Michael Francois is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Michael Francois has a verified height of 5'8" (173 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 234 lb (106 kg).
1x Arnold Classic
Michael Francois
Michael Francois is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1991–1997.
Across 14 recorded contest results, Michael Francois has 6 first-place finishes (a 42.9% win rate), including 1× Arnold Classic title.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 14 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.
Michael Francois, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 5'8" (173 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 234 lb (106 kg). He was born in Cascade, Iowa, USA on March 4, 1965 and is 61 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 14
- Wins
- 6
- Win Rate
- 42.9%
- Career
- 1991–1997
- Height
- 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight
- 234 lb (106 kg)
- Age
- 61
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Arnold Classic Titles
- 1
- Verified
- Sources
- 6
Every season on record
Peak Year 1994 (2 wins)
Measured against Michael Francois’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1991
- Peak Year
- 1994
- Olympia Debut
- 1995
- Last Contest
- 1997
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1996 | 10 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1997 | 11 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Where the titles came from
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 Michael Francois, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
How Michael Francois 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 Phil Heath, at 33.7.
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: 73 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 Michael Francois sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Michael Francois, 14 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Michael Francois competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1997 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Dorian Yates |
| 1997 | San Jose Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1996 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dorian Yates |
| 1995 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1995 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dorian Yates |
| 1995 | San Jose Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1994 | Chicago Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1994 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1993 | Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1993 | USA Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Chris Cormier |
| 1992 | USA Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1991 | Musclemania Chicago | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1991 | Southern States | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Bruce West |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Michael Francois 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 5 meetings, Michael Francois finished ahead of Ronnie Coleman 3 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.

