John Grimek
John Grimek was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.
About
John Carroll Grimek was an American bodybuilder and weightlifter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Grimek was Mr. America in 1940 and 1941, and Mr. Universe in 1948. In 1949, he won his last contest, the AAU Mr. USA. Grimek retired from bodybuilding undefeated. Throughout his career he carried the nicknames "the Monarch of Muscledom" and "the Glow."
How John Grimek measures up
Fat-free mass index turns the height and weight on this profile into one number for how much muscle a frame carries, so a shorter competitor is not flattered by a bodyweight comparison. The normalised figure adjusts it again to a standard height, which is the version worth ranking. Both assume the 6% body fat a competitor steps on stage at, because that is the only condition the recorded weight was taken in.
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Erin Banks, at 31.1.
What this rank is not. This database holds a height and a weight for just 463 athletes, and they are overwhelmingly the ones somebody bothered to measure: 74 of them hold an Olympia title. Almost every competitor on record carries no measurement at all. The pool also mixes every division and era together, from the lightweight women's classes to the open heavyweights, so it ranks size and nothing else. It says where John Grimek sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
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.
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| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Mr USA | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 |
| 1948 | Mr Universe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 |
| 1948 | Mr Universe | Division not recorded (Medium) | #1 |
| 1946 | Most Muscular Man in America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 |
| 1946 | Most Muscular Man in America | Division not recorded (Medium-Tall) | #1 |
| 1941 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 |
| 1940 | Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 |
| 1940 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Most Muscular) | #1 |
| 1939 | York Perfect Man | Division not recorded (Medium) | #1 |
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