Jorma Raty was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Finland.
6 career wins
Jorma Raty
Jorma Raty was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Finland with a competitive record spanning 1974–1982.
Across 18 recorded contest results, Jorma Raty had 6 first-place finishes (a 33.3% win rate).
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 18 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.
No height or weight on record.
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Jorma Raty, a bodybuilder from Finland, was born on October 15, 1946 and died on September 29, 2007, aged 60.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 18
- Wins
- 6
- Win Rate
- 33.3%
- Career
- 1974–1982
- Lifespan
- 1946-2007 (aged 60)
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- Finland
- Verified
- Sources
- 5
Every season on record
- Pro Debut
- 1974
- Olympia Debut
- 1981
- Last Contest
- 1982
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 17 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
About
Jorma Räty was a Finnish weightlifter who became a bodybuilder in the early 1960s. He became known as "the best back in the world". In Manila 1980, Jorma won the IFBB Mr. Universe title in the "under 80 kg" class. As of 2007, Jorma Räty is the only Nordic male bodybuilder to have won the IFBB Mr. Universe title. His country-fellow, Finnish-Estonian bodybuilder, Olev Annus, won the NABBA Mr. Universe -title in 1987.
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one recorded placing at that series, a title is a first place, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every contest on record for Jorma Raty, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
All contests on record
All results
Every contest result on record for Jorma Raty, 18 in all. The table opens on the first 15 and expands in place from there. Nothing sits on a separate page. Won by names the winner of the division Jorma Raty competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Grand Prix Sweden | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Mohamed Makkawy |
| 1981 | Grand Prix Belgium | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Boyer Coe |
| 1981 | Grand Prix Wales | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Boyer Coe |
| 1981 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #17 | Franco Columbu |
| 1980 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1979 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Roy Duval |
| 1978 | Mr Finland | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1978 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #5 | Carlos Rodriguez |
| 1977 | European Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Renato Bertagna |
| 1977 | Mr Finland | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1977 | Mr International | Other Divisions | #2 | Mohamed Makkawy |
| 1977 | Universe | Other Divisions | #7 | Danny Padilla |
| 1976 | Mr Finland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1976 | Universe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Robby Robinson |
| 1975 | Mr Finland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1975 | Universe | Other Divisions | #9 | Wilfred Sylvester |
| 1974 | Mr Finland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1974 | Mr Scandinavia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Janko Rudman |
Showing 15 of 18 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Jorma Raty 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 3 meetings, Samir Bannout finished ahead of Jorma Raty 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.

