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Jeff King won the Mr America and the Mr Universe in the same year, 1983, and the World Championships the year after. He was a teenage champion before either.
Known for
1983 and 1984 are the record: the medium-tall class at the Mr America and the tall class at the Mr Universe in 1983, then the tall class at the World Championships in 1984. Winning the Mr America and the Mr Universe inside twelve months put him among the most complete amateurs of the decade.
He was runner-up at the World Championships in 1985 and 1987 and at the professional Universe in 1987.
Early career
He started young and won early: Mr New Jersey in 1979, the Teen Mr America and Teen Mr USA heavyweight classes in 1980, Mr New York City in 1981 and the Collegiate Mr America in 1982.
Thirteen contests are recorded for him, most of them amateur, and he won nine of them, which is the highest strike rate of any competitor from his era in our database.
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Jeff King, 2 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Jeff King competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Charles Clairmonte |
| 1987 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Olev Annus |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Jeff King 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.
Every professional season
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1987
- Last Contest
- 1988
Amateur and other shows not counted above
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #2 |
| 1985 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Professional) | #2 |
| 1984 | World Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1983 | Eastern USA Championships | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1983 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Medium-Tall) | #1 |
| 1983 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1982 | Collegiate Mr America | Division not recorded (Medium-Tall) | #1 |
| 1981 | Mr New York City | Division not recorded (Teen Tall) | #1 |
| 1980 | Teen Mr America | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1980 | Teen Mr USA | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1979 | Mr New Jersey | Division not recorded (Teen Tall) | #1 |
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Legacy
King won nearly everything available to an amateur and his professional record is three runner-up finishes. That gap is the story of a lot of careers from the mid-1980s, when the professional ranks were small and the amateur circuit was where the depth was.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 3 meetings, Jeff King finished ahead of Thierry Pastel 2 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.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover his record from 1979 to 1988.
No win rate is shown. With 2 recorded contest results on file, a single placing would move the figure by twenty points or more, so the percentage would describe how much of this career the database holds rather than anything about the athlete. The counts above are neither rounded nor capped.
Missing from this profile
No height, weight or birthdate on record.