The Mr. America Bodybuilding World Competition Mike Mentzer

Name: Mike Mentzer

Nickname: Mike

Height: 5ft 8″ (172 cm)

Weight: 102 kg (225 lbs)  

Competition Weight: 102 kg (225 lbs)

D.O.B: November 15, 1951

Mr. Olympia: 1980 (5th) 

Died: June 10, 2001 (age 49)

 The best mass muscles man Mike Mentzer started competing in local physique best contests when he was eighteen. His first and best contest was in 1969. In 1971 he suffered his worst defeat, placing 10th at the AAU Mr. America, which was won by Casey Viator. Mike Mentzer considered his presence at this contest most important later on, as it was here that  Mike Mentzer  met Viator who gave Mike Mentzer the contact information for his trainer Arthur Jones. After a short break, Mike returned to competition in 1975 at the Mr. America, placing third behind Robby Robinson and Roger Callard. Mike Mentzer went on to win that competition the next year, in 1976. He won the 1977 North America championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, and competed a week later at the 1977 Mr. Universe in Nîmes, France placing second to Kal Szkalak. Mike won so many world competition.

In 1978, Mike Mentzer won the Mr. Universe in Mexico with the first and only best perfect 300 score. Mike Mentzer became IFBB a professional bodybuilder after that 1978 Universe win.In late 1979, Mike Mentzer won the best heavyweight class of the Mr. Olympia, again with a perfect 300 score, but he lost in the overall to Frank Zane who was awarded the title for a third time achive that year. In the 1980 Mr. Olympia