Fikret Hodžić

Fikret Hodžić (26 June 1953 – 9 July 1992) was a professional Bosnian bodybuilder. Hodžić competed during the 1970s and 1980s representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Fikret Hodžić
Bodybuilder
Personal info
Born	(1953-06-26)26 June 1953 Kevljani, Prijedor, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	9 July 1992(1992-07-09) (aged 39) Trnopolje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in) (contest)
Weight	70 kg (contest)
Professional career
Pro-debut	1976
Best win	Mr. Universe (6th) 1987
Active	1976–1992

Hodžić was murdered near his home by Serb paramilitaries during the early days of the Bosnian War. His remains were found in a mass grave in January 2009 and were properly buried on 20 July 2009, a full 17 years after his murder.

Hodžić began bodybuilding in 1973. He was inspired by Petar Čelik. He briefly had to stop training while completing mandatory military service. Hodžić was the bodybuilding champion of Yugoslavia for 15 consecutive years spanning 1976–1991. He was an advocate of training outdoors when weather permitted it.

During the war he was killed near his home in Trnopolje in Bosnia by a Serbian soldier.^[1] His wife and two children sought refuge in Austria. After hearing of Hodžić's murder Arnold Schwarzenegger sent his condolences to the family. Fikret Hodžić's 20-year-old son Džemal was murdered in Sanski Most in 2000 by a local criminal.

International competitions

• 1981

European Amateur Championships - IFBB, Lightweight, 2nd
World Amateur Championships - IFBB, Lightweight, 3rd

• 1982

European Amateur Championships - IFBB, Lightweight, 5th
World Amateur Championships - IFBB, Lightweight, 4th

• 1986

European Amateur Championships - IFBB, Lightweight, 4th

• 1987

Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 6th

• 1989

World Amateur Championships - IFBB, Lightweight, 13th

References

1. "Bodybuilder's Murder Highlights Mladic's 1992 Genocide Charge". Balkan Insight. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2021.