Libya’s Kamal Elgargni wins 2019 212 Bodybuilding Olympia

Hailing from Libya, Kamal Elgargni, 46, won the 212 Bodybuilding Olympia division during the 2019 Mr. Olympia competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on September 14, 2019. He bested 18 other contestants.

Born in Tripoli, Libya in 1973, Elgargni had Qatari nationality in 2005. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Arab Games in the 85-90kg but the medal was stripped because he tested positive to banned substances.

In 2018, Elgargni won the 2018 Arnold Classic 212. Here is the complete list of 2019 212 Bodybuilding Olympia results:

RANK	QUALIFIER	COUNTRY	FINAL SCORE	PRIZE MONEY
1	Kamal Elgargni	Libya	14	$50,000
2	Derek Lunsford	United States	20	$20,000
3	Shaun Clarida	United States	26	$10,000
4	John Jewett	United States	49	$6,000
5	Ahmad Ashkanani	Kuwait	50	$4,000
6	Sami Al Haddad	Bahrain	54
7	Eduardo Correa Da Silva	Brazil	66
8	Hidetada Yamagishi	Japan	80
9	Aaron Polites	Australia	90
10	Angel Calderon Frias	Spain	100
11	David Henry	United States
12	Zane Watson	Canada
13	Oleh Kryvyi	Ukraine
14	Fahad Zaid Hazzizi	Saudi Arabia
15	Tomas Tabiciar	Slovakia
16	Noel Adame	United States
16	Kokeny Bela	Hungary
16	Steve Benthin	Germany
16	Lloyd Dollar	United States

 

 

Elgargni is currently based in Northampton, Northamtonshire, England. Here is the Libyan bodybuilder weeks before the 2019 Mr. Olympia: