August 25, 1939 -
New York, NY, USA
Mr. Olympia
1982
Chris
Dickerson’s career spanned 30 years and included approximately 50 contests.
Over the decades, he built a dense and symmetrical physique augmented by a
dramatic style of posing. Dickerson earned third place at the 1965 Mr.
Long Beach (California), his first contest; he placed fourth at the 1994 IFBB
Masters Olympia, his last contest. Two
particular achievements stand out in Dickerson’s long career: in 1970, he
became the first black AAU Mr. America, and by winning the IFBB Mr. Olympia in
1982, at age 43, he became the most senior winner of the sport’s most
prestigious contest. Aiding
Dickerson throughout his career was 1999 Hall of Famer Bill Pearl. In
addition to the 1982 IFBB Mr. Olympia, Dickerson won nine other IFBB pro shows
in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, making him one of the most successful
competitors of all time. Something
of a Renaissance man, Dickerson studied music and is an accomplished opera
singer – no wonder, then, that his posing routines were always pure theater.
Dickerson lives in Manhatten, where he has a thriving personal-training
business.
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