Anders Victor Graneheim is a retired IFBB Pro bodybuilder from Sweden. Popularly known as Mr. Symmetry because of his well-proportioned and aesthetic physique, Graneheim primarily competed in the 1980s era of bodybuilding. This article explores his complete profile, biography, and competition history.
Anders Victor Graneheim
Born: May 3, 1962
Birthplace: Timrċ, SWEDEN
Residence: Sundsvall, SWEDEN
Nickname: Mr. Symmetry
Height: 5′ 8″ (174 cm)
Competition Weight: 205 lbs (94 kg)
Off Season Weight: 238 lbs (108 kg)
Arms: 18,5″ (47 cm)
Waist: 29″ (74 cm)
Thighs: 27,5″ (70 cm)
Anders Victor Graneheim Biography
Early Life
Andreas Victor Graneheim was born on May 3, 1962, in Timrc, Sweden. He started his bodybuilding and strength-training journey fairly early in life when his twin brother, Olle, poured cement into car tires to make ‘weight plates’ and created a barbell by using a rod to connect them.
The twins were genetically gifted and weighed 60+ kg at 15. They started doing basic compound exercises like squats with this barbell and thus started their growth story.
Career
Anders Victor Graneheim was Swedish and Nordic Bodybuilding Champion during the 1980s. After a nine-year absence from competitive bodybuilding, he competed in the “Sweden Grand Prix” in Gothenburg in 1997, where he placed third after two professional bodybuilders.
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He won the Swedish competition B&K Classic Body Show in 2000 which earned him a pro card in bodybuilding. He also competed in Master’s Mr. Olympia in the USA in August 2002.
Anders Graneheim is a popular guest poser at bodybuilding contests and sports events, and he holds seminars about training and nutrition in gyms, sports centers, and schools, and he is engaged as a nutrition expert for Swedish athletes and sports teams. He also writes articles for the Swedish bodybuilding monthly BODY Magazine (formerly B&K Sports Magazine), in which he also has a regular expert column.
With a career spanning more than 20 years, Anders Graneheim is regarded as one of Sweden’s most outstanding bodybuilders. He is regarded as Sweden’s best bodybuilder ever when it comes to symmetry, and he is one of the few bodybuilders in Sweden that is also known to the general public.
Anders Graneheim has been portrayed in a one-hour TV documentary named Sista Posen (“The Last Pose”) on Swedish Television, in which a camera team followed his training and preparation for the Master’s Mr. Olympia competition in the summer of 2002. The documentary was aired on Swedish Television in 2003 and has also been sent to Danish and Norwegian television in 2004 and 2005.
Mr. & Masters Olympia Results
- 2002 – IFBB Masters Olympia: 10th
Titles Won
- 1983 – Mr. Fotonorden Junior
- 1983 – Norrland Championships Junior (-70 kg)
- 1983 – National Championships Junior (-70 kg)
- 1983 – Nordic Championships Junior (-70 kg)
- 1986 – Norrland Champion (-80 kg)
- 1986 – National Champion (-80 kg)
- 1988 – National Champion (-90 kg)
- 2000 – B&K Classic Body Show
Personal Life
The sport of bodybuilding helped Graneheim build several meaningful relationships in his life through competitions, joint training sessions, and other collaborations that were a part of his profession.
Graneheim similarly met his wife Catharina in 1982 and the couple got married eventually. They have two sons, Victor and William Graneheim, born in 1990 and 1992, respectively.
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