Paul Dillett

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Paul Dillett
Bodybuilder
Personal info
Nickname"Freak-einstein" [1] [2]
"Jurassic Paul"
Born1965 [3]
Montreal, Quebec [4]
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [3]
WeightContest: 290 lb (132 kg)
Off-season: 320 lb (145 kg) to 330 lb (150 kg) [3] [4]
Professional career
Pro-debut
Best win
  • Night of Champions
  • 1999
Active1991–2012
Competition record
Men's Bodybuilding
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
NPC North American Championships
2nd1991
1st1992
Mr. Olympia
6th1993
4th1994
5th1996
5th1997
7th1999
Arnold Classic
4th1993
3rd1996
5th1996
6th1997
Night of Champions
1st1999
3rd2000
6th2002
Ironman Pro Invitational
4th1993
2nd1996
5th1997

Paul Dillett (1965 in Montreal, Quebec) [3] [4] is a retired Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder and current owner and CEO of the World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Inc. [1] [5] He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

Paul Dillett was born in Montreal to a French father and Jamaican mother. [6] [7] Before bodybuilding, Dillett played in the Canadian Football League. Dillett first competed in professional bodybuilding when he took second place in the heavyweight division of the 1991 North American Championships. His first Mr. Olympia was in 1993, where he placed 6th. In 1993, he competed in his first Ironman Pro Invitational, where he took fourth place.

Later that year, he competed in his first Arnold Classic, placing fourth. In 1999, he competed in the Night of Champions competition, where he placed first. Paul has been featured in many fitness and bodybuilding articles, including being featured on the cover of Muscular Development magazine. [8]

At the Arnold Classic in 1994, Dillett "froze" on stage, a result of cramping from dehydration, and four officials had to carry him off the stage. [9] He ended his professional bodybuilding career in 2012. It is conventional wisdom within the industry that while being a genetically gifted athlete of enormous size, Dillett never truly mastered his posing routines, which prevented him from placing higher in contests throughout his career. [10]

Dillett founded the World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Competition [11] (WBFF) in 2007. [12] The competition judges one's overall beauty and marketability. This includes stage presence not just physique. [13] Amateurs and professional contestants, compete in a number of different categories including men's Bodybuilding Pro, Muscle Model, Fitness Model, women's Figure Pro, Diva Fitness Model, and Diva Bikini Model. [14]

Stats

Contest history

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Hotten, Jon (2011). Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries. Random House. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-446-46615-5 . Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Paul Dillett: Bodybuilders That Most Impressed Dillett In The 90s". Generation Iron Fitness & Bodybuilding Network. August 26, 2020. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Paul Dillett". bodybuildingpro.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Paul Dillett Pro Bodybuilding Profile". bodybuilding.com. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Paul Dillet launches The WBFF! The World Bodybuilding And Fitness Federation". www.getbig.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Getbig Interview: Paul Dillett". www.getbig.com. May 2, 2003. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Paul Dillett - Greatest Physiques". www.greatestphysiques.com. March 29, 2017. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Muscular Development Magazine August 2003 Paul Dillett w Poster No Label". Original Magazines. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  9. ↑ McGough, Peter. "Paul Dillet's Collapse At The 1994 Arnold Classic". www.musculardevelopment.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Contest Posing". Muscle Insider. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Home". wbffshows.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  12. ↑ Fair, John D. (January 5, 2015). Mr. America: The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon. University of Texas Press. ISBN   9780292760820.
  13. ↑ "Is a fitness competition, with bikinis, a sport?". Calgary Herald. January 16, 2015. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ "2013 WBFF Worlds Comes to Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino". VegasNews.com - Las Vegas News. August 28, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2018.


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