Manuel Valbuena is a bodybuilder from the United States.
Manuel Valbuena is a bodybuilder from the United States with a competitive record spanning 2001–2014.
Across 13 recorded contest results, Manuel Valbuena has 2 first-place finishes (a 15.4% win rate).
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 13 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, weight or birthdate on record.
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Career Record
- Total Results
- 13
- Wins
- 2
- Win Rate
- 15.4%
- Career
- 2001–2014
- Division
- Other Divisions
- Country
- United States
- Verified
- Sources
- 3
Every season on record
- Pro Debut
- 2001
- First Win
- 2008
- Last Contest
- 2014
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 Manuel Valbuena, amateur shows included.
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
All results
Every contest result on record for Manuel Valbuena, 13 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Manuel Valbuena competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Arnold Amateur Europe | Other Divisions | #4 | Farhang Rahimly |
| 2012 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #3 | Bernard Cooper |
| 2011 | European Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Bernard Cooper |
| 2011 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Bernard Cooper |
| 2010 | European Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 2009 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #4 | Wiesław Czerski |
| 2008 | European Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #3 | Bernie Cooper |
| 2008 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 2007 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #3 | Bernie Cooper |
| 2006 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #2 | Rafael Vera Diaz |
| 2005 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #8 | Alexander Yashankin |
| 2003 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #12 | Alexandre Iachankine |
| 2001 | World Amateur Championships | Other Divisions | #6 | Keijo Reiman |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Manuel Valbuena 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 6 meetings, Ivan Horacek finished ahead of Manuel Valbuena 4 times to 2.
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.

