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Octavio Maginnis Castro

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Octavio Maginnis "Tavi" Castro (born 3 February 1990) is a Mexican-born Dutch-Canadian body builder, DJ/music producer, entrepreneur and former soccer player who currently lives in the Netherlands. Castro has won international body building titles and has a sizable social media following. He is sometimes also called the “Arnold Schwarzenegger” of the Netherlands.

Early life[edit]

Octavio Maginnis Castro better known as Tavi Castro was born on February 3rd 1990 in Guadalajara, Mexico. At the age of 4 Castro and his family moved to Canada where they settled in Edmonton, Alberta.

Soccer[edit]

Castro enjoyed playing football for the majority of his youth and even made it to the Canadian Youth National team where he played as a talented midfielder on the u-16 and u-20 teams. At the age of 17 he moved to Europe in pursuit of a professional soccer career. In the Netherlands Castro has played for the youth teams of several notable dutch clubs such as FC Dordrecht, FC Cambuur, Vitesse and Feyenoord.

Education[edit]

While waiting for his big break in soccer Castro decided to get an education, becoming the first person in his family to attend a University. Combining team sports and his difficult study schedule proved harder than he initially thought. At age 18 he decided to leave soccer behind and focus his attention on his studies. Castro now has a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace engineering from the Delft University of Technology and is completing finishing his Master’s degree in Aerospace engineering.

Body building career[edit]

During his soccer days Castro was regularly visiting the gym. After leaving soccer he continued to train at the gym to maintain his conditioning. After spending a few years in fitness training Castro decided to move to body building as an outlet and to satisfy his competitive urges. Castro didn’t have a lot of money, without the aid of a coach and wanting to stay away from anabolic steroids, he taught himself how to maximize his body naturally by reading many books on the subject matter and constantly testing what works. He initially started doing bodybuilding competitions as a way of earning some cash. Castro is also the founder and CEO of Body Engineers International. A company that provides fitness and body building training and advice, clothing, etc. With his newfound wealth and experience Castro wants to providing financial and promotional support for upcoming fitness athletes.

Bodybuilding Titles[edit]

Castro has won the following body building titles[1]

  • 2012 Musclemania Junior Champion Europe 1st Place
  • 2012 Musclemania Junior Champion Britain 1st Place and 2nd Place in the Category Fitness Modeling
  • 2012 Musclemania World Model Overall Champion USA 1st Place

Music career[edit]

Castro is currently also active as a DJ and music producer signed with Netherlands-based EDM label Spinnin’ Records. He released several singles and music videos to date. Castro also regularly DJ’s at some of the biggest EDM events such as Tomorrow Land. Castro also has released music on his own record label Tavi Records.

Business ventures[edit]

Castro is a serial entrepreneur and founder of several businesses. His businesses include Body Engineers International and 4INVICTUS. Castro is CEO and founder of Body Engineers International. Body Engineers International started as a project in 2012 to help students and business individuals with busy schedules get fit and improve their health. Now it is an online platform where Castro teaches the most important principles of building a great physique and provides health and fitness information to his students. Tavi Castro is also co-founder and co-owner together with Lazar Angelov, of sports clothing brand 4INVICTUS.

Personal life[edit]

Car accident[edit]

On the morning of january 25th 2016 while driving on the A2 highway Castro was involved in a car accident. According to his management, Castro’s drove on the A2 highway in his Maserati GranTurismo when his car slipped and collided with two other cars and then came to a stop at the crash barrier. Luckily he walked away from it with only a concussion and a few minor injuries.[2]

Fatherhood[edit]

On august 24th 2017, Tavi Castro and his current girlfriend Bulgarian fitness model and entrepreneur Yanita Yancheva became the parents of their baby daughter Avia Castro.

Social media[edit]

Castro is a big personality on social media with close to 8 million followers on Facebook, 2.2 million followers on Instagram, 85 thousand subscribers on YouTube.


References[edit]


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  1. "Business Building". Musclemania. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  2. "Fitness model Tavi Castro overleeft ongeluk met Maserati op A2". FunX.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2017-12-03.