7 career wins
Charles Clairmonte
Charles Clairmonte won the professional Mr Universe three years running, from 1988 to 1990, and four Grand Prix contests in 1993 alone. He was British and competed at five Mr. Olympias.
Known for
Three consecutive professional Universe titles, with the World Championships professional title in 1990 alongside the third. Nobody else in this database holds that run.
1993 produced four Grand Prix wins in one season, in Spain, England, France and Finland, and he was third at the 1995 Arnold Classic.
Early career
He won the European Championships tall class in 1985 and the Mr Universe tall class in 1986, and was runner-up at the Mr Britain and the Mr Universe in 1985.
His Olympia record is five appearances between 1993 and 1997, with a best of seventh.
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Charles Clairmonte.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Charles Clairmonte, 35 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 Charles Clairmonte competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1997 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Dorian Yates |
| 1996 | Grand Prix Czech Republic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Nasser El Sonbaty |
| 1996 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dorian Yates |
| 1996 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Dorian Yates |
| 1996 | Grand Prix Russia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Nasser El Sonbaty |
| 1996 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dorian Yates |
| 1996 | Grand Prix Switzerland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Nasser El Sonbaty |
| 1996 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Dorian Yates |
| 1995 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Michael Francois |
| 1995 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Vince Taylor |
| 1995 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Vince Taylor |
| 1995 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1995 | Grand Prix Russia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1995 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1995 | Grand Prix Ukraine | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Vince Taylor |
| 1995 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dorian Yates |
| 1995 | San Jose Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Michael Francois |
| 1994 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Dorian Yates |
| 1994 | Grand Prix France (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1994 | Grand Prix Italy | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1994 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Dorian Yates |
| 1993 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1993 | Grand Prix Finland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1993 | Grand Prix France (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1993 | Grand Prix Germany (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1993 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1993 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dorian Yates |
| 1993 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Porter Cottrell |
| 1992 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #17 | Dorian Yates |
| 1992 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1992 | Grand Prix Holland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Mohammed Benaziza |
| 1990 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1988 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
Showing 15 of 35 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Charles Clairmonte 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
Peak Year 1993 (4 wins)
Measured against Charles Clairmonte’s own seasons, not against the field.
- Pro Debut
- 1988
- Olympia Debut
- 1993
- Last Contest
- 1997
Charles Clairmonte at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 7 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1994 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1995 | 10 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1996 | 9 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1997 | 12 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
How Charles Clairmonte measures up
Fat-free mass index turns the height and weight on this profile into one number for how much muscle a frame carries, so a shorter competitor is not flattered by a bodyweight comparison. The normalised figure adjusts it again to a standard height, which is the version worth ranking. Both assume the 6% body fat a competitor steps on stage at, because that is the only condition the recorded weight was taken in.
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Sergio Oliva, at 30.4.
What this rank is not. This database holds a height and a weight for just 463 athletes, and they are overwhelmingly the ones somebody bothered to measure: 74 of them hold an Olympia title. Almost every competitor on record carries no measurement at all. The pool also mixes every division and era together, from the lightweight women's classes to the open heavyweights, so it ranks size and nothing else. It says where Charles Clairmonte sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #1 |
| 1986 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1986 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #3 |
| 1985 | European Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1985 | Mr Britain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 |
| 1985 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
More Men's Open Bodybuilding athletes Athletes from United Kingdom
Legacy
British bodybuilding produced a run of world-class professionals in the late eighties and early nineties and their records are almost entirely unwritten. Three Universe titles and four Grand Prix wins is the strongest of them.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 26 meetings, Kevin Levrone finished ahead of Charles Clairmonte 22 times to 4.
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.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1985 to 1997.
Contests of this era awarded a height or weight CLASS title and then a separate OVERALL, and some gave a Most Muscular award. A class win and an overall placing at the same contest are both correct, and a Most Muscular row is a prize given at that contest rather than a win of it.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 35 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.

