Gustavo Badell was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Venezuela. Gustavo Badell has a verified height of 5'8" (173 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 260 lb (118 kg).
3 career wins
Gustavo Badell
Gustavo Badell was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Venezuela with a competitive record spanning 1997–2012.
Across 40 recorded contest results, Gustavo Badell had 3 first-place finishes (a 7.5% win rate).
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 40 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.
Gustavo Badell, a bodybuilder from Venezuela, stands 5'8" (173 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 260 lb (118 kg). He was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela on November 3, 1972 and died on July 12, 2023, aged 50.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 40
- Wins
- 3
- Win Rate
- 7.5%
- Career
- 1997–2012
- Height
- 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight
- 260 lb (118 kg)
- Lifespan
- 1972-2023 (aged 50)
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- Venezuela
- Verified
- Sources
- 13
Every season on record
- Pro Debut
- 1997
- Olympia Debut
- 2002
- First Win
- 2005
- Last Contest
- 2012
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2004 | 3 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2005 | 3 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2006 | 6 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2007 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2008 | 10 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2009 | 13 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
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 Gustavo Badell, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
How Gustavo Badell 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 Ronnie Coleman, at 37.8.
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 Gustavo Badell sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Gustavo Badell, 40 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 Gustavo Badell competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Branch Warren |
| 2012 | European Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Michalis Kefalianos |
| 2012 | Mr. Europe Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Michalis Kefalianos |
| 2009 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Kai Greene |
| 2009 | Atlantic City Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2009 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Jay Cutler |
| 2008 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Phil Heath |
| 2008 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2007 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Victor Martinez |
| 2007 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Jay Cutler |
| 2006 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2006 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Jay Cutler |
| 2006 | San Francisco Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2005 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2005 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2005 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2004 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Jay Cutler |
| 2004 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2004 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2004 | San Francisco Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2004 | Show of Strength Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Victor Martinez |
| 2003 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Victor Martinez |
| 2002 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Chris Cormier |
| 2002 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #24 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2002 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Markus Rühl |
| 2002 | Southwest Pro Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Darrem Charles |
| 2002 | Toronto Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Art Atwood |
| 2001 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Kevin Levrone |
| 2001 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #16 | Chris Cormier |
| 2001 | San Francisco Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Chris Cormier |
| 2000 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #18 | Chris Cormier |
| 2000 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Jay Cutler |
| 2000 | Toronto Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Markus Rühl |
| 2000 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 1999 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #17 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 1999 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Paul Dillett |
| 1999 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 1998 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 1997 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Johannes Eleftheriadis |
Showing 15 of 40 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Gustavo Badell those sources are MuscleMemory and NPC Contests. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 17 meetings, Dexter Jackson finished ahead of Gustavo Badell 16 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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