A bodybuilding champion has died after drowning in a shallow lake while out on a fishing trip. Catalin Stefanescu, a former national bodybuilding champion in the 80kg weight category, was found 3ft deep in a lake in Romania's Dambovita County on Sunday.
The 30-year-old athlete and dad is understood to have been fishing with a friend at the time, who returned to find his friend unconscious in the water after briefly heading home.
Stefanescu was pronounced dead at the scene despite the best efforts of paramedics who dashed to the scene.
Police are now conducting investigations into what caused the bodybuilder to drown in the lake.
Representatives from the Dambovita County Police said in a statement: "The police were notified by the administrator of a lake about a deceased person.
"Upon arrival at the scene, the police found that a 30-year-old man, while fishing on a lake in Lazuri, had been found drowned.
"Investigations are underway to establish precisely all the circumstances of the event.'
Stefanescu, who represented Romania in the Classic Bodybuilding over 180 cm category, placed first in 80kg at the At the National Fitness and Bodybuilding Championship.
At the time of his passing he was plying his trade as a fitness trainer in his home city of Targoviste, Romania. Stefanescu leaves behind a wife and a daughter.
