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5 career wins

Dennis Tinerino

GenderMale
Born1945
DiedMay 7, 2010, aged 64
Born inBrooklyn
StatusRetired

Dennis Tinerino was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1969–1982.

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 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 Dennis Tinerino.

Mr. Olympia

6Appearances
0Titles
1Top 3

All contests on record

26Contests
5Wins
12Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Dennis Tinerino, 26 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 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 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Frank Zane
1979 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #2 Mike Mentzer
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 Frank Zane
1978 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #4 Robby Robinson
1978 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Robby Robinson
1977 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Frank Zane
1977 Mr. Olympia Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #3 Robby Robinson
1975 Universe - Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Boyer Coe
1975 World Pro Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #1 Winner
1973 Universe - Pro Division not recorded (Tall) #1 Winner
1972 Universe - Pro Division not recorded (Tall) #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 Division not recorded (Tall) #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger

Showing 15 of 26 professional results. Showing all 26 professional 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.

Every professional season

1969 to 1982 shown · 26 professional results

Peak Year 1981 (2 wins)

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

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1975
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1969
First Win
1972
Olympia Debut
1977
Peak Year
1981
Last Contest
1982

Dennis Tinerino at the Olympia, year by year

Dennis Tinerino at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 1977. 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

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

Amateur and other shows not counted above

27 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
1979 Best in the World Division not recorded (Professional) #4
1978 Natural Mr America Division not recorded (Professional) #1
1973 Mr World Division not recorded (Tall) #2
1971 Mr World Division not recorded (Tall) #1
1968 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Tall) #1
1967 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1967 Junior Mr America Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #1
1967 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1967 Mr America Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #1
1967 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Tall) #2
1966 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #6
1966 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #6
1966 Mr America Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #3
1966 Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1966 Mr USA Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #1
1965 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3
1965 Junior Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1965 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #9
1965 Mr North America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1965 Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #2
1965 Mr USA Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #3
1965 Teen Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1965 Teen Mr America Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #1
1964 Mr Atlantic Coast Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1964 Mr East Coast Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1964 Teen Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3
1964 Teen Mr America Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #2

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.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 26 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 26 professional results, Well-verified source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?