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6 career wins

Ronny Rockel

CountryGermany
GenderMale
Born1972
StatusRetired

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.

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-one contests, seventy-four of them at professional shows, is among the heaviest schedules in this database.

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 Ronny Rockel.

Mr. Olympia

9Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

212 Olympia

2Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

Arnold Classic

6Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

All contests on record

72Contests
6Wins
25Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Ronny Rockel, 72 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.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
2017 IFBB New York Pro 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 Europa Dallas Men's 212 Bodybuilding #2 Vojtěch Koritenský
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 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 Masters 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 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

Showing 15 of 72 professional results. Showing all 72 professional 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.

Every professional season

2003 to 2017 shown · 72 professional results

Peak Year 2017 (2 wins)

Measured against Ronny Rockel’s own seasons, not against the field.

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
2003
Olympia Debut
2005
First Win
2006
Last Contest
2017

Ronny Rockel at the Olympia, year by year

Ronny Rockel at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 2005. Unplaced appearances in 2005 and 2006 have no point on the chart. The 212 Olympia, the men's bodybuilding title for competitors at or under 212 lb, is not on this chart: 2 appearances and 0 titles, listed in the championship record below. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
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

Physique benchmark

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.

35.0FFMI
35.7Normalised FFMI
35thOf 316 measured men

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: 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 Ronny Rockel sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

9 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
YearContestDivisionPlace
2016 Levrone Classic Poland Men's Open Bodybuilding #8
2013 FIBO Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #5
2011 FIBO Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #2
2001 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Medium) #8
2000 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Medium) #2
2000 World Championships Division not recorded (Short) #1
1999 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Medium) #2
1998 Mr Universe Division not recorded (Medium) #2
1996 World Championships Division not recorded (Medium) #3

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.

In 25 meetings, Dexter Jackson finished ahead of Ronny Rockel 25 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.

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.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 72 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 72 professional results, Well-verified source Updated October 1, 2026 Accurate?