Los Angeles Championships 1983
Los Angeles Championships 1983 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to George Pessell.
- Year
- 1983
- Date
- Nov 15, 1983
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 8
- Competitors
- 28
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | – | Pat Cox |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | – | Ellen Morrow |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | George Pessell | Chuck Maslowski |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Joseph Fustor | Danny McDermott |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Rick Valente | Oliver Murette |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen | Victor Richards | Mitchell Silberman |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Kim Fonza | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Jill Engels | – |
Los Angeles Championships 1983
Los Angeles Championships 1983 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Defending Medium champion J J Marsh, who won in 1982, did not return.
Los Angeles Championships 1983 contested 8 divisions across 28 athletes. George Pessell took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium. 6 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 - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Pat Cox | United States |
| 4th | Josephine Martino | United States |
| 5th | Shirley Irwin | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Ellen Morrow | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | George Pessell First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Chuck Maslowski | United States |
| 3rd | Wayne Alonzo | United States |
| 4th | Scott Buckmaster | United States |
| 5th | Bill Washington | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joseph Fustor 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Danny McDermott | United States |
| 3rd | Gary Kakiuchi | United States |
| 4th | Matthew Bitetti | United States |
| 5th | Stafford Ross | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rick Valente First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Oliver Murette | United States |
| 3rd | Jeff Henry | United States |
| 4th | Brian Kirth | United States |
| 5th | Leon Forte | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Victor Richards First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Mitchell Silberman | United States |
| 3rd | Andre Reynolds | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kim Fonza | United States |
| 3rd | Karen Marin | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jill Engels First recorded win | United States |
| 3rd | Frankie Jacobs | United States |
| 4th | Janaire O'Hara | United States |
| 5th | Eileen Cardif | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 29, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 28
- Divisions
- 8
- Size rank
- 19 of 29
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marisol Penner | Physique |
| 2015 | Karina Grau | Figure |
| 2014 | Missy Bennett | Physique |
| 2013 | Jennifer Jaques-Conn | Physique |
| 2011 | Karen Garrett | Bodybuilding |
| 1993 | Leo Ingram | HeavyWeight |
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.