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Tonya Knight was a Women's Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Tonya Knight has a verified height of 5'8" (173 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 160 lb (73 kg).
2 career wins
Tonya Knight
CountryUnited States
GenderFemale
Pro Card1991
DivisionWomen's Bodybuilding
Born1966
DiedFebruary 7, 2023, aged 56
StatusRetired
Tonya Knight was a Women's Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1984–1993.
Across 10 recorded contest results, Tonya Knight had 2 first-place finishes (a 20% win rate).
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 10 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.
Tonya Knight, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 5'8" (173 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 160 lb (73 kg). She was born on March 24, 1966 and died on February 7, 2023, aged 56.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 10
- Wins
- 2
- Win Rate
- 20%
- Career
- 1984–1993
- Height
- 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight
- 160 lb (73 kg)
- Lifespan
- 1966-2023 (aged 56)
- Division
- Women's Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Verified
- Sources
- 5
Every season on record
Peak Year 1991 (2 wins)
Measured against Tonya Knight’s own seasons, not against the field.
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1984
- Olympia Debut
- 1988
- First Win
- 1991
- Last Contest
- 1993
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 4 | Women's Bodybuilding |
Data updated
About
Tonya Knight was an American professional bodybuilder.
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 Tonya Knight, amateur shows included.
Ms. Olympia
1Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3
All contests on record
10Contests
2Wins
3Top 3
Physique benchmark
How Tonya Knight 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.
22.9FFMI
23.4Normalised FFMI
19thOf 147 measured women
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Juliette Bergmann, at 23.1.
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: 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 Tonya Knight sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Tonya Knight, 10 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Tonya Knight 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 | Jan Tana Pro Classic | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | Denise Rutkowski |
| 1992 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #6 | Anja Schreiner |
| 1991 | Grand Prix Italy | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1991 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | Unplaced | Jackie Paisley |
| 1988 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #4 | Cory Everson |
| 1988 | World Pro Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #5 | Dona Oliviera |
| 1986 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #4 | Cathy Palyo |
| 1985 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #6 | Laura Beaudry |
| 1984 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #11 | Clare Furr |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Tonya Knight 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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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 3 meetings, Cathy Palyo finished ahead of Tonya Knight 2 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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