Hey ho, Jeremiah!

TAKE a glance at Jeremiah Rukong and you would not believe that this bodybuilder could gobble up a dozen mooncakes at one go.

    “I just love them. Every time the (mooncake) festival approaches, I would go out hunting these treats, especially those with the salted egg’s yolk filling,” says the 37-year-old medical laboratory technologist.

     Jeremiah first entered the sport in 1998, during his college days. His first competition was Mr Junior Sarawak 2000, where he placed first runner-up.

     Let’s get to know Jeremiah more, shall we?

Birthday: Nov 21, 1980

Ancestry: Bidayuh-Chinese

Hometown/City: Bau District, Sarawak

Status: Married, With Three Children

Hobby: Music, Cooking

Category: Bodybuilding — Light Middleweight & Above

Favourite Workout: Chest Training

Favourite Stage Pose: ‘Abdominal and Thigh’

Motto: ‘Never give up and always give my best!’

ID Facebook: Jeremie Proflex

ID Instagram: @jeremieproflex

ACHIEVEMENTS

➧Mr Miri 2012 & 2013 – Sarawak (Champion of Champions)

➧Mr Kuching 2014 – Sarawak (Champion of Champions)

➧Mr Farley Bintulu 2014 – Sarawak (Champion of Champions)

➧Mr Sarawak 2015 – Kuching, Sarawak (First Runner-Up Middleweight & Best Poser)

➧Mr Babulang 2016 – Limbang, Sarawak (Champion of Champions)

➧Mr Sejiwa Senada 2016 – Sri Aman, Sarawak (Champion of Champions)

➧Mr Borneo 2014 – Kota Belud, Sabah (First Runner-Up 80kg & Above)

➧FitWhey Classic 4.0 Bodybuilding Championships 2015 – Bangkok, Thailand (Top 6 — Open Challenge: 75kg & Above Category)

➧Nabba Singapore Grand Prix 2016 – Singapore (First Runner-Up for both Novice Bodybuilding and Men’s Sportmodel S-Class - 165-170cm categories)

TRIVIA

➧Jeremiah says he is inspired by Hungarian bodybuilder Peter Molnar.

➧He can play the guitar quite well – his favourite tune is Extreme’s ‘More Than Words’.

➧He once worked part-time as a bartender, when he was 19. He stayed on mixing drinks at a restaurant in Kuching City for two years. “I was quite good at it too,” he quips.

➧Jeremiah loves cooking. His favourite dish? Spaghetti...!

➧He also plays wicked table tennis and has some martial art skills.

➧His lecturer brought him to the gym in 1998 – marking his entry in bodybuilding.