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Sandy Riddell is a Women's Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.

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Sandy Riddell

GenderFemale
StatusRetired
Medium confidence 9 recorded results, Historical/community source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?
Missing from this profile

No height, weight or birthdate on record.

Career Record

Total Results
9
Win Rate
0%
Career
1985–1993
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
2

Sandy Riddell was runner-up at the Ms. Olympia in 1989 and our database records no wins for her at all. She competed for eight years and was second at the Nationals twice.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 9 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

1985 to 1993 shown · 9 results on record
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1991
1992
1993
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1985
Olympia Debut
1989
Last Contest
1993
Sandy Riddell Olympia Career: 0 title(s). First appeared at the Olympia in 1989 and placed 2. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1989 2 Women's Bodybuilding
1991 4 Women's Bodybuilding
1992 4 Women's Bodybuilding
1993 6 Women's Bodybuilding

Data updated

Known for

The 1989 Olympia silver is the result. She placed fourth in 1991 and 1992 and sixth in 1993, from four appearances, and was third at the 1993 Ms. International.

Nine recorded contests and not one win, with an Olympia runner-up finish in the middle of them. That combination is rare enough to state plainly rather than smooth over.

Early career

She was runner-up at the Nationals in 1986 and 1987 before turning professional.

Championship record

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 Sandy Riddell, amateur shows included.

Ms. Olympia

4Appearances
0Titles
1Top 3

All contests on record

9Contests
0Wins
4Top 3

All results

Every contest result on record for Sandy Riddell, 9 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Sandy Riddell competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1993 Ms International Women's Bodybuilding #3 Kim Chizevsky
1993 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding #6 Lenda Murray
1992 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding #4 Lenda Murray
1991 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding #4 Lenda Murray
1989 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding #2 Cory Everson
1988 Ms International Women's Bodybuilding #5 Cathy Palyo
1987 Nationals Women's Bodybuilding #2
1986 Nationals Women's Bodybuilding #2 Cathy Palyo
1985 USA Championships Women's Bodybuilding #5 Laura Beaudry

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Sandy Riddell those sources are MuscleMemory and Wikipedia. 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.

Legacy

Finishing second at a Ms. Olympia puts a competitor among the best in the world for that year. Riddell did it without ever winning a contest at any level our data records, which is a career shape the sport has no way to describe.

Sources

Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1985 to 1993.

The absence of any win is what our source data holds. It may be complete or it may be a gap.

In 3 meetings, Lenda Murray finished ahead of Sandy Riddell 3 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.