Tom Platz

Tom Platz is professional actor and bodybuilder. Known as Golden Eagle. Tacitly considered uncrowned Mr. Olympia 1981. In 1965, Thomas was 10 years old when he began to train, his parents bought him Joe Weider's guide in training along with full equipment. According to the athlete, when he first felt the bar in his hands, his life changed. The boy followed every word of the manual, devoting all his free time to training. Soon he caught the eye of a magazine with photographs of Dave Draper, and Tom firmly decided to devote his life to bodybuilding. Moving to California, Tom accidentally settled near Draper and often practiced with the idol of his childhood. Thomas managed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger's student, he learned to plan his actions from him. Debuting on the amateur world championship in 1978, which took place in Acapulco, Mexico Platz took 1st place in the middle weight category and won the "Absolute category". In the following 1979, participated in the tournament Mr. Olympia, he took 8th place. At the "World Championship Pro" in 1980, Platz took second place, letting forward Jusup Wilkosz. The best result of Tom in the competitive career was 3rd place on Mr. Olympia in 1981. Tom Platz finished his sport's career in 1987. After the completion of his career, the sportsman began to act in films. Was a bodybuilding coach, in addition, in the "International Association of Sports Science" Tom Platz took the chair of the head of the bodybuilding department.