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Bill Richardson is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United Kingdom.
11 career wins
Bill Richardson
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Bill Richardson, a bodybuilder from the United Kingdom, was born on November 15, 1947 and is 78 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 51
- Wins
- 11
- Win Rate
- 21.6%
- Career
- 1971–1991
- Age
- 78
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Verified
- Sources
- 3
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.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 51 recorded 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.
Every season on record
Peak Year 1978 (3 wins)
Measured against Bill Richardson’s own seasons, not against the field.
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1971
- First Win
- 1977
- Peak Year
- 1978
- Last Contest
- 1991
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.
All results
Every contest result on record for Bill Richardson, 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1986 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Lance Dreher |
| 1986 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #5 | Thierry Pastel |
| 1984 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1984 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #4 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1983 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1983 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #4 | Serge Nubret |
| 1982 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1982 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1982 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1981 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1981 | Pro World Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Sergio Oliva |
| 1981 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Robby Robinson |
| 1981 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #5 | Edouard Kawak |
| 1980 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1980 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1980 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #6 | Sergio Oliva |
| 1979 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1979 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1979 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Coco Etienne |
| 1978 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | Mr Britain | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Gabin Lambert |
| 1977 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Coco Etienne |
| 1977 | European Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Jacques Neuville |
| 1977 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Eddie McDonough |
| 1977 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #3 | Jim Morris |
| 1977 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1976 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Bertil Fox |
| 1976 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #2 | Ben Herder |
| 1975 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Ian Lawrence |
| 1974 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Eddie McDonough |
| 1974 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #5 | Chen Choy Wint |
| 1973 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Roy Duval |
| 1973 | Mr Europe | Other Divisions | #2 | Norbert Albrecht |
| 1973 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #3 | Paul Grant |
| 1972 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #4 | Paul Grant |
| 1971 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #5 | Ken Waller |
Showing 15 of 51 recorded 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.
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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.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover his record from 1971 to 1991.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 8 meetings, Robby Robinson finished ahead of Bill Richardson 8 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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