Samson Dauda

Some Lesser Known Facts About Samson Dauda

• His father is from the Edo tribe while his mother is from the Igbo tribe.

• He was born in Nigeria and moved to the United Kingdom as a teenager.

• He was involved with sports from a young age and played football and hockey during his childhood.

• He started playing rugby as a teenager and played for a local rugby club.

  

• He got interested in bodybuilding after witnessing the American bodybuilder, Phil Heath at the 2013 Mr. Olympia.

• He has worked several construction jobs after completing his college education. He finally quit working in construction and became a full-time bodybuilder in 2020.

• He is the first bodybuilder of Nigerian descent to become Mr. Olympia.

• His wife Marlena Gustowaska has coached him ever since he started training for bodybuilding competitions.

• He is an animal enthusiast and owns a Cane Corso named Cerberus.

  

• Over the years, he has gained more than 35 kg of lean mass. When he started competing in bodybuilding in 2014, he weighed 102 kg, and in 2024, he weighed 137 kg.

  

• He drinks alcohol occasionally.