Sandy Riddell is a Women's Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.
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Career Record
- Total Results
- 9
- Win Rate
- 0%
- Career
- 1985–1993
- Division
- Women's Bodybuilding
- 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
- Pro Debut
- 1985
- Olympia Debut
- 1989
- Last Contest
- 1993
| 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 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
All contests on record
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.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won 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.
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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.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →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.

