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Sergio Oliva was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Cuba. Sergio Oliva has a verified height of 5'10" (178 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 225 lb (102 kg).

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3x Mr. Olympia, 1967–1969

Sergio Oliva

CountryCuba
GenderMale
Born1941
DiedNovember 12, 2012, aged 71
Born inGuanabacoa, Cuba
StatusRetired
High confidence 32 recorded results, Official/primary source Updated August 15, 2026 Accurate?

Sergio Oliva was a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Cuba with a competitive record spanning 1964–1985.

Across 32 recorded contest results, Sergio Oliva had 19 first-place finishes (a 59.4% win rate), including 3× Olympia titles.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 32 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.

Sergio Oliva, a bodybuilder from Cuba, stands 5'10" (178 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 225 lb (102 kg). He was born in Guanabacoa, Cuba on July 4, 1941 and died on November 12, 2012, aged 71.

Career Record

Total Results
32
Wins
19
Win Rate
59.4%
Career
1964–1985
Height
5'10" (178 cm)
Weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Lifespan
1941-2012 (aged 71)
Country
Cuba
Olympia Titles
3
Verified
Sources
26

Every season on record

1964 to 1985 shown · 32 results on record

Peak Year 1966 (4 wins)

Measured against Sergio Oliva’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →

1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1980
1981
1984
1985
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1964
First Win
1965
Olympia Debut
1966
Last Contest
1985
Sergio Oliva Olympia Career: 3 title(s) (1967 to 1969). First appeared at the Olympia in 1966 and placed 4. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1966 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1967 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1968 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1969 1 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1970 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1972 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1984 8 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1985 8 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

Championship record

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 Sergio Oliva, amateur shows included.

Mr. Olympia

8Appearances
3Titles
5Top 3

All contests on record

32Contests
19Wins
26Top 3
Physique benchmark

How Sergio Oliva 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.

30.3FFMI
30.4Normalised FFMI
140thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Larry Scott, at 30.4, the same figure.

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 Sergio Oliva sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

All results

Every contest result on record for Sergio Oliva, 32 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 Sergio Oliva competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1985 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Lee Haney
1984 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 Lee Haney
1981 Pro World Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1980 Pro World Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1980 World Championships Other Divisions #1 Winner
1978 Olympus Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1977 World Championships Other Divisions #1 Winner
1976 Olympus Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1975 Olympus Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1974 Mr International Other Divisions #1 Winner
1973 Mr International Other Divisions Unplaced Bob Birdsong
1972 Mr Galaxy Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1972 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1971 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #2 Bill Pearl
1970 Mr World Other Divisions #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1970 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
1969 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1968 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1967 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1967 Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1966 Junior Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1966 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1966 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1966 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Bob Gajda
1966 Mr World Other Divisions #1 Winner
1966 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Larry Scott
1965 Junior Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1965 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Jerry Daniels
1965 Mr America Other Divisions #1 Winner
1965 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Jerry Daniels
1964 Mr America Other Divisions #3 Bill Seno
1964 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Val Vasilieff

Showing 15 of 32 recorded results. Showing all 32 recorded results.

Showing 15 of 19 recorded results. Showing all 19 recorded results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Sergio Oliva 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.

In 4 meetings, Arnold Schwarzenegger finished ahead of Sergio Oliva 3 times to 1.

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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