The people of Shiraz welcomed Hadi Choopan at the airport

The teenager also practiced boxing for a while, and the blows he received led to his partial loss of hearing. He later said he never looked at this problem as a weakness but accepted it as part of life.

He left boxing at the age of 18, and, with the support of his brother, became a professional bodybuilder. Three years later, at the age of 21, he was crowned champion of Fars Province and reached the third place in the national competition. At the time, he measured 1.68 meter and had a weight of 68 kilograms.