Valentin Bosioc (born Valentin George Bosioc on 13 January 1983) is a Romanian professional bodybuilder and fitness model, as well as certified fitness instructor, personal trainer and nutritionist.[2][3] He rose to prominence by winning Musclemania Paris and placing second in an IFBB Romania competition in 2015, among other prizes. In 2018, Bosioc also reached the semi-finals of Ninja Warrior România. He has been credited as an influencer and is the most followed Romanian sportsperson on Facebook.
Early life and career
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Valentin George Bosioc was born on 13 January 1983 in the city of Reșița, and spent his childhood in Bocșa, Romania.[2][4][5] His father Iosif was a football player, while his brother Bogdan Ionuț is a handball instructor.[4][6] Starting with the age of 13 Bosioc showed special interest in bodybuilding and began taking judo, mixed martial arts, boxing, calisthenics, football, rugby and aikido classes, among others.[2][7][8] While attending the Tata Oancea High School in Bocșa, Romanian boxer Francisc Vaștag desired to scout him, but he eventually refused the offer.[4]
Bosioc later graduated from the Politehnica University of Timișoara, receiving a degree in engineering.[2] He worked in this field for a short period of time, as well as in public relations and journalism,[2][4][9][10] but gave up to pursue a career as a professional bodybuilder, fitness model, fitness instructor, personal trainer and nutritionist, for which he studied in Romania and the United Kingdom.[2][3][4] Bosioc rose to prominence by winning Musclemania Paris and placing second in an IFBB Romania competition in November 2015, among other prizes.[2][4][6][11][12] In 2018, he also appeared on the first season of Ninja Warrior România, managing to reach the semi-finals.[13]
A master trainer at Fitness Education School in Bucharest, Romania as of December 2018,[2][4] Bosioc has worked with several celebrities, most notably with Romanian singer Delia Matache and Cronica Cârcotașilor host Ioana Petric.[3][4][14] He has been credited as an influencer and is signed to Romanian agency Global Influencers.[15]Cotidianul and Biz labelled him one of the most influential fitness bloggers in Romania,[16][17] with him also being the most followed Romanian sportsperson on Facebook (7th person overall in the country as of February 2019).[18][19][20][21] He has written two books, The Path to Perfect Abs and Get Guns, as well as developed his own training concept, Full Body Ignition (FBI).[2][22] As of April 2020, he has been uploading workout videos to his YouTube channel for over nine years and also uses his Facebook page for similar scopes.[23]
Personal life
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Bosioc is married to a Romanian woman named Ana Cristina and is the father of a daughter, Eila Maria.[4] They currently reside in Bucharest.[23]
References
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^"Valentin Bosioc – Profile". Men's Health (in Romanian). 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^"Un bocșan face furori pe Facebook" [From Bocșa, he is successful on Facebook]. Jurnalul (in Romanian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018 – via Imgur.
^Oance, Andreea (7 October 2017). "Fitmacher aus dem Internet" [Fitness instructors on the internet] (in German). Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien. Retrieved 21 December 2018.