From his official site..
Silvio Samuel Saviour was born in 1975 in Brazil, but soon moved with his six sisters and one brother to Nigeria. As is the custom in Nigeria, he answers to any one of three given names. Ivan Ganev, the coach of the Nigerian national weightlifting team, spotted him playing soccer when he was 14. He recognized the youth's potential for powerlifting and invited to join the team. Two months later he entered his first meet as a junior and won.
Over the next few years he set powerlifting records for Nigeria and Africa that still haven't been broken. Traveling with the National Team, he developed a appetite for new places and languages (he speaks eight fluently today).
http://www.savioursworld.com/