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Lee Priest
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Lee Priest
Personal Info
Nickname The Blonde Myth
Birth July 6, 1972 (1972-07-06) (age 37), Newcastle, Australia
Height 5'2"
Weight (In Season): 195-205 lbs.
(Off-Season):270-285 lbs.
Professional Career
Pro-debut IFBB Australian Championships, 1989
Best win IFBB Ironman Pro Champion, 2006
Predecessor Gustavo Badell
Successor Toney Freeman
Active Since 1989
Lee Andrew Priest McCutcheon, also known as ?The Blond Myth? (born July 6, 1972 in Newcastle, Australia) is a IFBB professional bodybuilder.
Contents
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* 1 Biography
* 2 Stats
* 3 Contest history
* 4 Training videos
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links
[edit] Biography
Priest was raised together with his two-year older sister by their mother, who also practises bodybuilding in Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia where he attended Platsburg Primary school.
Priest has gained popularity in the bodybuilding world due to his down-to-earth manner, laconic sense of humour and willingness to talk to and help young up-and-coming bodybuilders. At 162 centimetres, he is one of the shortest professional bodybuilders. When not competing, he weighs as much as 130 kilograms, but he cuts down to 90 kilograms in competition season.
On July 1, 2000 he married Cathy LeFrancois, a female bodybuilder, from whom he has since separated. Recently he was engaged to popular fitness pro Adela Garcia. It was later announced that they both had separated on good terms.
Unlike many pro bodybuilders, Priest has long had an interest in tattoos. In 2005 he got a facial tattoo, similar to the one worn by Mike Tyson.
In September 2006, Priest was suspended from the IFBB for competing in a non-sanctioned event, the PDI Night Of Champions in New York, which he ended up winning. This prevented him from competing in the Mr. Olympia at the end of that month.[1]
Priest was reinstated back in the IFBB in June 2008 to allow him a chance to qualify for the 2008 Mr. Olympia. But he did not compete that year and instead planned to comeback at the Australian IFBB Pro Grand Prix in 2009. But while moving back home to Australia, he tore his biceps tendon off the bone while carrying a large TV. He had surgery a few weeks out of the Australian IFBB Pro Grand Prix and was unable to compete. He is now looking to return to IFBB competition in 2010.
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