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Canadian Championships 1983

Canadian Championships 1983 was held in Canada. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Steve Keesa.

Year
1983
Date
Jan 1, 1983
Location
Canada
Federation
CBBF
Divisions
9
Competitors
24

Results by Division

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Canadian Championships 1983 Results

Steve Keesa Champion

1983 Canada Jan 1, 1983

Canadian Championships 1983 was held in Canada. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Steve Keesa.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 18, 2026 Accurate?

Defending HeavyWeight champion André Maille placed 2nd.

About this show

The Canadian Championships 1983 was held on January 1, 1983 in Canada. 9 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Other Divisions - Masters Heavyweight and more. 24 athletes competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
Steve Keesa
Canada
2nd
André Maille
Canada
3rd
Louis Dickenson
Canada
Masters divisions 2

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Steve Keesa First recorded win Canada
2nd André Maille Canada
3rd Louis Dickenson Canada
4th Reid Schindle Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Les Berthelette Title defense, 3rd win here Canada
2nd Mark Marshall Canada
3rd Bob Taylor Canada
4th Benoit Levesque Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Calvin Nyuli First recorded win Canada
2nd Ray Beaulieu Canada
3rd Gilles Pomerleau Canada
4th Edwin Sim Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Marc Bolduc First recorded win Canada
2nd Mike Watson Canada
3rd Winston Green Canada
4th Larry Leigh Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Carla Temple First recorded win Canada
2nd Shelly Huber Canada
3rd Paula Dosner Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

No placement data

Placement data for this division has not been recorded.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Holly Buss First recorded win Canada
2nd Dawn Isely Canada
3rd Donna Lea Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Other Divisions - Masters Heavyweight Men

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
1st Clem McLaughlin First recorded win Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters Lightweight Men

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
1st Norm Wickens First recorded win Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 10, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
24
Divisions
8
Size rank
33 of 40

The biggest field since 1981.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2016 Karen McCormick Bodybuilding
2015 Karen McCormick Bodybuilding
2009 Terry Shultz Bodybuilding
1992 Claude Groulx MiddleWeight
What this page holds

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.

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