Giant Bodybuilder Who Dreamed Of Being Another ‘The Rock’ Dies

A gym fanatic who worked out twice a day and hoped to
emulate film star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson died after tearing an artery in his
chest, a court heard.

Andrej Gajdos, 19, stood 7ft 2in tall and weighed around 20
stone when he died. The teenager, who was born in Slovakia but later moved to
Weston-super-Mare, collapsed outside a Tesco and could not be revived.

An inquest heard traces of anabolic steroids and
testosterone were found in his body.

Mr Gajdos, a student, died almost instantly due to a
ruptured thoracic aorta.

Dr John Oxley, who carried out the post-mortem exam, told
the court this was extremely unusual in a young person and he had only seen one
other similar case in 15 years. He added he had “never met a man so
big”.

Mr Gajdos had organs which were much larger than usual,
including his heart which weighed 680g, almost twice the normal size of between
400 – 500g.

Mr Oxley told the court: “Steroids would have enlarged
his heart, and having a big heart predisposes thoracic rupture.”