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1 career win

Joe Abbenda

GenderMale
Born1939
StatusRetired

Joe Abbenda is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1963.

About

Joe Abbenda is an American former professional bodybuilder during the early to mid-1960s. He competed in the tall man competitions, and as an amateur won the Teen Mr. America in 1959, AAU Mr. America and the amateur NABBA Mr. Universe competition in 1962, and was the professional winner a year later, in the 1963 Mr. Universe.

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Joe Abbenda, 1 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Joe Abbenda competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1963 Universe - Pro Division not recorded (Tall) #1 Winner

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

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
YearContestDivisionPlace
1962 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1
1962 Mr America Division not recorded (Most Muscular) #3
1962 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Tall) #1
1961 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #2
1960 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #5
1960 Mr New York City Men's Open Bodybuilding #2
1960 Mr New York City Division not recorded (Tall) #2
1959 Mr New York City Division not recorded (Tall) #3
1959 Teen Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1

In 4 meetings, Joe Abbenda and Kenny Hall 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.

No win rate is shown. With 1 recorded contest result 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.

Medium confidence 1 professional result, Well-verified source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?
Missing from this profile

No height or weight on record.