Octavio Robert Maginnis "Tavi" Castro (born February 3, 1990) is a Mexican-born Canadian bodybuilder, Actor, entrepreneur and DJ who lives in the

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. Castro has won several Musclemania international bodybuilding titles to date. Given the title "The Real Aquaman" for his free diving stunts and super hero physique.

Early life and education

Octavio Maginnis Castro better known as Tavi Castro was born on February 3, 1990, in Guadalajara,

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. At the age of 4 Castro and his family moved to

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and settled in

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. Castro played soccer for the majority of his youth and also played as a midfielder on the Canadian Youth National soccer team. At the age of 17, he moved to Europe to pursue a professional soccer career. In the Netherlands Castro played for the youth team of FC Dordrecht. At age 18, Castro left soccer in order to attend University and focus on his study. Castro has a bachelor's degree in Aerospace engineering from the

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(Technische Universiteit Delft) and is completing his master's degree in

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Career

From his time as a soccer player Castro regularly went to the gym. After leaving soccer he continued to train at the gym to maintain his conditioning. After years of

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Castro moved to

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. He started doing bodybuilding competitions as a way of earning some extra cash. In 2012, Castro won 1st Place in the Musclemania Britain Junior bodybuilding Championship and 1st Place in the Musclemania Europe Junior bodybuilding Championship, as well as 1st Place in the Musclemania World Model Overall Championship USA. During his Aerospace engineering study in 2012 Castro founded the largely popular online coaching and clothing brand Body Engineers In September 2016, Castro also launched his professional career as DJ and music producer after he got signed with Netherlands-based Electronic Dance Music label

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. Tavi Castro – “Survive” signed to the revered Spinnin’ Records in 2016, the track went on to make the Top 30 in Spotify’s Global Viral Top 50, along with gaining major support from

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, and Dimitri Vegas In 2017 Tavi Castro – Moonlight ft ( Jay Fonseca ) broke the iTunes top 40 charts in the Netherlands and took top spot for 2 weeks In a quick rise to popularity Tavi Castro debut at the Tomorrowland Music Festival in Boom Belgium in 2017 closing his set with his own production Tavi Castro – Unity.

Awards

Castro has won the following bodybuilding titles * 2012 Musclemania Junior Champion Britain 1st Place and 2nd Place in the Category Fitness Modeling * 2012 Musclemania Junior Champion Europe 1st Place * 2012 Musclemania World Model Overall Champion USA 1st Place

Personal life

On the morning of January 25, 2016, Castro was involved in a car accident on the A2 highway. His management confirmed that Castro was driving on the A2 highway in his Maserati GranTurismo when his car got offtrack and collided with two other cars then coming to a standstill at the crash barrier. Luckily Castro walked away from it with only a concussion and a few minor injuries. On August 24, 2017, Tavi Castro and his girlfriend, Bulgarian fitness model and entrepreneur Yanita Yancheva became the parents of their baby daughter Avia Castro.

Popularity & The Real Aquaman

Tavi Castro has a large following on social media with 10.3 million followers on Facebook, 4.2 million followers on Instagram, and 760k followers on tik tok. Tavi Castro exploded in popularity online since 2022 his free diving achievements and underwater videos went viral earning him the title " The Real Aquaman" which eventually lead to Tavi Castro joining the promotional run of Aquaman and the lost Kingdom starring Jason Momoa and directed by James Wan. He has been recorded holding his breath without any assistance for over 6.5 minutes and diving to depths of 100 meters without scuba apparatus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Tavi 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexican emigrants to Canada Canadian male bodybuilders Canadian emigrants to the Netherlands 21st-century Canadian sportsmen