Ian Lawrence is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 bodybuilding

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their...

 champion who won the 1975 Mr. Universe

Universe Championships

The Universe Championships are an annual bodybuilding event organised by the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association . It has a number of competitions: NABBA Amateur Mr. Universe, Miss Figure, and Miss Toned Figure....

 (amateur) competition.

Lawrence was born on September 21, 1948. He initially began weight training

Weight training

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 while playing rugby

Rugby football

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 for the Kelso Firsts, when he was a young man.

At the age of 16 Lawrence began bodybuilding, and in the years that followed won several local physique contests. In 1973 he won the Mr. Scotland contest, and in 1975 he became the first Scottish bodybuilder in nearly 20 years to win Mr. Britain

Mr. Britain

Mr. Britain is a bodybuilding contest that has existed since the early 1930s. From 1957 to the present day it has been sponsored by the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association .-Mr Britain HSL :* 1930 — William T Coggins...

. Later that same year he became the first Scottish bodybuilder ever to win the Mr. Universe title, and also the first Scottish bodybuilder ever to win the Mr. World title.

Lawrence is now a representative and show organiser for the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA)

National Amateur Bodybuilders Association

The National Amateur Bodybuilders Association is an organisation founded in 1950 to promote bodybuilding, originally just for the United Kingdom. The first contest it organised was the NABBA Mr. Universe which was held on 24 June 1950 and won by Steve Reeves...

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List of competitions

Year	Competition	Category/Class	Result
1973	NABBA Mr. Scotland		winner
1973	NABBA Mr. Universe	short	6th
1974	NABBA Mr. Britain		2nd
1974	Mr. Europe	short	2nd
1974	NABBA Mr. Universe	short	1st
1974	AAU Mr. World	short	winner
1974	AAU Mr. World		winner
1974	AAU Mr. World	most muscular	2nd
1975	NABBA Mr. Britain		winner
1975	Mr. Europe	short	1st
1975	Mr. Europe		overall winner
1975	NABBA Mr. Universe	short	1st
1975	NABBA Mr. Universe		overall winner
1975	AAU Mr. World		overall winner
1980	NABBA Universe Pro.		3rd
1980	WABBA World Championships	professional	5th
1981	WABBA European Championships	professional	2nd
1981	WABBA Pro. World Cup		8th
1982	NABBA Universe Pro.		4th
1982	WABBA World Championships	professional	3rd
1983	NABBA Universe Pro.		2nd
1983	WABBA World Championships	professional	5th
1987	NABBA Universe Pro.		did not place
1988	NABBA Universe Pro.		8th
2002	NABBA Mr. Universe	masters 50 plus	1st