IFBB Professional Bodybuilder - Kevin Levrone

The most winningest bodybuilder ever!

Kevin Levrone is one of my favourite bodybuilders, ever. He's right up there with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dorian Yates, Lee Priest, Tom Platz and Vince Taylor (to name a few of the best of the best!).

His mix of mass, symmetry, consistently good condition and the flat-out best most muscular pose ever helped him to become the IFBB Professional with the most contest wins in history (a close run thing with Vince Taylor), although he never quite won the most important and prestigous of all, the Mr. Olympia.

Profile

Full Name: Kevin Mark Levrone
Date of Birth: July 16th, 1966
Age: 41
Height: 5'10" Contest Weight: 256lbs Still competing: No (although a come-back is rumoured)
Wikipedia entry?: Yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Levrone
IFBB Contest wins: 23 (twenty three)
Mr. Olympia titles: None
Official website: http://www.levrone.com/

One of the un-crowned Mr. Olympias

Along with Lee Labrada, Shawn Ray and Flex Wheeler, Kevin is one of the "uncrowned Mr. Olympia's" - bodybuilders who many believe were unfairly placed behind incumbent Mr. Olympias who only won because they had won the previous year (in the history of the Mr. Olympia contest the defending champion has only lost three times - Sergio Oliva to Arnie in 1970, Samir Banout lost to Lee Haney in 1983 and Ronnie Coleman to Jay Cutler in 2006).

Levrone came runner up to six time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates in both 1992 (his first ever Mr. Olympia) and in 1995. Kevin made a phenomenal entrance to the professional scene, winning or placing top three in his first seven IFBB pro shows. It was no suprise then that he came to the 1992 Olympia as both a rookie Pro (it was his first year as a IFBB professional) but also as a hot favourite.

Dorian Yates was entering the show having came second to seven times Mr. Olympia Lee Haney in 1991. Lee Haney retired after the 1991 show leaving Yates as the highest placed competitor from the year before, and thus the man to beat.

I remember being so excited about who would win - fellow Brit Dorian Yates or the all conquering, and awesomely built new-comer Kevin Levrone. Would Kev's insane triceps and most muscular pose beat Yates' monster back and freaky density? In the end the judges went with Yates but many many people still think that Levrone won it - he looked simply incredible from the front.

In 1995 (and onwards) Dorian Yates competed with a torn biceps and combined with his ever-thickening waist many felt that it should have been Levrone's year (again).

Why he was so good

Massive, enormous, insane triceps. Kevin Levrone had easily the best triceps ever. Combined with his almost as amazing deltoids and chest he had the best most-muscular pose in history.

He had a fantastic set of legs and posed well, and always competed in shape (though in his later years his legs weren't as big and his conditioning deterioated a little).

Kevin Levrone's Contest History

1991 Junior Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 2nd
1991 Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st
1991 Nationals - NPC, Overall Winner
1992 Chicago Pro Invitational - IFBB, 3rd
1992 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 2nd
1992 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, Winner
1992 Night of Champions - IFBB, Winner
1992 Olympia - IFBB, 2nd
1993 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 3rd
1993 Grand Prix Finland - IFBB, 2nd
1993 Grand Prix France (2) - IFBB, 5th
1993 Grand Prix Germany (2) - IFBB, Winner
1993 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 3rd
1993 Olympia - IFBB, 5th
1994 Arnold Classic - IFBB, Winner
1994 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 2nd
1994 Grand Prix France (2) - IFBB, Winner
1994 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 2nd
1994 Grand Prix Italy - IFBB, Winner
1994 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 2nd
1994 Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
1994 San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
1995 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 2nd
1995 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, Winner
1995 Grand Prix Russia - IFBB, Winner
1995 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, Winner
1995 Olympia - IFBB, 2nd
1996 Arnold Classic - IFBB, Winner
1996 Grand Prix Czech Republic - IFBB, 2nd
1996 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 4th
1996 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 3rd
1996 Grand Prix Russia - IFBB, 5th
1996 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 4th
1996 Grand Prix Switzerland - IFBB, 3rd
1996 Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
1996 San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
1997 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 8th
1997 Grand Prix Czech Republic - IFBB, Winner
1997 Grand Prix England - IFBB, Winner
1997 Grand Prix Finland - IFBB, Winner
1997 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, Winner
1997 Grand Prix Hungary - IFBB, Winner
1997 Grand Prix Russia - IFBB, 2nd
1997 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, Winner
1997 Olympia - IFBB, 4th
1998 Grand Prix Finland - IFBB, 2nd
1998 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 2nd
1998 Night of Champions - IFBB, 2nd
1998 Olympia - IFBB, 4th
1998 San Francisco Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
1998 Toronto Pro Invitational - IFBB, 2nd
1999 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 2nd
1999 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 3rd
1999 Olympia - IFBB, 4th
1999 World Pro Championships - IFBB, 3rd
2000 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 3rd
2000 Olympia - IFBB, 2nd
2001 Grand Prix England - IFBB, Winner
2001 Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
2002 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 5th
2002 Grand Prix Australia - IFBB, 4th
2002 Olympia - IFBB, 2nd
2003 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 5th
2003 Olympia - IFBB, 6th
2003 Show of Strength Pro Championship - IFBB, 3rd