Choon Tan/Metro.co.ukMeet Choon Tan – Britain’s smallest bodybuilder.
Choon, 21, is Britain’s smallest competitive bodybuilder at only 4ft 10in. he has a rare genetic birth defect called x-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, which impairs bone growth and can cause pain and other physical complications, Metro.co.uk reports.
Choon Tan/Metro.co.ukChoon told the Metro:
Finding out that I had a genetic defect and that I would not be the same as everyone else confused me as a child.
I didn’t feel that I was as good or the same as everyone else. I got bullied and tormented because of it.
Those several years were undoubtedly the worst of my life, but it is what led me to an incredible eye-opening journey.
Choon Tan/Metro.co.ukHe felt as he was smaller he would try and grow the only way he could, through bodybuilding, to help build his self-confidence.
He started by changing his diet and doing weight exercise sessions five times a week. Not only did it allow him to cope with his condition physically, it also helped him mentally, as he suffered from depression at various points in his life.
Choon Tan/Metro.co.ukNow Choon competes in the Men’s Physique section for the UKBFF Federation, and wants to inspire more people like him to change their lives.
He says:
My main ambition now is to inspire people to believe in themselves. And to know that they too can change their lives, no matter what the situation.
