Jason Arntz
Jason Arntz won the USA Championships in 1997 and 1998 and the Nationals in 1998, then finished fourth at the 202 Olympia a decade later. His recorded career runs nineteen years.
Known for
Three national titles in two years is the amateur record: the USA Championships light-heavyweight class in 1997, then the heavyweight classes at both the USA Championships and the Nationals in 1998.
The professional half came much later. He was fourth at the Olympia's capped division in 2008, fifth in 2010 and sixth in 2011, and third at the New York Pro in 2008 and 2010.
Early career
Forty contests are recorded between 1994 and 2013, thirty-one of them at professional shows, with a long gap in the middle between the 1998 national titles and the 2008 Olympia.
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Jason Arntz.
212 Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Jason Arntz, 31 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 Jason Arntz competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | IFBB Europa Show of Champions | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #11 | Troy Alves |
| 2013 | IFBB New York Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #14 | Jose Raymond |
| 2011 | 212 Olympia | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #6 | Kevin English |
| 2010 | 212 Olympia | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #5 | Kevin English |
| 2010 | New York Pro Championships | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #3 | Kevin English |
| 2009 | 212 Olympia | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #8 | Kevin English |
| 2009 | New York Pro Championships | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #5 | Kevin English |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #3 | Eduardo Correa |
| 2008 | 212 Olympia | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #4 | David Henry |
| 2008 | New York Pro Championships | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #3 | Kevin English |
| 2007 | Atlantic City Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Johnnie O. Jackson |
| 2007 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Toney Freeman |
| 2006 | Atlantic City Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Darrem Charles |
| 2006 | Colorado Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Phil Heath |
| 2006 | New York Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Phil Heath |
| 2005 | New York Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Darrem Charles |
| 2005 | Toronto Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Darrem Charles |
| 2004 | Florida Pro Xtreme Challenge | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Darrem Charles |
| 2004 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2004 | Show of Strength Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Victor Martinez |
| 2002 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Chris Cormier |
| 2002 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Markus Rühl |
| 2002 | San Francisco Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Lee Priest |
| 2001 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2001 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Chris Cormier |
| 2000 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Flex Wheeler |
| 2000 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Chris Cormier |
| 2000 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Jay Cutler |
| 2000 | Toronto Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Markus Rühl |
| 1999 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Paul Dillett |
| 1999 | Toronto Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Pavol Jablonicky |
Showing 15 of 31 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Jason Arntz 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.
Every professional season
- Pro Debut
- 1999
- Olympia Debut
- 2008
- Last Contest
- 2013
Jason Arntz at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | Men's 212 Bodybuilding |
| 2009 | 8 | Men's 212 Bodybuilding |
| 2010 | 5 | Men's 212 Bodybuilding |
| 2011 | 6 | Men's 212 Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Amateur and other shows not counted above
9 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Orlando Show of Champions | Men's Bodybuilding (Lightweight) | #11 |
| 1998 | Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1998 | USA Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1997 | Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) | #3 |
| 1997 | USA Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1996 | Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) | #7 |
| 1995 | Junior Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 1995 | Nationals | Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) | #4 |
| 1994 | Junior USA | Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) | #3 |
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Legacy
Winning both the USA Championships and the Nationals in one year is rare and Arntz did it in 1998. The professional career that followed took ten years to produce its best result.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 13 meetings, Darrem Charles finished ahead of Jason Arntz 13 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.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1994 to 2013.
They are single contests.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 31 professional 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.
No weight on record.

