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).
20 career wins
Dennis Tinerino
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)
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Verified
- Sources
- 10
Every season on record
Peak Year 1965 (4 wins)
Measured against Dennis Tinerino’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1964
- Peak Year
- 1965
- Olympia Debut
- 1977
- Last Contest
- 1982
| 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 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
All contests on record
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.
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.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won 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 15 of 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.
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →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.

