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1x Arnold Classic

Shawn Ray

GenderMale
Pro Card1991
Born1965
StatusRetired

Shawn Ray is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1988–2001.

About

Shawn I. Ray (born September 9, 1965) is a former professional bodybuilder and author.

Championship record

Where the titles came from

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 Shawn Ray.

Mr. Olympia

13Appearances
0Titles
5Top 3

Arnold Classic

3Appearances
1Title
1Top 3

All contests on record

19Contests
2Wins
8Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Shawn Ray, 19 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 Shawn Ray competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
2001 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Ronnie Coleman
2000 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Ronnie Coleman
1999 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Dorian Yates
1996 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Kevin Levrone
1996 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Flex Wheeler
1996 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Dorian Yates
1995 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Dorian Yates
1994 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Dorian Yates
1993 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Dorian Yates
1992 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Dorian Yates
1991 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1991 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 Lee Haney
1990 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Mike Ashley
1990 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1990 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Lee Haney
1988 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #13 Lee Haney
1988 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Phil Hill

Showing 15 of 19 professional results. Showing all 19 professional results.

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

Every professional season

1988 to 2001 shown · 19 professional results
1988
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1988
First Win
1990
Last Contest
2001

Shawn Ray at the Olympia, year by year

Shawn Ray at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 1988. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1988 13 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1990 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1991 5 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1992 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1993 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1994 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1995 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1996 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1997 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1998 5 Men's Open Bodybuilding
1999 5 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2000 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2001 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

Physique benchmark

How Shawn Ray 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.

31.9FFMI
32.6Normalised FFMI
94thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Lee Haney, at 32.1.

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 Shawn Ray sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

4 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
1987 California Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) #1
1987 Nationals Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) #1
1986 Junior Nationals Men's Bodybuilding (Light Heavyweight) #2
1984 Mr Los Angeles Division not recorded (Teen) #1

In 8 meetings, Shawn Ray and Ronnie Coleman are dead even, finishing ahead 4 times apiece.

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.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 19 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 19 professional results, Official/primary source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?

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