Rich Gaspari is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Rich Gaspari has a verified height of 5'8" (173 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 250 lb (113 kg).
1x Arnold Classic
Rich Gaspari
Rich Gaspari is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1983–1996.
Across 35 recorded contest results, Rich Gaspari has 12 first-place finishes (a 34.3% win rate), including 1× Arnold Classic title.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 35 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.
Rich Gaspari, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 5'8" (173 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 250 lb (113 kg). He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on May 16, 1963 and is 63 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 35
- Wins
- 12
- Win Rate
- 34.3%
- Career
- 1983–1996
- Height
- 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight
- 250 lb (113 kg)
- Age
- 63
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Arnold Classic Titles
- 1
- Verified
- Sources
- 13
Every season on record
Peak Year 1988 (4 wins)
Measured against Rich Gaspari’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1983
- Olympia Debut
- 1985
- Peak Year
- 1988
- Last Contest
- 1996
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1986 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1987 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1988 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1989 | 4 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1990 | 5 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | 10 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
About
Richard Gaspari (born May 16, 1963) is an American retired professional bodybuilder, and a former member of the IFBB. He came in second place at the 1986, 1987, and 1988 Mr. Olympia competitions.
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 Rich Gaspari, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
How Rich Gaspari 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 Dorian Yates, at 35.6.
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 Rich Gaspari sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Rich Gaspari, 35 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 Rich Gaspari competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Canada Pro Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 1996 | Florida Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Flex Wheeler |
| 1996 | San Jose Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #16 | Kevin Levrone |
| 1995 | Canada Pro Cup | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 1995 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Nasser El Sonbaty |
| 1994 | Chicago Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #16 | Michael Francois |
| 1994 | Niagara Falls Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Henderson Thorne |
| 1994 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Michael Francois |
| 1992 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Vince Taylor |
| 1991 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Shawn Ray |
| 1991 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Lee Haney |
| 1990 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Lee Haney |
| 1989 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Lee Haney |
| 1988 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Greece | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Italy | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Spain | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1988 | Grand Prix Spain (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Labrada |
| 1988 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Haney |
| 1987 | Grand Prix France | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1987 | Grand Prix Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1987 | Grand Prix Germany (2) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Haney |
| 1987 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Haney |
| 1986 | Los Angeles Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1986 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lee Haney |
| 1986 | World Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1985 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Lee Haney |
| 1985 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Albert Beckles |
| 1984 | Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1984 | World Amateur Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | Junior Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1983 | Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Bob Paris |
Showing 15 of 35 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Rich Gaspari 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 8 meetings, Lee Haney finished ahead of Rich Gaspari 8 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.
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