With hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and Instagram, Dragos Syko (also known as the Romanian Syko) is a world-renowned bodybuilder who has attained numerous elite-level awards in the sport. He most notably won first place in the Muscle Model 2015 WABBA event, which is part of the Hercules Olympia series and also won a pro card at the 2015 WBFF London.

Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, even at the tender age of six, Syko had a passion for fitness which had not been demonstrated by anyone before at that age. As a youngster, he often played rugby and football in the day then practiced karate and wrestling in the evenings. At the age of 23, the Romanian Syko had become fully determined to compete in major competitions and create the ultimate male physique. Because of this burning ambition, Syko had to take the extremely tough decision of leaving his home nation of Romania and attempt to further his career in the UK. This decision soon paid off, Syko often ranked in the top five in his first major competitions and then went on to win at the WBFF in London.

Syko’s bread and butter is now in the form of fitness modelling and he is one of the faces of rapidly growing sport nutrition brand – Olimp Sport Nutrition. Syko’s inspirational story involving his move to the UK shows us that with no risk comes no reward!