Yahya Butt یحییٰ بٹ
Bodybuilder
Yahya Butt after Mr Pakistan Olympia 2001
Personal info
Born	(1965-04-23)23 April 1965 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Died	6 February 2022(2022-02-06) (aged 56) Lahore, Pakistan
Height	5.9 ft (180 cm)
Weight	Contest: 194 lb (88 kg) Off season: 260 lb (118 kg)
Professional career
Best win	3 Times Mr. Asia (Gold 1990) Mr . Pakistan (Gold - 1986) 5 Times Mr Pakistan's Olympia (1992 - 2004)

Yahya Butt (1961/1962 – 6 February 2022) was a leading bodybuilder in Pakistan. He won the Asian Gold Medal three times. He was also the chairman of Punjab Bodybuilding Association.^[1] Butt succumbed to bowel cancer and died on 6 February 2022 at a local hospital in Lahore.^[2]

Butt had won the Mr. Pakistan Olympia title five times and represented Pakistan four times in the Mr. Universe competitions.^[2] Butt won the Mr. Asia title in 1994.^[3] Yahya Butt was also a Certified Trainer from Gold's Gym California, USA. He was a police officer in the Punjab Police. Yahya had retired to divert his attention to bodybuilding. He ran his own gym and ran a sports manufacturing company to manufacture gym equipment.^[4]

Personal life and death

Butt died on 6 February 2022 at a local hospital in Lahore. He contracted COVID-19 in 2020 and, after recovering from it, was diagnosed with colon cancer.^[5]

Provincial Sports Minister Rai Taimoor Khan expressed grief over his demise and said that Yahya Butt's bodybuilding services could never be forgotten.^[1]

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