California Championships 2002
California Championships 2002 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Michael Lee.
- Year
- 2002
- Date
- Jul 15, 2002
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 34
Results by Division
California Championships 2002
California Championships 2002 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Michael Lee.
Defending BantamWeight champion Roy Bacani, who won in 2000, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
California Championships 2002 contested 7 divisions across 34 athletes. Michael Lee took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 7 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Lee | United States |
| 2nd | Michael Kelly | United States |
| 3rd | Roger Humrich | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Grigori Atoyan First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Lionel Brown | United States |
| 3rd | Brett Gunderson | United States |
| 4th | David Papaleo | United States |
| 5th | Cameron Mitchell | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joseph Hubbard | United States |
| 2nd | David Robles | United States |
| 3rd | Curtis McGovert | United States |
| 4th | Jim Reyes | United States |
| 5th | Kyle Gore | United States |
| 6th | James Patterson III | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jesse Sabater | United States |
| 2nd | Billy Vickery | United States |
| 3rd | Edward Mitchell | United States |
| 4th | Louie Yu | United States |
| 5th | Jose Melendez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Noonan First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jean Theodore | United States |
| 3rd | John Ellis | United States |
| 4th | Nick Estrada | United States |
| 5th | Sheldon Staggers | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Omar Deckard | United States |
| 2nd | Jerome Ferguson | United States |
| 3rd | Chris Cook | United States |
| 4th | Dan Fine | United States |
| 5th | James Nick | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Morton | United States |
| 2nd | Adrian Gomez | United States |
| 3rd | Leon Jesmanowicz | United States |
| 4th | Dean Gerasimov | United States |
| 5th | Rob Montenegro | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 34
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 23 of 32
The biggest field since 2000.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dallas Malloy (2) | Bodybuilding |
| 2009 | Patricia Corbett | Bodybuilding |
| 1981 | Edward Zajac | Open |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.