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Mike Katz is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1976–1981.
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 contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Mike Katz.
Mr. Olympia
2Appearances
0Titles
1Top 3
All contests on record
4Contests
0Wins
1Top 3
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Mike Katz, 4 in all. 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 | Universe - Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Tony Pearson |
| 1980 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Jusup Wilkosz |
| 1976 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #2 | Ken Waller |
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.
Every professional season
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1976
- Last Contest
- 1981
Mike Katz at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding (heavyweight class) |
| 1981 | 15 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
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: 74 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.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
14 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
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| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Natural Mr America | Division not recorded (Professional) | #4 |
| 1975 | Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #4 |
| 1974 | Mr International | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1973 | Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #3 |
| 1972 | Mr International | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1972 | Mr World | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1972 | Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1971 | Universe | Division not recorded (Tall) | #3 |
| 1970 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1970 | Mr East Coast | Division not recorded (Tall) | #1 |
| 1969 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Tall) | #2 |
| 1965 | Mr New England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 |
| 1964 | Teen Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 |
| 1964 | Teen Mr America | Division not recorded (Most Muscular) | #5 |
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →Only 2 head-to-head meetings on record so far, with Dennis Tinerino ahead 2 to 0 - too thin to call a rivalry yet.
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.
No win rate is shown. With 4 recorded contest results on file, a single placing would move the figure by twenty points or more, so the percentage would describe how much of this career the database holds rather than anything about the athlete. The counts above are neither rounded nor capped.