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Edouard Kawak is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.
12 career wins
Edouard Kawak
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Edouard Kawak, a bodybuilder from the United States, was born on February 28, 1959 and is 67 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 37
- Wins
- 12
- Win Rate
- 32.4%
- Career
- 1980–1999
- Age
- 67
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Verified
- Sources
- 2
Edouard Kawak won the professional Mr Universe five times, in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1993, and the World Championships professional title three times. He competed at three Mr. Olympias.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 37 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.
Every season on record
Peak Year 1984 (3 wins)
Measured against Edouard Kawak’s own seasons, not against the field.
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1980
- Peak Year
- 1984
- Olympia Debut
- 1986
- Last Contest
- 1999
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 13 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1987 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Known for
Five professional Universe titles is the record and four of them were consecutive. Alongside them he won the World Championships professional class in 1981, 1984 and 1990 and the European Championships professional title in 1982, 1984 and 1985.
The 1984 and 1985 seasons are the peak: Universe, European and World titles in 1984, then Universe and European again in 1985.
Early career
His record opens in 1980 with a World Championships medium-class win and runs to 1993. He was at the Mr. Olympia in 1986, 1987 and 1988, placing thirteenth and then eighth.
The last title, the 1993 professional Universe, came eight years after the run of four.
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 Edouard Kawak, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
4Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3
All contests on record
37Contests
12Wins
20Top 3
All results
Every contest result on record for Edouard Kawak, 37 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 Edouard Kawak competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Vince Taylor |
| 1996 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1995 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Gianpiero Cataldi |
| 1993 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1992 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Peter Reid |
| 1991 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #3 | Olev Annus |
| 1990 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Charles Clairmonte |
| 1989 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Basil Francis |
| 1988 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #17 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Greece | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1988 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Lee Haney |
| 1988 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Mike Christian |
| 1987 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1987 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1987 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Lee Haney |
| 1987 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Gary Strydom |
| 1987 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Ron Love |
| 1986 | Los Angeles Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1986 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Lee Haney |
| 1986 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Lee Labrada |
| 1986 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Rich Gaspari |
| 1985 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1985 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1985 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #3 | Samir Bannout |
| 1984 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1984 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1984 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Serge Nubret |
| 1982 | European Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1982 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1982 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Bill Richardson |
| 1981 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1980 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
Showing 15 of 37 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Edouard Kawak 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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Legacy
The professional Universe and the World Championships were the biggest contests outside the Olympia for most of the 1980s, and Kawak won them more often than almost anyone. Because neither is the Olympia, none of it registers in how the sport talks about that decade.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1980 to 1999.
His 1988 Mr. Olympia row carries no placement in our source data, so no finish is stated for that year.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 11 meetings, Robby Robinson finished ahead of Edouard Kawak 10 times to 1.
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.
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