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Hometown: Puri, Odisha
Age: 44 Years
Height: 5′ 8″
Some Lesser Known Facts About Anil Gochikar
- Anil Gochikar is an Indian bodybuilder who represented India on the worldwide degree. He is a 7-time Mr. Odisha, 3-time Eastern India champion, and 4-time Mr. India winner. He is a ‘Pratihari’ (servitor) of the Puri Jagannath temple.
- He was born and raised in Harchandi Sahi, Puri, Odisha, India.
- He began attending akharas at a really younger age.
- His family has been serving as servitors to Puri Jagannath temple for a lot of generations.
- In an interview, he mentioned that he was vegetarian and revealed his each day food regimen that features 4 to five liters of milk, 2 to 2.5 kg of fruits, and 500 gm of cheese.
- He discovered the talents of bodybuilding from his brother Damodar Gochikar, who’s a national-level bodybuilder.
- In 2009, Anil began doing exercises within the fitness center, and in 2010, his brother, Damodar Gochikar, opened a fitness center named Gochhikar Life Style – GYM in Puri, the place Anil Gochikar began firming his physique.
- In an interview, Anil talked about his brother, Damodar Gochikar, who impressed him to be taught the talents of bodybuilding, and mentioned,
My brother is my hero. He is a real fighter and an ideal all rounder. He was a champion when he was on stage. Even when he give up bodybuilding and took up family obligations he continues to rock. Since day one, he has been my information, my mentor, my pal, the whole lot. It is below his steering, I learnt all about physique constructing. He nonetheless continues to teach me and he’ll at all times be there for me. I do know this for certain.”
- His father, Harihar Gochhikar, runs a lodge named Hotel Gochikar in Puri, Odisha.
- In 2006, his father handed away, and Anil needed to bear the obligations of the family alongside together with his brother. Reportedly, after their father’s demise, there was a property dispute within the family that prompted each brothers to earn regulation levels.
- In 2012, he participated in Mr. Odisha fiftieth Senior State Body Building Championship; it was his first participation in a bodybuilding occasion. Reportedly, he needed to bear exhaustive working to shed 400 g of his physique weight to take part within the occasion because the required physique weight restrict was 65 kg, whereas Anil weighed 65.4 kg at the moment. He gained gold within the occasion.
- In 2012, 2013, and 2014, he gained gold in Mr. India Bodybuilding Competition consecutively.
- In 2012, he earned the title of ‘Emerged Champion of Champions’ within the 70kg weight class on the twelfth Eastern & North Eastern India Bodybuilding Championship, held in Bhubaneswar.
- In 2014, he gained bronze within the 70kg weight class on the World Bodybuilding Championship, held in Mumbai.
- In 2016, he gained gold in a global bodybuilding competitors, held in Dubai.
- In an interview, he talked in regards to the disappointments that he felt when no authorities officers congratulated him on his achievements and the shortage of assist from them. He mentioned,
The most saddening, irritating and bothering half about this journey has been the shortage of assist and sources. All these years I’ve been doing issues by myself. It is my family and solely them who’ve struggled to get me right here. The authorities, affiliation or the council, nobody has ever stepped ahead to help or assist us. I purchased Odisha its first ever Silver on the Federation Cup in Ludhiana in 65 kg class. I didn’t obtain any appreciation for it. Even after I gained the International India 2016, I didn’t obtain even a name from the authorities to at the very least congratulate me. They didn’t even assist me to go and take part in that competitors. This has been so constant. They by no means reply, don’t assist, don’t admire, completely nothing and that is with each athlete and never simply me. This is the largest setback for us. This is a expensive career. If there isn’t any assist, eventually, the athletes will get annoyed and stroll out of this.”
- In 2017, he turned the winner at Mr. Odisha Senior State Bodybuilding Championship.
- In the identical yr, he gained the title of Mr India within the 65 kg weight class on the tenth Senior National Body-building Championship, held in Gurugram, Haryana.
- In 2018, he gained gold at Mr. Odisha Senior State Bodybuilding Championship and silver at Mr. India 2018 Championship.
- In 2019, he gained gold within the 70kg weight class at Mr. India 2019 Championship.
- In 2020, a photograph went viral by which Anil and his brother have been noticed pulling the Rath throughout the Jagannath Rath Yatra.
- In an interview, he talked about serving Lord Jagannath and mentioned,
What is the usage of having this physique if it doesn’t come within the service of the Lord?”
- Anil Gochikar considers himself a pure vegetarian who by no means consumes alcohol and tobacco merchandise.