Gaétan D'Amours (1933 – April 25, 2007) was awarded the title of Mr. Québec in 1960, Mr. World Canada in 1961, Mr. America also in 1961, and a 5th place as Mr. Universe in 1967. In 1997, he received the gold medal presented by

Ben Weider Benjamin Weider, (1 February 1923 – 17 October 2008) was a Canadian soldier, author, historian ( Napoleonic history), fitness proponent, benefactor of the arts, and entrepreneur. He co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IF ...

, president of the IFBB (International Association of BodyBuilders) for his major contributions to the bodybuilder movement and physical fitness of the Quebec youth. He had a

bodybuilding Bodybuilding is the practice of Resistance training, progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's skeletal muscle, muscles via muscle hypertrophy, hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to a ...

studio for 50 years where he was a professor of physical education. He was also a believer in the Ben Weider

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products. He died April 25, 2007, at the age of 74.Sonia Lévesque, Hebdomadaire Régionale L'information 27-04-2007

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