Tavi Castro

Octavio Robert Maginnis "Tavi" Castro (born February 3, 1990) is a Mexican-born Dutch-Canadian bodybuilder, entrepreneur, DJ, Actor and former soccer player who lives in the Netherlands. Castro has won several Musclemania international bodybuilding titles to date. Early life and education Octavio Maginnis Castro better known as Tavi Castro was born on February 3, 1990 in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] At the age of 4 Castro and his family moved to Canada and settled in Edmonton, Alberta. Castro played soccer for the majority of his youth and also played as a midfielder on the Canadian Youth National soccer team.[2] 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.[3] 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 TU Delft (Technische Universiteit Delft) and is completing his master's degree in Aerospace Engineering.[4][5] 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 fitness training Castro moved to bodybuilding.[6] 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 [7][8][9] 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 Spinnin' Records.[10][11][12][13][14][15] 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 Martin Garrix, Tiësto, and Dimitri Vegas[16] In 2017 Tavi Castro - Moonlight ft ( Jay fonseca ) broke the iTunes top 40 charts in the Netherlands and took top spot for 2 weeks[17][18]