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John DeCola is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.

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7 career wins

John DeCola

GenderMale
StatusRetired
Medium confidence 9 recorded results, Historical/community source Updated August 3, 2026 Accurate?

John DeCola is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1963–1984.

Across 9 recorded contest results, John DeCola has 7 first-place finishes (a 77.8% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 9 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
9
Wins
7
Win Rate
77.8%
Career
1963–1984
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
2

Every season on record

1963 to 1984 shown · 9 results on record

Peak Year 1964 (3 wins)

Measured against John DeCola’s own seasons, not against the field.

1963
1964
1968
1969
1984
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1963
Peak Year
1964
Last Contest
1984

All results

Every contest result on record for John DeCola, 9 in all. Won by names the winner of the division John DeCola competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1984 Masters Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1969 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1968 Mr America Other Divisions #2 Frank Zane
1964 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1964 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Val Vasilieff
1964 Mr Eastern America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1964 Mr Eastern America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1963 Mr Atlantic Coast Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1963 Mr New England Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner

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

In 3 meetings, John DeCola finished ahead of Val Vasilieff 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.