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2x Ms. Olympia, 1980 and 1982

Rachel McLish

GenderFemale
Born1955
StatusRetired

Rachel McLish is a Women's Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1980–1984.

About

Raquel Livia Elizondo McLish (born 21 June 1955) is an American female bodybuilding champion, actress, and author.

Championship record

Where the titles came from

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 Rachel McLish.

Ms. Olympia

4Appearances
2Titles
4Top 3

All contests on record

7Contests
3Wins
7Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Rachel McLish, 7 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Rachel McLish competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1984 Grand Prix Las Vegas Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #3 Carla Dunlap
1984 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #2 Cory Everson
1983 Grand Prix Las Vegas Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #3 Carla Dunlap
1982 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #1 Winner
1982 World Pro Championships Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #1 Winner
1981 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #2 Kike Elomaa
1980 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #1 Winner

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Rachel McLish those sources are Wikipedia and MuscleMemory. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.

Every professional season

1980 to 1984 shown · 7 professional results

Peak Year 1982 (2 wins)

Measured against Rachel McLish’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1980
Peak Year
1982
Last Contest
1984

Rachel McLish at the Olympia, year by year

Rachel McLish at the Ms. Olympia: 2 titles (1980 and 1982), first appearance 1980. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1980 1 Women's Bodybuilding
1981 2 Women's Bodybuilding
1982 1 Women's Bodybuilding
1984 2 Women's Bodybuilding

Data updated

Physique benchmark

How Rachel McLish 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.

19.6FFMI
20.4Normalised FFMI
108thOf 147 measured women

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Shanique Grant, at 20.4, 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 Rachel McLish sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

1 result 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.

Show the list
YearContestDivisionPlace
1980 USA Championships Women's Bodybuilding (Open) #1

In 4 meetings, Rachel McLish and Carla Dunlap are dead even, finishing ahead 2 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.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 7 professional 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.

High confidence 7 professional results, Well-verified source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?

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