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Francois Mertens is a Men's Physique competitor from Belgium.

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2 career wins

Francois Mertens

CountryBelgium
GenderMale
StatusRetired
Medium confidence 6 recorded results, Historical/community source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?

Francois Mertens is a Men's Physique competitor from Belgium with a competitive record spanning 1953–1963.

Across 6 recorded contest results, Francois Mertens has 2 first-place finishes (a 33.3% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 6 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.

Missing from this profile

No height, weight or birthdate on record.

Career Record

Total Results
6
Wins
2
Win Rate
33.3%
Career
1953–1963
Division
Men's Physique
Country
Belgium
Verified
Sources
2

Every season on record

1953 to 1963 shown · 6 results on record
1953
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1953
First Win
1960
Last Contest
1963

All results

Every contest result on record for Francois Mertens, 6 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Francois Mertens competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1963 Belgium Mr Apollo Other Divisions #3 Didier Goetgebuer
1962 Mr Belgium Other Divisions #1 Winner
1961 Mr Europe Men's Physique #4 Christian Barreau
1960 Mr Belgium Other Divisions #1 Winner
1959 Belgium Mr Apollo Other Divisions #8 Louis Vanhove
1953 Mr Belgium Other Divisions #10 Jean Naitali

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

Only 2 head-to-head meetings on record so far, with Louis Vanhove ahead 2 to 0 - too thin to call a rivalry yet.

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.