Ronny Rockel is a Men's 212 Bodybuilding competitor from Germany. Ronny Rockel has a verified height of 5'6" (168 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 230 lb (104 kg).
9 career wins
Ronny Rockel
Ronny Rockel, a bodybuilder from Germany, stands 5'6" (168 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 230 lb (104 kg). He was born on July 1, 1973 and is 53 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 85
- Wins
- 9
- Win Rate
- 10.6%
- Career
- 1996–2017
- Height
- 5'6" (168 cm)
- Weight
- 230 lb (104 kg)
- Age
- 53
- Division
- Men's 212 Bodybuilding
- Country
- Germany
- Verified
- Sources
- 41
Ronny Rockel competed in eighty-seven recorded contests across twenty-one years and appeared at eleven Mr. Olympias. He was German and won the New York Pro and the Toronto Pro Supershow in 2017, at forty-five.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 85 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.
Every season on record
Peak Year 2017 (4 wins)
Measured against Ronny Rockel’s own seasons, not against the field.
- Pro Debut
- 1996
- First Win
- 2000
- Olympia Debut
- 2005
- Last Contest
- 2017
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2008 | 14 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2009 | 7 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2010 | 6 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2011 | 9 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | 13 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2015 | 14 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Known for
Eleven Olympia appearances between 2005 and 2017 with a best of sixth in 2010. Very few competitors qualify for that many and fewer still are still winning professional shows at the end of it.
The wins run from the World Championships short class in 2000 through the Grand Prix Australia in 2006 and the European Pro in 2010 and 2011 to the Ferrigno Legacy Pro in 2014 and the two 2017 titles.
Early career
He was runner-up at the Mr Universe three years running, in 1998, 1999 and 2000, before turning professional.
Eighty-seven contests is among the heaviest schedules in this database.
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 Ronny Rockel, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
How Ronny Rockel 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 Ronny Rockel sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Ronny Rockel, 85 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 Ronny Rockel competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | IFBB New York Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2017 | IFBB New York Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2017 | IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2017 | IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2017 | 212 Olympia | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #7 | Flex Lewis |
| 2017 | Prague Pro Championships | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #3 | Ricardo Correia |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Brasil | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Kai Greene |
| 2016 | IFBB Arctic Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #2 | Mark Dugdale |
| 2016 | IFBB Arctic Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #2 | Mark Dugdale |
| 2016 | IFBB Europa Dallas | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #2 | Vojtěch Koritenský |
| 2016 | IFBB Europa Dallas | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #2 | Vojtěch Koritenský |
| 2016 | Levrone Classic Poland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Cedric McMillan |
| 2016 | Mozolani Pro | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #2 | Sami Al Haddad |
| 2016 | 212 Olympia | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | #9 | Flex Lewis |
| 2016 | UK Bodypower Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Roelly Winklaar |
| 2015 | Dayana Cadeau Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | William Bonac |
| 2015 | IFBB EVLS Prague Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2015 | IFBB Ferrigno Legacy Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Joshua Lenartowicz |
| 2015 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Phil Heath |
| 2015 | Nordic Pro (Finland) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | William Bonac |
| 2015 | Prague Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2015 | San Marino Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Joshua Lenartowicz |
| 2014 | EVLS Prague Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dennis Wolf |
| 2014 | Grand Prix Russia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | William Bonac |
| 2014 | IFBB Ferrigno Legacy Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2014 | IFBB San Marino Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Shawn Rhoden |
| 2014 | Nordic Pro (Finland) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Roelly Winklaar |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic Brasil | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | – |
| 2013 | European Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Robert Piotrkowicz |
| 2013 | FIBO Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Cedric McMillan |
| 2013 | IFBB Mr Europe Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Robert Piotrkowicz |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic Europe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Shawn Rhoden |
| 2012 | EVL Prague Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dennis Wolf |
| 2012 | IFBB British Grand Prix | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Shawn Rhoden |
| 2012 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2012 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Phil Heath |
| 2012 | Nordic Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Roelly Winklaar |
| 2012 | Nordic Pro (Finland) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Roelly Winklaar |
| 2011 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Branch Warren |
| 2011 | Arnold Classic Europe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Victor Martinez |
| 2011 | British Grand Prix | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Branch Warren |
| 2011 | European Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2011 | FIBO Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2011 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Phil Heath |
| 2011 | New York Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Kai Greene |
| 2010 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Kai Greene |
| 2010 | European Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2010 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Jay Cutler |
| 2009 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Kai Greene |
| 2009 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Silvio Samuel Saviour |
| 2009 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Jay Cutler |
| 2008 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #13 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | Grand Prix New Zealand | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | Grand Prix Romania | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | New York Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kai Greene |
| 2007 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Victor Martinez |
| 2007 | Colorado Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Kai Greene |
| 2007 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2007 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Jay Cutler |
| 2007 | Santa Susanna Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Paco Bautista |
| 2006 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2006 | Grand Prix Austria | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Jay Cutler |
| 2006 | Grand Prix Holland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Jay Cutler |
| 2006 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Jay Cutler |
| 2005 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Lee Priest |
| 2005 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2004 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2004 | Grand Prix England | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2004 | Grand Prix Holland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2004 | Hungarian Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Pavol Jablonicky |
| 2004 | Ironman Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2004 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Melvin Anthony |
| 2003 | Grand Prix Holland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Jay Cutler |
| 2003 | Grand Prix Hungary | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Pavol Jablonicky |
| 2003 | Maximum Pro Invitational | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Darrem Charles |
| 2003 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #15 | Victor Martinez |
| 2001 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #8 | Edson Prado |
| 2000 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #2 | Henk Jan Heinen |
| 2000 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
| 1999 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #2 | Franco Male |
| 1998 | Mr Universe | Other Divisions | #2 | Steve Creighton |
| 1996 | World Championships | Other Divisions | #3 | Carlo Sic |
Showing 15 of 85 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Ronny Rockel those sources are MuscleMemory and NPC Contests. 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.
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Legacy
Rockel never contended for an Olympia title and outlasted most of the men who did. Winning two professional shows in your mid-forties, seventeen years after your first world title, is the part of the record worth keeping.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1996 to 2017.
Two of his Olympia rows carry no placement in our source data, so no finish is stated for 2005 or 2006.
Some contests appear twice in the table below because one result was recorded under two division labels. They are single contests.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 26 meetings, Dexter Jackson finished ahead of Ronny Rockel 26 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.

