Mangalorean Bodybuilder Roshan Ferrao Wins Gold at Asia-Pacific Championship
 
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RD/CN)
 
Mangalore, Apr 22: Thirty-year-old bodybuilder Roshan Ferrao, an employee of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL), Attavar, has bagged the gold in the International Asia–Pacific Championship organized by National Amateur Body Builders’ Association (NABBA) at Christchurch, New Zealand, recently.
 
Mangalorean Roshan had also bagged a gold medal in the Asia Pacific Bodybuilding Championship held in New Zealand in 2000.

He also won the gold in the All-India Inter State Electricity Board’s Tournament held at Raipur, Chattisgarh in February 20 this year.

Roshan had also bagged 10th rank in the ‘Mr World’ competition held in Germany in 2000, 6th rank in ‘Mr Universe’ held in France in 2001, 7th rank in ‘Mr Universe’ in Spain, and 2nd place in Indo-Pak Peace and Friendship Bodybuilding Championship in Islamabad in 2004. 

He also participated in the ‘Mr World Bodybuilding Championship’ held in Bangalore.  Roshan is the recipient of ‘Bharath Udaya’ in 1999, ‘Bharath Kishore’ in 2000, ‘Bharath Shresta’ in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.  He was ‘Bharath Shree’ four times and ‘Vidyuth Shree’ five times. 

Roshan is a parishioner of Our Lady of Queen of the Universe Church, Ranipura, near here.  He began working out in 1999 and has been training at Zen Gym, Tokkottu near here. 

He joined KPTCL here in 1998 and was confirmed in service in 2000 due to his sports credentials.  Since then, he has been working as a junior assistant in the accounts department in the office of the superintending engineer, located at Attavar.

Roshan is the son of Canute and Dulcine Ferrao and did his initial schooling at his parish school in Ranipura and SSLC at Rosario High School.
 
He thanked all the Daijiworld readers who generously contributed for his expenses abroad. 
 
E-mail: roshanferrao@yahoo.com
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