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Joseph Dawson is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.

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5 career wins

Joseph Dawson

GenderMale
StatusRetired
High confidence 20 recorded results, Well-verified source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?

Joseph Dawson is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1981–1993.

Across 20 recorded contest results, Joseph Dawson has 5 first-place finishes (a 25% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 20 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
20
Wins
5
Win Rate
25%
Career
1981–1993
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
3

Every season on record

1981 to 1993 shown · 20 results on record

Peak Year 1990 (2 wins)

Measured against Joseph Dawson’s own seasons, not against the field.

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1981
First Win
1983
Peak Year
1990
Olympia Debut
1991
Last Contest
1993
Championship record

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 Joseph Dawson, amateur shows included.

Olympia

1Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

All contests on record

20Contests
5Wins
11Top 3

All results

Every contest result on record for Joseph Dawson, 20 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 Joseph Dawson competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1993 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Flex Wheeler
1992 Niagara Falls Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #18 Porter Cottrell
1991 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Lee Haney
1990 Nationals Other Divisions #1 Winner
1990 World Amateur Championships Other Divisions #1 Winner
1989 Nationals Other Divisions #3 Allan Ichinose
1988 USA Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Kevin McGaunn
1987 North American Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1987 USA Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 Daryl Stafford
1986 Nationals Other Divisions #4 Dean Tornabene
1985 Nationals Other Divisions #1 Winner
1985 USA Championships Other Divisions #2 Steve Davis
1985 World Amateur Championships Other Divisions #2 Herman Hoffend
1984 Nationals Other Divisions #2 Paul Daniels
1984 USA Championships Other Divisions #2 Joseph Grossi
1983 Gold's Classic Other Divisions #1 Winner
1983 Nationals Other Divisions #9 Jesse Lujan
1983 USA Championships Other Divisions #3 Billy Sanchez
1982 Nationals Other Divisions #10 James Gaubert
1981 Junior Mr America Other Divisions #6 Joe Distinti

Showing 15 of 20 recorded results. Showing all 20 recorded results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Joseph Dawson 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 6 meetings, Joseph Dawson and Jose Guzman are dead even, finishing ahead 3 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.