Meet Don Akim , Body Builder And His British Fiancee

Don Akim, The Nigerian body builder and his British Fiancee, the are both World body Building Champions.

Engaged couples are usually so neck-deep in wedding invitations, seating plans and bridesmaid dresses that they find it difficult to make time for hobbies they already have, let alone new ones.

But then you can tell simply by looking at them that Don Akim, 43, and Rosanna Beckett, 33, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, are no ordinary couple.

 

Just four months ago, the betrothed pair began bodybuilding together, and they are now celebrating becoming the first ever couple to both win world championship honours at the same event, having picked up three trophies between them at the Miami Pro World Champions held in St Albans – beating more than 200 athletes to the awards.

In the four months leading up to the world champions, the duo spent 14 hours a week in their local gym.

Ship worker Don Akim said: ‘The judges didn’t even realise we were a couple – when we told them they were like “wow”.

‘Rosanna went up first and I was over the moon when she won. I had to wait a nerve-racking few minutes before I was chosen, but I was thrilled.’

Dancer and mother-of-one Rosanna said: ‘I found the competition on the internet – I think I was looking for a new bikini body diet.
Rosanna said: ‘It’s always at the back of my mind that my body won’t last forever so I want to make the most of it now’

‘I saw the contestants and thought ‘I want to look like that’, so I signed up to the competition.