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Joe Abbenda is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.
4 career wins
Joe Abbenda
Joe Abbenda is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1959–1963.
Across 10 recorded contest results, Joe Abbenda has 4 first-place finishes (a 40% win rate).
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.
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Joe Abbenda, a bodybuilder from the United States, was born on July 4, 1939 and is 87 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 10
- Wins
- 4
- Win Rate
- 40%
- Career
- 1959–1963
- Age
- 87
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Verified
- Sources
- 2
Every season on record
Peak Year 1962 (2 wins)
Measured against Joe Abbenda’s own seasons, not against the field.
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1959
- Peak Year
- 1962
- Last Contest
- 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.
All results
Every contest result on record for Joe Abbenda, 10 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.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Universe - Pro | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1962 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #3 | Harold Poole |
| 1962 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1962 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1961 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Ray Routledge |
| 1960 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Lloyd Lerille |
| 1960 | Mr New York City | Other Divisions | #2 | Kenny Hall |
| 1960 | Mr New York City | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Kenny Hall |
| 1959 | Mr New York City | Other Divisions | #3 | Kenny Hall |
| 1959 | Teen Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #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.
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →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.
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