Shortest Bodybuilders
The shortest pro bodybuilders on record, ranked by recorded height. Limited to athletes with a recorded height in our database. View methodology.
Ranked from 539 verified heights
The shortest pro bodybuilder on record is Flavio Baccianini at 147.3 cm.
- 2 Caryn Paolini 150.0 cm
- 1 Flavio Baccianini 147.3 cm United States
- 3 Ariel Khadr 152.5 cm United States
Every athlete in our database carrying a recorded height is ranked from the shortest up, 539 of them, and the table lists the top 100. It ranks the records we can verify, not every bodybuilder who has competed.
| Rank | Athlete | Division | Country | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flavio Baccianini | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 2 | Caryn Paolini | Women's Bikini | - | |
| 3 | Ariel Khadr | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 4 | Marissa Rivero | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 5 | Isabelle Nunes | Women's Wellness | Brazil | |
| 6 | Jennifer Gates | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 7 | Jenny Worth | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 8 | Sonia Gonzalez | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 9 | Adela Garcia | Women's Fitness | Dominican Republic | |
| 10 | Amy Updike | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 11 | Bojana Vasiljevic | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 12 | Jessica Arevalo | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 13 | Maureen Blanquisco | Women's Bikini | Philippines | |
| 14 | Narmin Assria | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 15 | Sandra Grajales | Women's Figure | Mexico | |
| 16 | Wendy Fortino | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 17 | Aimee Delgado | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 18 | Nicole Nagrani | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 19 | Susan Curry | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 20 | Susie Curry | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 21 | Andrulla Blanchette | Women's Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 22 | Beatriz Biscaia | Women's Bikini | - | |
| 23 | Brooke Walker | Women's Physique | United States | |
| 24 | Danny Padilla | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 25 | Denise Masino | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 26 | India Paulino | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 27 | Juliana Malacarne | Women's Physique | Brazil | |
| 28 | Maggie Corso | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 29 | Maria Paulette | Women's Wellness | - | |
| 30 | Marvin Ward | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 31 | Pauline Nordin | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 32 | Shaun Clarida | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 33 | Soleivi Hernandez | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 34 | Mohammed Benaziza | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Algeria | |
| 35 | Orlando Maldonado | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 36 | Rhea Gayle | Women's Figure | United Kingdom | |
| 37 | Francielle Mattos | Women's Wellness | United States | |
| 38 | Azaria Glaim | Women's Figure | Canada | |
| 39 | Brenda Raganot | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 40 | Camile Periat | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 41 | Carla Dunlap | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 42 | Dora Rodrigues | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 43 | Felicia Romero | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 44 | Jennifer Dorie | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 45 | John Citrone | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United Kingdom | |
| 46 | Juliette Bergmann | Women's Bodybuilding | Netherlands | |
| 47 | Karen Brandao | Women's Wellness | United States | |
| 48 | Kay Baxter | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 49 | Kelly Ryan | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 50 | Kristi Tauti | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 51 | Maria Garcia | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 52 | Mary Yockey | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 53 | Mohamed Makkawy | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 54 | Natalia Abraham Coelho | Women's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Oksana Grishina | Women's Fitness | Russia | |
| 56 | Romina Basualdo | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 57 | Shane DiMora | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 58 | Thomas Varga | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 59 | Tina Nguyen | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 60 | Michelle Lewin | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 61 | Alex Woodson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 62 | Allison Ethier | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 63 | Angelica Teixeira | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 64 | Anita Herbert | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 65 | Aspen Rae | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 66 | Ava Cowan | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 67 | Baitollah Abbaspour | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Iran | |
| 68 | Carolina Mestre | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 69 | Charles Dixon | Men's 212 Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 70 | Christa Bauch | Women's Bodybuilding | Canada | |
| 71 | Cydney Gillon | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 72 | Jennifer Ronzitti | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 73 | Jose Raymond | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 74 | Karina Grau | Women's Figure | Paraguay | |
| 75 | Laura Combes | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 76 | Lisa Lyon | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 77 | Minna Pajulahti | Women's Fitness | Finland | |
| 78 | Monica Brant | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 79 | Nicolas Vullioud | Men's Open Bodybuilding | - | |
| 80 | Sarah Allen | Women's Bikini | - | |
| 81 | Shanique Grant | Women's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Allan Ichinose | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 83 | Mia Finnegan | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 84 | Sarah Villegas | Women's Physique | United States | |
| 85 | Tim Belknap | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 86 | Vernon Gauthier | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 87 | Victor Terra | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 88 | Iveth Carreon | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 89 | Jen Hendershott | Women's Fitness | United States | |
| 90 | Kevin English | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 91 | Laura Creavalle | Women's Bodybuilding | British Guiana | |
| 92 | Lee Priest | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Australia | |
| 93 | Rajesh John | Men's Wheelchair | India | |
| 94 | Vickie Gates | Women's Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 95 | Dayana Cadeau | Women's Bodybuilding | Haiti | |
| 96 | Aaron Polites | Men's Open Bodybuilding | Australia | |
| 97 | Adela Ondrejovicova | Women's Figure | Slovakia | |
| 98 | Alicia Coates | Women's Figure | United States | |
| 99 | Amanda Latona | Women's Bikini | United States | |
| 100 | Ashley Kaltwasser | Women's Bikini | United States |
About This List
The shortest pro bodybuilders on record, ranked by recorded height. Limited to athletes with a recorded height in our database. The ranking is built from the bio data recorded against each athlete in our database, not from contest placings, so an athlete appears on this list only once we hold the measurement.
Heights are sourced from athlete bio data and shown in centimetres. This ranking covers the 539 competitors with a verified height in our database, not every bodybuilder, so it reflects the best data we can confirm rather than a complete all-time list. Implausible values are excluded.
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