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Wilfred Sylvester is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United Kingdom.

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6 career wins

Wilfred Sylvester

GenderMale
StatusRetired
High confidence 13 recorded results, Well-verified source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?

Wilfred Sylvester is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United Kingdom with a competitive record spanning 1965–1988.

Across 13 recorded contest results, Wilfred Sylvester has 6 first-place finishes (a 46.2% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 13 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.

Missing from this profile

No height, weight or birthdate on record.

Career Record

Total Results
13
Wins
6
Win Rate
46.2%
Career
1965–1988
Verified
Sources
3

Every season on record

1965 to 1988 shown · 13 results on record

Peak Year 1967 (2 wins)

Measured against Wilfred Sylvester’s own seasons, not against the field.

1965
1966
1967
1968
1975
1977
1981
1984
1985
1986
1988
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1965
First Win
1967
Olympia Debut
1985
Last Contest
1988
Wilfred Sylvester Olympia Career: 0 title(s). First appeared at the Olympia in 1985 and placed 13. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
1985 13 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

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 Wilfred Sylvester, amateur shows included.

Olympia

1Appearances
0Titles
0Top 3

All contests on record

13Contests
6Wins
8Top 3

All results

Every contest result on record for Wilfred Sylvester, 13 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Wilfred Sylvester competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1988 World Amateur Championships Other Divisions #5 Juan Marquez
1986 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #13 Lee Labrada
1985 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #13 Lee Haney
1984 World Amateur Championships Other Divisions #1 Winner
1981 Pro World Cup Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 Sergio Oliva
1977 World Championships Other Divisions #1 Winner
1975 Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1968 Mr Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Mr Britain Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1967 Mr Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1967 Mr Universe Other Divisions #2 John Citrone
1966 Mr Universe Other Divisions #2 John Citrone
1965 Mr Universe Other Divisions #5 Elmo Santiago

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Wilfred Sylvester 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 3 meetings, Tony Pearson finished ahead of Wilfred Sylvester 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.