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Mike Katz is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Mike Katz has a verified height of 6'1" (186 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 240 lb (109 kg).
4 career wins
Mike Katz
Mike Katz is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1964–1981.
Across 18 recorded contest results, Mike Katz has 4 first-place finishes (a 22.2% 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.
Mike Katz, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 6'1" (186 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 240 lb (109 kg). He was born on November 14, 1944 and is 81 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 18
- Wins
- 4
- Win Rate
- 22.2%
- Career
- 1964–1981
- Height
- 6'1" (186 cm)
- Weight
- 240 lb (109 kg)
- Age
- 81
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Verified
- Sources
- 8
Every season on record
Peak Year 1970 (2 wins)
Measured against Mike Katz’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1964
- First Win
- 1970
- Olympia Debut
- 1976
- Last Contest
- 1981
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1981 | 15 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
About
Michael Katz is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder and former professional football player with the New York Jets, most famous for his appearance with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1977 bodybuilding documentary film Pumping Iron. He was paid $1,000 to sign a release for appearing in the film. On 1 March, 2025, Mike Katz was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, Ohio.
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 Mike Katz, amateur shows included.
Olympia
2Appearances
0Titles
1Top 3
All contests on record
18Contests
4Wins
10Top 3
Physique benchmark
How Mike Katz 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.
29.7FFMI
29.4Normalised FFMI
174thOf 316 measured men
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Chris Dickerson, at 29.4, the same figure.
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 Mike Katz sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Mike Katz, 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 Mike Katz competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Franco Columbu |
| 1980 | Natural Mr America | Other Divisions | #4 | Rod Koontz |
| 1980 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Jusup Wilkosz |
| 1980 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Jusup Wilkosz |
| 1976 | Olympia | Other Divisions | #2 | Ken Waller |
| 1975 | Universe | Other Divisions | #4 | Ken Waller |
| 1974 | Mr International | Other Divisions | #2 | Lou Ferrigno |
| 1973 | Universe | Other Divisions | #3 | Lou Ferrigno |
| 1972 | Mr International | Other Divisions | #2 | Ken Waller |
| 1972 | Mr World | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1972 | Universe | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1971 | Universe | Other Divisions | #3 | Karl Bloemer |
| 1970 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1970 | Mr East Coast | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1969 | Mr America | Other Divisions | #2 | Don Peters |
| 1965 | Mr New England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Thelowiz English |
| 1964 | Teen Mr America | Other Divisions | #5 | Steve Kotis |
| 1964 | Teen Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Bud Schosek |
Showing 15 of 18 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Mike Katz 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, Ken Waller finished ahead of Mike Katz 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.