Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aleksandr Fyodorov (bodybuilder)

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article about a bodybuilder whose main claim to fame seems to be a 1st place in an amateur competition. While there may be some trivial mentions I cannot find any substantive writing in any reliable source. Insufficient verifiable material to have any sort of article. Peripitus (Talk) 11:48, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

• Delete. Indeed an amateur, the article mentions he's never placed in a competitive competion. Keep. Szzuk (talk) 14:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
• Keep. Qualified IFBB professional. That's all that is needed to meet WP:ATHLETE for a bodybuilder.  Nipsonanomhmata  ^(Talk) 19:53, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

:Any refs? Szzuk (talk) 20:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

:: Changed to keep. They've been provided. Szzuk (talk) 18:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

• Strong Keep. Shouldn't really be much of a debate. He's a retired IFBB professional bodybuilder. This makes him notable per WP:ATHLETE. You can pull almost any Muscle & Fitness or FLEX magazine from about 2005 for verification, and there a number of articles about him - here's one of those.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_5_22/ai_n6082701/]. For a short period of time he was fancied as the next big thing in bodybuilding and as such he was featured on the cover of FLEX twice (October 2004, June 2005) and received a fair bit of coverage. Contrary to the nominee's statement that he only competed as an amatuer, before retiring he actually competed in 6 IFBB professional contests, including the 2005 Mr. Olympia.[http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Fedorov,+Alex]. The statement that he never placed in a professional competition by Szzuk is also erroneous, as he placed in the top 3 of a professional contest twice (2003 and 2004 Russian Grand Prix - where he lost to Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler); and finished in the top 10 four times. I would suggest the nominee reconsider and withdraw this submission as he's clearly notable based on our guidelines for notability. --Yankees76 ^Talk 13:32, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:39, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

• Keep based on Yankees' sources he definately passes our thresholds for notability. doomgaze (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

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