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Oldest Olympia Champions

Athletes who won a first Olympia title (any division except the 212) at the oldest age. Limited to champions with a recorded birthdate. View methodology.

47 Age at First Title
Record holder Harold Kelley United States Men's Wheelchair

Ranked from 69 verified birthdates

Among Olympia champions in our database with a recorded birthdate, Harold Kelley won a first Olympia title at the oldest age, 47 years old (2018).

  1. 2 Chris Dickerson 43 United States
  2. 1 Harold Kelley 47 United States
  3. 3 Juliette Bergmann 43 Netherlands
Age at First Title 25 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Age at First Title
1 Harold Kelley Men's Wheelchair United States 47
2 Chris Dickerson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
3 Juliette Bergmann Women's Bodybuilding Netherlands 43
4 Shawn Rhoden Men's Open Bodybuilding Jamaica 43
5 Whitney Jones Women's Fitness United States 41
6 Juliana Malacarne Women's Physique Brazil 40
7 Yaxeni Oriquen Women's Bodybuilding Venezuela 39
8 Dexter Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 39
9 Raymont Edmonds Men's Physique United States 39
10 Valentina Chepiga Women's Bodybuilding Ukraine 38
11 Breon Ansley Men's Classic Physique United States 38
12 Samson Dauda Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 38
13 Brandon Curry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
14 Andrea Shaw Women's Bodybuilding United States 37
15 Oksana Grishina Women's Fitness Russia 36
16 Mamdouh Elssbiay Men's Open Bodybuilding Egypt 36
17 Franco Columbu Men's Open Bodybuilding Italy 35
18 Frank Zane Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
19 Francielle Mattos Women's Wellness United States 35
20 Hadi Choopan Men's Open Bodybuilding Iran 35
21 Ryan Terry Men's Physique United Kingdom 35
22 Ronnie Coleman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
23 Jen Hendershott Women's Fitness United States 34
24 Jenny Lynn Women's Figure United States 34
25 Erin Banks Men's Physique United States 34

About This List

Athletes who won a first Olympia title (any division except the 212) at the oldest age. Limited to champions with a recorded birthdate. The leaderboard is computed directly from verified IFBB Pro competition rows recorded by Fitness Volt database, not hand-typed totals, so source priority and duplicate-result handling are applied consistently.

Age at first title is the contest year of an athlete's first Olympia win in any division except the 212, minus their birth year, using the same authoritative Olympia predicate as the rest of the site. Only the 69 Olympia champions with a recorded birthdate are ranked, so the list is limited to confirmed birthdates and is not a complete record of every champion.

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