Roy Mubiru, (born December 12, 1977) is a Ugandan Powerlifter. He is a three-time world powerlifting champion and also he is widely regarded throughout the powerlifting in Uganda as the greatest powerlifter of all time. He is the director of ACPA, African continental powerlifting alliance, WPA affiliate federation and a level 1 referee, WPA, American powerlifting association also he is the founder
of RMPowerlifting.
--Early life--
Roy Mubiru was born in Nsambya, Kampala. He attended Kamuli Primary School, but he dropped out at the age of 13 due to luck of finance after he lost his father. Soon after words, he left home and started leaving on the streets then he began working hawking breads and eggs. In 1996, he started boxing at Lukanga Boxing Club in Kampala, he went to Busia and Kenya and he participated in stage coach boxing club. In 2000 he went to South Africa with the help of Abu Koloma where he had 3 fights, he won 2 and lost 1 then he trained full contact karate for more than 2 years up to the blue belt level, later in 2008 he joined powerlifting.
--Career--
He joined Kevin Markmann gym and participated in squat lift, deadlift, bench press and then qualified for Gauteng North. He participated in weight category and performed really well then also went to Thailand, England participated in Fame UK and won a silver medal in weight category and later he qualified for participate in Las Vegas in 2011 called masomania deadlift and he won a gold medal. In December 2014, he participated in RPS revolution powerlifting easthampson New England and in February 2015 participated in revolution New Jersey then took a break until 2018 in the APA (American Powerlifting Association)
Ukraine world Cup Qualifiers
and he was the only African who qualified for the WPA world championships powerlifting and started APA world cup warmup and he won a golden medal. Then went to Ukraine for world championships powerlifting and the participants were 520 and 20 countries he was the only representative from Africa and his country Uganda. He won two gold medals in weight category and the best team 2019. World Cup Championships Ukraine 2019
They were later selected 100 to participate in the WPA world cup powerlifting invitational championship[3] in Washington DC and won a gold medal in weight category but then he did not set a world record. He attended APA, WPA powerlifting referee online course since 2019 to 2020. He formed RM Powerlifting and CrossFit in Uganda, he organised four and also WPA African championships in 2019 with participants from Tanzania, Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda. In October 2020, he participated in WPA world championships and he won two gold medals in weight category and age group. He is the Director of ACPA, WPA African continental powerlifting alliance and a referee. On 17th April 2021 he won the APA National championships that qualified him for the WPA Canada world cup championships. FOLLOW ROY MUBIRU:
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