Cordilleran Bodybuilder wins Gold, Bronze Medal in International Body Building Competition

Photo Courtesy || Leejan Raphael G. Nacnac

Cordillera - A young Cordilleran from Baguio city emerged as champion in an  International Body Building Competition held at Tayabas, Quezon City last September 27, 2022.

Leejan Raphael G. Nacnac who was born and raised in Baguio took home two gold medals in the Men's Physique Juniors - Medium Category and one bronze medal in the Men's Physique Open - Medium Category during the fifth staging of the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation (WNBF) - Philippines. 

WBNF Philippines is an affiliate of the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation that promotes natural way of getting fit and healthy. It also advocates drug-free sports.

Leejan hopes that his success in the competition would help promote natural bodybuilding and healthy competition in the city.

“Natural bodybuilding refers to a bodybuilding practice that prohibits the use of performance enhancing drugs such as but are not limited to: anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, stimulants and diuretics; all of which have detrimental effects on human health and in some cases, life threatening consequences,” Leejan stated via Baguio - PIO.

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Leejan took to social media to thanked those who supported him throughout his journey.

"My foundation, my main support system, my loves, my everything. I love you guys. Everything I have achieved, I owe them all to you," he wrote.