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Yolanda Hughes
Yolanda Hughes won the Ms. International in 1997 and 1998 and was runner-up at the Ms. Olympia in 1998. She won the World Amateur Championships heavyweight class in 1992.
Known for
Back-to-back Ms. International titles in 1997 and 1998, with third places there in 1994 and 1999. Her Olympia record turned in the same period: eighth and eleventh through the mid-nineties, then third in 1997 and second in 1998.
Early career
Her record opens in 1984 and she spent most of a decade at national level, runner-up at the USA Championships in 1991 and third at the Nationals in 1990 and 1991, before the World Amateur title in 1992.
Her full name in our corpus is Yolanda Hughes-Heying.
Championship record
Championship appearances
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 Yolanda Hughes.
Ms. Olympia
6Appearances
0Titles
2Top 3
All contests on record
12Contests
2Wins
6Top 3
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Yolanda Hughes, 12 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Yolanda Hughes competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
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| 1999 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #3 | Vickie Gates |
| 1998 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #1 | Winner |
| 1998 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #2 | Kim Chizevsky |
| 1997 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #1 | Winner |
| 1997 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #3 | Kim Chizevsky |
| 1996 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #4 | Kim Chizevsky |
| 1995 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #11 | Lenda Murray |
| 1994 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #3 | Laura Creavalle |
| 1994 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #8 | Lenda Murray |
| 1993 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #5 | Kim Chizevsky |
| 1993 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #11 | Lenda Murray |
| 1992 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #8 | Lenda Murray |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Yolanda Hughes 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.
Every professional season
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 1992
- First Win
- 1997
- Last Contest
- 1999
Yolanda Hughes at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1993 | 11 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1994 | 8 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1995 | 11 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1997 | 3 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1998 | 2 | Women's Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Amateur and other shows not counted above
12 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
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
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| 1992 | World Amateur Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1991 | Nationals | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #3 |
| 1991 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 1991 | World Amateur Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 1990 | Nationals | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #3 |
| 1990 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #4 |
| 1989 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #5 |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 1988 | Orange County (CA) Classic | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 1988 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #6 |
| 1984 | Ironmaiden | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 1984 | Western America Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #4 |
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Legacy
Hughes reached the top of the division in the years Kim Chizevsky was winning four straight Olympias. Two Ms. International titles is what was available to be won, and she won them both.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 5 meetings, Lenda Murray finished ahead of Yolanda Hughes 5 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.
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Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1984 to 1999.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 12 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.
Missing from this profile
No height or weight on record.