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Moe El Moussawi

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Originally from Lebanon, Moe El Moussawi [Mohamad Moussawi] moved to New Zealand where he won the New Zealand Nationals in 2004 and was awarded IFBB pro status. Making his IFBB professional debut at the 2006 Ironman he placed 14^th in a field of 32, he went on to climb the ranks of the IFBB. Competing at around 220lbs/100kg he stands 5ft 9” tall

In 2008 by virtue of a 3^rd place finish in the Ironman he qualified for his first ever Mr Olympia where he looks to be the sole representative of the Oceania region.

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Contest History

Moe's Contest History Includes:

Professional

2009 Ironman Pro 2nd
2008 IFBB Australia Pro Grand Prix VIII 3rd
2008 Arnold Classic 11th
2008 IFBB Iron Man Pro 3rd
2007 IFBB Sacramento Pro Bodybuilding Grand Prix 7th
2007 IFBB Iron Man Pro14th
2006 IFBB San Francisco Pro NP
2006 IFBB Iron Man Pro14th

Amatuer

2004 New Zealand Championships, Overall Winner [pro card]
2004 IFBB World Amateur Championships, light-heavyweight, 7th
2001 USA Nationals, heavyweight, 16th
2001 USA Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships, heavyweight, 6th
2000 USA Nationals, heavyweight, 9th
2000 NPC California State, havyeight and overall winner
1999 USA Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships, heavyweight, 13th

Photos

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Moe at the 2008 Arnold Classic, 11th place

Moe at the 2006 Ironman weigh-in in California, place 14th

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Moe El Moussawi Videos

Moe posing at the 2008 Ironman, where he placed 3rd and qualified for the Olympia

Moe flexing, and a brief interview:

Moe in the Media

Moe has appeared in numerous magazine features both Oceanic and international.
On the cover of Musclemag

On the cover of Ironman

On the cover of the May 2009 Issue of [USA] Ironman with 2008 IFBB Figure Olympia Champion Jennifer Gates

Positive Drug Test and Suspension

Relevant portions of a July 2005 news article below from NZHerald.co.nz:

Mr New Zealand bodybuilder Moe Moussaoui has been banned for two years after testing positive to two anabolic steroids.

A sample taken from Moussaoui in October - shortly before he won the Mr New Zealand title - was positive to testosterone and stanozolol.

Moussaoui this month told the Herald that a New Zealand Federation of Body Builders tribunal had imposed no penalty.

The federation refuses to make the outcome public, but it is revealed in drug-testing results released by the New Zealand Sports Drug Agency this week. The agency oversees doping control measures in New Zealand and records the outcomes.

Its report does not name athletes but only one body builder is listed as having tested positive to steroids in a sample taken last October, the month Moussaoui acknowledges he gave a sample which proved to be positive for steroids.

Moussaoui previously told the Herald that the tribunal had believed him and he had cleared his name. The Weekend Herald has confirmation that Moussaoui is the athlete banned for two years. Asked to comment this week, Moussaoui denied he had been banned.

He claimed another athlete before the tribunal with him had returned a steroid positive. But the only other body builder in the sports drug agency's summary of doping infractions for the six months to December 31 last year was banned for six months for cannabis.

In an interview earlier this month, Moussaoui said he had given the tribunal a letter stating he had passed doping tests in the Middle East around the time he failed his test in New Zealand, and had argued his positive could have resulted from a "mix-up".

"I studied the lab in Sydney and I told them [the tribunal] straightforward that they get over 100,000 blood and urine test[s] a day ... It could easily have been mixed with somebody else's." This is contradicted by the World Anti-Doping Agency's report of testing conducted by its accredited laboratories which records that Sydney processed 7738 samples last year.

Moussaoui owns supplements business Moe's Muscles, which has been a major sponsor of New Zealand Federation of Body Builders events. He has pushed unsuccessfully for the federation to scrap drug tests for all but national championships.

He told the Herald this month that his future was in international professional competitions which don't ban performance-enhancing drugs. "At the end of the day, all bodybuilders want to get to pro level, and at pro level everyone knows that everyone is on the crap. So why be a hypocrite about it."

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