Andrew Jacked Declares Intentions to Defend Texas Professional Title, Qualify for 2023 Olympia

Jacked will take an analogous path to Olympia qualification this yr.

Written by Robert Zeglinski Final up to date on April 5, 2023

On Apr. 3, 2023, Chinedu Andrew Obiekea, aka “Andrew Jacked,” revealed in an Instagram submit that he would compete at this summer time’s 2023 Texas Professional. The bodybuilder is the contest’s defending champion within the Males’s Open division. The competition will function eight separate aggressive lessons: the Open, 212, Ladies’s Physique, Determine, Traditional Physique, Males’s Physique, Bikini, and Wellness. It’s going to happen on Aug. 19, 2023, in Arlington, TX.

Jacked used his 2022 victory as a springboard to achieve qualification into the 2022 Mr. Olympia contest. That efficiency was partly why a bodybuilding legend like four-time Arnold Traditional (AC) champion Ken “Flex” Wheeler asserted Jacked was the next big thing. It seems Jacked can be utilizing an analogous path to dwell as much as the hype in 2023.

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With latest shifts to the 2023 Olympia qualification system — together with the nixing of total factors standings from IFBB Professional League contests — something lower than a victory in Texas will power Jacked to seek out one other avenue to qualify for the Olympia, set to happen Nov. 3-5. Not that this was a selected situation for Jacked in 2022, who was additionally triumphant within the 2022 Arnold Classic UK (ACUK). On the time of this text’s writing, it’s unclear if Jacked may even function within the 2023 version of the ACUK.

As for Jacked’s latest exploits, he’s been protecting busy on stage.

After his Texas Professional and ACUK victories, Jacked would end in eighth place on the 2022 Mr. Olympia. Such a result’s nothing to sneeze at for a competitor of their debut at bodybuilding’s greatest competitors. Jacked would observe that efficiency with a third-place finish at the 2023 AC. Solely champion Samson Dauda and 2022 Olympia third-place finisher Nick Walker (AC runner-up) fared higher.

Within the aftermath of his AC efficiency, Jacked maintained that he “deserved” his result. He appeared to finally channel it as motivation for improved outcomes throughout in any contests he seems in in the course of the yr 2023. Plus, whereas an ethical victory within the AC isn’t what Jacked was looking for, ending forward of different extra established Males’s Open stars like two-time Mr. Olympia (2020, 2021) Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Elssbiay (fourth place) and two-time 212 Olympia champion (2020, 2022) Shaun Clarida (fifth place), and two-time AC winner (2018, 2020) William Bonac (seventh place) is one thing he can hold his hat on.

In a great world for Jacked, such a end within the standings can be a teaser of the electrical energy he brings to aggressive levels within the coming months.

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There’s nonetheless numerous work to do earlier than Jacked establishes himself as a family identify within the bodybuilding sphere. He’s assuredly already acquired the eye of his proficient friends. Profitable a significant contest just like the Olympia might be the subsequent a part of his profession journey. Efficiently defending his Texas Professional title could be step one.

Featured picture: @andrewjacked on Instagram

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