Arthur Robin

{{Short description|Guadeloupean-French bodybuilder (1927–2023)}}

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| nationality = French

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Arthur Robin (5 February 1927 – 20 January 2023) was a French professional bodybuilder.{{cite book|author=City University of New York. Caribbean Research Center|title=Wadabagei: a journal of the Caribbean and its diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mNUHAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=10 October 2011|year=2006|publisher=Caribbean Diaspora Press}} He won the 1957 Mr. Universe championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfitnessfederation.de/nabba/frame1/na_int1_1.html |title=NABBA International Hall of Fame |publisher=World Fitness Federation |accessdate=10 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403111247/http://www.worldfitnessfederation.de/nabba/frame1/na_int1_1.html |archivedate=3 April 2012 }} He was the first Black winner of the competition.[http://fitnes.lv/en/nabba-en/nabba-universe-champions/ WFF / NABBA Latvia. NABBA Universe Champions]. Retrieved 26 December 2019

Biography

Robin was born on 5 February 1927.[http://www.circusfans.net/news/?view=16424 Article on Arthur Robin's 90th birthday] {{in lang|it}} Robin played himself in the 2016 Austrian-Italian fictional film Mister Universo, in which a circus liontamer goes searching for Robin. The film was shown at the 2016 Vienna International Film Festival.[https://www.viennale.at/de/film/mister-universo-omdu Viennale. Mister Universo (OMDU)]. Retrieved 26 December 2019 Robin died on 20 January 2023, at the age of 95.[https://www.circusfans.eu/2023/01/20/ci-ha-lasciato-il-leggendario-arthur-robin/ Ci ha lasciato il leggendario Arthur Robin] {{in lang|it}}

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