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Joe Nista is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.

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4 career wins

Joe Nista

GenderMale
StatusRetired
Medium confidence 14 recorded results, Historical/community source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?

Joe Nista is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1947–1977.

Across 14 recorded contest results, Joe Nista has 4 first-place finishes (a 28.6% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 14 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.

Missing from this profile

No height, weight or birthdate on record.

Career Record

Total Results
14
Wins
4
Win Rate
28.6%
Career
1947–1977
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
2

Every season on record

1947 to 1977 shown · 14 results on record
1947
1949
1952
1963
1964
1965
1967
1968
1969
1975
1976
1977
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1947
First Win
1965
Last Contest
1977

All results

Every contest result on record for Joe Nista, 14 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Joe Nista competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1977 Pro Mr USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Joe Nazario
1977 World Cup Pro Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1976 Gold's Classic Other Divisions #1 Winner
1975 Mr America Other Divisions #4 Pat Neve
1969 Mr America Other Divisions #2 Warren Frederick
1968 Mr World Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Mr America Other Divisions #2
1965 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1964 Mr America Other Divisions #2 Freddy Ortiz
1964 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 Val Vasilieff
1963 Mr California Other Divisions #3 Leroy Saba
1952 Mr New York City Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Leroy Colbert
1949 Mr New York Metropolitan Other Divisions #2 Vahe Kartalian
1947 Mr New York City Other Divisions #3 Joseph Thaler

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

Only 2 head-to-head meetings on record so far, with Joe Nista and Eddie Giuliani level at 1 each - too few to call.

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.