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James Berger is a Men's Wheelchair competitor from the United States.
1x Wheelchair Olympia, 2025
James Berger
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Career Record
- Total Results
- 10
- Wins
- 5
- Win Rate
- 50%
- Career
- 2023–2026
- Division
- Men's Wheelchair
- Country
- United States
- Olympia Titles
- 1
- Arnold Classic Titles
- 1
- Verified
- Sources
- 19
James Berger won the Wheelchair Olympia in 2025 and the Arnold Classic wheelchair title in 2026, having finished eighth at the Olympia the year before. He is the current champion in the division.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 10 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 2025 (2 wins)
Measured against James Berger’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 2023
- First Win
- 2024
- Peak Year
- 2025
- Last Contest
- 2026
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | Wheelchair Bodybuilding |
| 2025 | 1 | Wheelchair Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Known for
The jump is the story. Eighth at the 2024 Olympia, first at the 2025 one. Between them he won the Texas Pro and finished second at the Arnold Classic, then took the Arnold and the Arnold Classic United Kingdom in 2026.
He also won the Dallas Pro in 2024, in his second professional season.
Early career
His recorded career opens in 2023 with fifth places at the Arnold Classic and the Arnold Classic Brasil. The first win came at the Dallas Pro in 2024.
Championship record
Where the titles came from
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 James Berger, amateur shows included.
Wheelchair Olympia
2Appearances
1Titles
1Top 3
Arnold Classic
5Appearances
2Titles
3Top 3
All contests on record
10Contests
5Wins
7Top 3
All results
Every contest result on record for James Berger, 10 in all. Won by names the winner of the division James Berger competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026 Texas Pro | Men's Wheelchair | #2 | Ephraim Gudgeon |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic | Men's Wheelchair | #1 | Winner |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic United Kingdom | Men's Wheelchair | #1 | Winner |
| 2025 | Arnold Classic | Men's Wheelchair | #2 | Rajesh John |
| 2025 | IFBB Texas Pro | Men's Wheelchair | #1 | Winner |
| 2025 | Wheelchair Olympia | Men's Wheelchair | #1 | Winner |
| 2024 | IFBB Dallas Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2024 | Wheelchair Olympia | Men's Wheelchair | #8 | Harold Kelley |
| 2023 | Arnold Classic | Men's Wheelchair | #5 | Harold Kelley |
| 2023 | Arnold Classic Brasil | Men's Wheelchair | #5 | Josue Gorila Albino |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for James Berger those sources are NPC Contests, IFBB Pro League and Arnold Sports. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable.
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Legacy
The wheelchair division spent a decade decided by Harold Kelley, with Gabriele Andriulli usually second. Berger and Karol Milewski are the competitors who broke that up, and Berger is the one currently holding both major titles.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover his record from 2023 onward. He is an active competitor, so this page changes as results are added.
Our corpus holds no birth date, height or weight for him, so the stat block is largely empty.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 4 meetings, James Berger and Harold Kelley are dead even, finishing ahead 2 times apiece.
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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