 1946) is an American former bodybuilder who won the Mr. America, Mr. World, and Mr. Universe titles on his way to becoming one of the most dominant professional bodybuilders of the 1970s. He was the Masters Olympia champion from 1994 to 1999, before retiring in 2001.
Early years
Robinson was born in Damascus, Georgia, and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. He attended Florida A&M University, where he competed in both football and track & field. While training for those sports he noticed his body's great responsiveness to weight training, which motivated him to enter his first bodybuilding competition. After competing in over three hundred amateur competitions, Robinson turned professional in 1975.
Other
In 2003, Robinson was one of two African-American bodybuilders who claimed to have been subjected to racist insults by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1970s.