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1x 212 Olympia, 2008

David Henry

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David Henry won the first 202-pound Olympia title in 2008 and finished second at four more. He served as a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force through most of his competitive career.

Known for

The 2008 Olympia 202 Showdown was the first time the capped division was contested at the Olympia and Henry won it. He was runner-up in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013 and, apart from a ninth place in 2014, stayed in the top six until 2018.

He competed at fifteen Olympias, 2005 through 2020, one of the longest runs in this database, and he was second at the 2014 Arnold Classic.

Early career

He won the middleweight class at the 2002 Nationals and the Olympia Wildcard Showdown in 2005. The professional wins run from the Tampa Pro in 2008 and 2009 through the Sheru Classic and Europa SuperShow in 2012 to the Legion Sports Fest Pro in 2019 and, in the masters class, 2021.

His competition schedule is one of the heaviest in the corpus.

Championship record

Where the titles came from

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 David Henry.

212 Olympia

12Appearances
1Title
5Top 3

Mr. Olympia

4Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

Arnold Classic

8Appearances
0Titles
3Top 3

All contests on record

67Contests
11Wins
34Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for David Henry, 67 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 David Henry competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
2024 IFBB Japan Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #5 Kerrith Bajjo
2024 IFBB Tampa Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Jordan Janowitz
2024 Lenda Murray Atlanta Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Kerrith Bajjo
2023 IFBB Van City Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Hossein Kalateh
2023 Masters Olympia Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding (Masters 40+) #2 Hidetada Yamagishi
2022 Arnold Classic United Kingdom Men's 212 Bodybuilding #5 Naser Mohamed
2022 IFBB Japan Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Sung Yeop Jang
2021 IFBB Legion Sports Fest Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding (Masters 40+) #1 Winner
2021 IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Douglas Connor
2020 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #12 Shaun Clarida
2019 IFBB Legion Sports Fest Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2019 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #11 Kamal Elgargni
2018 Arnold Classic Men's 212 Bodybuilding #4 Kamal Elgargni
2018 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #6 Flex Lewis
2017 Arnold Classic Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Ahmad Hamad Ashkanani
2017 Asia Grand Prix Men's 212 Bodybuilding #4 Flex Lewis
2017 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #4 Flex Lewis
2016 Arnold Classic Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Hidetada Yamagishi
2016 Korean Grand Prix Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Flex Lewis
2016 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #5 Flex Lewis
2015 IFBB EVLS Prague Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Jose Raymond
2015 Korean Grand Prix Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Flex Lewis
2015 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #4 Flex Lewis
2015 Prague Pro Championships Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Jose Raymond
2014 Arnold Classic Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Flex Lewis
2014 Australia Pro Grand Prix Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Shawn Rhoden
2014 Korean Grand Prix Men's 212 Bodybuilding #5 Flex Lewis
2014 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #9 Flex Lewis
2013 Europa Phoenix Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2013 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Flex Lewis
2013 Sheru Classic Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2012 IFBB Europa SuperShow Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2012 IFBB Sheru Classic Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2012 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Flex Lewis
2010 Jacksonville Pro Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2010 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Kevin English
2009 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Kevin English
2009 New York Pro Championships Men's 212 Bodybuilding #3 Kevin English
2009 Tampa Pro Championships Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2008 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 Dexter Jackson
2008 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 Phil Heath
2008 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #15 Dexter Jackson
2008 212 Olympia Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2008 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Kai Greene
2008 New York Pro Championships Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Kevin English
2008 Tampa Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Toney Freeman
2008 Tampa Pro Championships Men's 212 Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2007 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 Victor Martinez
2007 Atlantic City Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Johnnie O. Jackson
2007 Colorado Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Kai Greene
2007 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Toney Freeman
2007 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 Jay Cutler
2006 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 Dexter Jackson
2006 Colorado Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Phil Heath
2006 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Lee Priest
2006 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Jay Cutler
2006 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Phil Heath
2005 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 Dexter Jackson
2005 Europa Supershow Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Branch Warren
2005 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Gustavo Badell
2005 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 Ronnie Coleman
2005 Olympia Wildcard Showdown Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2005 San Francisco Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Chris Cormier
2005 Toronto Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Darrem Charles
2004 Florida Pro Xtreme Challenge Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 Darrem Charles
2004 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Dexter Jackson
2004 San Francisco Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Dexter Jackson

Showing 15 of 67 professional results. Showing all 67 professional results.

Showing 15 of 16 professional results. Showing all 16 professional results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for David Henry those sources are MuscleMemory and NPC Contests. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.

Every professional season

2004 to 2024 shown · 67 professional results

Peak Year 2008 (2 wins)

Measured against David Henry’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
2004
First Win
2005
Peak Year
2008
Last Contest
2024

David Henry at the Olympia, year by year

David Henry at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 2005. Unplaced appearance in 2006 has no point on the chart. The 212 Olympia, the men's bodybuilding title for competitors at or under 212 lb, is not on this chart: 12 appearances and 1 title, listed in the championship record below. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
2005 14 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2007 10 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2008 15 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

Physique benchmark

How David Henry 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.

31.4FFMI
32.3Normalised FFMI
106thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Lee Haney, at 32.1.

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 David Henry sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

4 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
YearContestDivisionPlace
2010 Battle of Champions Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2
2002 Nationals Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) #1
2002 USA Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) #2
2001 Nationals Men's Bodybuilding (Middleweight) #11

Legacy

The 212 division exists in its current form partly because the 2008 experiment worked, and Henry is the man who won it. He did it while serving full time in the Air Force, which is not a combination the sport has produced twice.

In 11 meetings, Gustavo Badell finished ahead of David Henry 11 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.

Sources

Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover his professional record from 2004 onward.

His Air Force service and his status as the first 202 Olympia champion are carried from the biography previously held against his record in our corpus.

In 2008 he entered both the open class and the new 202 class at the New York Pro, the Tampa Pro and the Olympia, so each of those contests carries a placing in each class.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 67 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.

High confidence 67 professional results, Well-verified source Updated October 1, 2026 Accurate?

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