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Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson won the tall class at the Mr Universe three years running, from 1978 to 1980, and the European Championships six times across three decades. He was British and competed for twenty years.
Known for
Three consecutive Mr Universe class titles from 1978 to 1980, with the European Championships tall class in each of the same years. He had won the World Championships tall class in 1977 and the Mr Britain in 1978.
He then moved to the professional class and kept winning: the European Championships professional title in 1981 and again in 1986, and the World Championships professional title in 1982.
Early career
His recorded career opens in 1971 and the first podiums come in 1973 with second at Mr Europe and third at the Mr Universe. It took six years from there to the first title.
Fifty-one contests are recorded across twenty years, which is one of the longer careers of the era in our database.
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Bill Richardson, 18 in all. The table opens on the first 15 and expands in place from there. Nothing sits on a separate page. Won by names the winner of the division Bill Richardson competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
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| 1991 | Grand Prix Denmark | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Vince Taylor |
| 1990 | Grand Prix Holland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #18 | Thierry Pastel |
| 1990 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Mohammed Benaziza |
| 1988 | Chicago Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #16 | Phil Williams |
| 1988 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #18 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Greece | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Italy | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #16 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Spain (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #17 | Phil Hill |
| 1986 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Lance Dreher |
| 1984 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1983 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1982 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1981 | Pro World Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Sergio Oliva |
| 1981 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Dennis Tinerino |
Showing 15 of 18 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Bill Richardson that source is MuscleMemory. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. That archive no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name here and not offered as a link.
Every professional season
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1981
- Last Contest
- 1991
Amateur and other shows not counted above
33 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
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| 1986 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #1 |
| 1986 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #5 |
| 1984 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #4 |
| 1983 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #4 |
| 1982 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #2 |
| 1982 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #1 |
| 1981 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #1 |
| 1981 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #5 |
| 1980 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1980 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1980 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #6 |
| 1979 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1979 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1979 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1978 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1978 | Mr Britain | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1978 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1978 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1977 | European Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 |
| 1977 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1977 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 |
| 1977 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #3 |
| 1977 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1976 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 |
| 1976 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1975 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 |
| 1974 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 |
| 1974 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #5 |
| 1973 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 |
| 1973 | Mr Europe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1973 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #3 |
| 1972 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #4 |
| 1971 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #5 |
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Legacy
Richardson won at amateur and professional level, in three different decades, in a country whose bodybuilding history is barely documented online. Eleven wins and nine further podiums, and no biography of him anywhere.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 9 meetings, Albert Beckles finished ahead of Bill Richardson 9 times to 0.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
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Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover his record from 1971 to 1991.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 18 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
Missing from this profile
No height or weight on record.