4 career wins
Rafael Brandao
Rafael Brandao is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Brazil with a competitive record spanning 2017–2026.
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 Rafael Brandao.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Rafael Brandao, 22 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 Rafael Brandao competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026 New York Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Tonio Burton |
| 2026 | 2026 Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Michal Krizanek |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | – |
| 2024 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Hadi Choopan |
| 2024 | Arnold Classic Brasil | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2024 | IFBB Romania Muscle Fest Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2024 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Samson Dauda |
| 2022 | Arnold Classic South America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2022 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Hadi Choopan |
| 2021 | IFBB Romania Muscle Fest Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2020 | Europa Dallas | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | James Hollingshead |
| 2020 | Europa Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | James Hollingshead |
| 2019 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Brandon Curry |
| 2019 | Arnold Classic South America | Men's Classic Physique | #2 | Juan Morel |
| 2019 | Arnold Classic South America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Juan Morel |
| 2019 | IFBB Bigman Weekend Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Joshua Lenartowicz |
| 2018 | California Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Nathan De Asha |
| 2018 | IFBB California State Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Nathan De Asha |
| 2018 | IFBB New York Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Nathan De Asha |
| 2018 | IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Juan Morel |
| 2018 | Muscle Mayhem | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Charles Griffen |
| 2017 | San Marino Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Cedric McMillan |
Showing 15 of 22 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Rafael Brandao those sources are NPC Contests, MuscleMemory, IFBB Pro League and Arnold Sports. 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
Peak Year 2024 (2 wins)
Measured against Rafael Brandao’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 2017
- First Win
- 2021
- Olympia Debut
- 2022
- Peak Year
- 2024
- Last Contest
- 2026
Rafael Brandao at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2024 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
How Rafael Brandao 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 Lee Haney, at 32.1.
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 Rafael Brandao sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
3 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.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South American Amateur Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Super Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 2015 | Arnold Amateur Europe | Division not recorded (Junior) | #3 |
| 2015 | South American Amateur Championships | Division not recorded (Junior Heavyweight) | #1 |
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 5 meetings, Hadi Choopan finished ahead of Rafael Brandao 5 times to 0.
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 22 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.
No birthdate on record.
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Latest Coverage
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