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Dennis Tinerino was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Dennis Tinerino has a verified height of 6'0" (183 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 220 lb (100 kg).

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20 career wins

Dennis Tinerino

GenderMale
Born1945
DiedMay 7, 2010, aged 64
Born inBrooklyn
StatusRetired
High confidence 53 recorded results, Well-verified source Updated August 14, 2026 Accurate?

Dennis Tinerino was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1964–1982.

Across 53 recorded contest results, Dennis Tinerino had 20 first-place finishes (a 37.7% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 53 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.

Dennis Tinerino, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 6'0" (183 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 220 lb (100 kg). He was born in Brooklyn on December 23, 1945 and died on May 7, 2010, aged 64.

Career Record

Total Results
53
Wins
20
Win Rate
37.7%
Career
1964–1982
Height
6'0" (183 cm)
Weight
220 lb (100 kg)
Lifespan
1945-2010 (aged 64)
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
10

Every season on record

1964 to 1982 shown · 53 results on record

Peak Year 1965 (4 wins)

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

1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1975
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1964
Peak Year
1965
Olympia Debut
1977
Last Contest
1982
Dennis Tinerino Olympia Career: 0 title(s). First appeared at the Olympia in 1977 and placed 6. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1977 6 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1978 9 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1979 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1980 8 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1981 7 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1982 14 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

About

Dennis Tinerino (December 23, 1945 – May 7, 2010) was an American bodybuilder, most prominent in the late 1960s and 1970s. He won the Mr. Universe title four times in 1968, 1975, 1980 and 1981 and Mr. World in 1971 in the tall man's category, and Mr. America in 1978. After becoming involved in a life of crime, running one of the biggest escort services in California, he became an international evangelist. The 1983 edition of The Gold's Gym book of bodybuilding cited him as "one of the most successful bodybuilders of the past decade or two". He is an inductee of the National Fitness Hall of Fame, IFBB Hall of Fame and National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

Championship record

Championship appearances

Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one recorded placing at that series, a title is a first place, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every contest on record for Dennis Tinerino, amateur shows included.

Mr. Olympia

9Appearances
0Titles
3Top 3

All contests on record

53Contests
20Wins
35Top 3
Physique benchmark

How Dennis Tinerino 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.

28.0FFMI
27.9Normalised FFMI
213thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Brandon Hendrickson, at 27.7.

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: 73 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 Dennis Tinerino sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

All results

Every contest result on record for Dennis Tinerino, 53 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 Dennis Tinerino competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1982 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 Chris Dickerson
1981 Grand Prix World Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Boyer Coe
1981 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Franco Columbu
1981 Professional World Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Boyer Coe
1981 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1981 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1980 Canada Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Chris Dickerson
1980 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1979 Best in the World Other Divisions #4 Robby Robinson
1979 Canada Diamond Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Roy Callendar
1979 Canada Pro Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Chris Dickerson
1979 Grand Prix Pennsylvania Men's Open Bodybuilding #4
1979 Grand Prix Vancouver Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Roy Callendar
1979 Olympia Other Divisions #2 Mike Mentzer
1979 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Frank Zane
1978 Olympia Other Divisions #4 Robby Robinson
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 Frank Zane
1978 Natural Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1978 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Robby Robinson
1977 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Frank Zane
1977 Olympia Other Divisions #3 Robby Robinson
1975 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Bob Birdsong
1975 World Pro Championships Other Divisions #1 Winner
1973 Mr World Other Divisions #2 Ken Waller
1973 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1972 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1971 Mr World Other Divisions #1 Winner
1971 Pro Mr World Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Boyer Coe
1970 Pro Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Rick Wayne
1969 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1968 Mr Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Junior Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1967 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1967 Mr Universe Other Divisions #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1966 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Sergio Oliva
1966 Mr America Other Divisions #3 Sergio Oliva
1966 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Bob Gajda
1966 Mr USA Other Divisions #1 Winner
1966 Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1965 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Jerry Daniels
1965 Junior Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1965 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 Jerry Daniels
1965 Mr North America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1965 Mr USA Other Divisions #3 Bob Gajda
1965 Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Bob Gajda
1965 Teen Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1965 Teen Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1964 Mr Atlantic Coast Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1964 Mr East Coast Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1964 Teen Mr America Other Divisions #2 Steve Kotis
1964 Teen Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Bud Schosek

Showing 15 of 53 recorded results. Showing all 53 recorded results.

Showing 15 of 20 recorded results. Showing all 20 recorded results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Dennis Tinerino 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.

In 5 meetings, Frank Zane finished ahead of Dennis Tinerino 5 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.