Fikret Hodžić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fikret Hodžić

Yugoslav bodybuilder

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1953

Place of Birth: Prijedor, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1992

Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Fikret Hodžic (26 June 1953 – 9 July 1992) was a professional bodybuilder from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hodžic competed during the 1970s and 1980s representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Hodžic was murdered near his home by Serbian paramilitaries during the early days of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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. Hodžic began bodybuilding in 1973.
He was inspired by Franco Columbu.
He briefly had to stop training while completing mandatory military service.
Hodžic 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 in the concentration camp Trnopolje in Bosnia by his former student.
His wife and two children sought refuge in Austria.
After hearing of Hodžic's murder Arnold Schwarzenegger sent his condolences to the family.
Fikret Hodžic's 20-year-old son Džemal was murdered in Sanski Most in 2000 by a local criminal.