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2009 Ironman Pro Results January 24, 2009 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Convention Center)

Place	Name	Country	1+2	3	4	Total
1	Silvio Samuel	Spain	10	8	8	26
2	Moe Elmoussawi	New Zealand	22	10	9	41
3	Ronny Rockel	Germany	32	17	14	63
4	Hidetada Yamagishi	Japan	40	14	17	71
5	Ahmad Haidar	Lebanon	60	26	25	111
6	Eddie Abbew	United Kingdom	62	34		96
7	Mohammad Bannout	Lebanon	62	34		96
8	Mark Dugdale	USA	76	36		112
9	Marcus Haley	USA	84	46		130
10	Johnnie Jackson	USA	106	56		162
11	Troy Alves	USA	112	57		169
12	Oliver Adzievski	Sweden	110	63		173
13	Martin Kjellstrom	Sweden	132	61		193
14	Thomas Benagli	Italy	136	65		201
15	Constantino Demetriou	Australia	142	70		212
16	Omar Deckard	USA	158	76		234
17	Adorthus Cherry	USA	160	80		240
17	Fedel Clarke	Canada	160	80		240
17	Tamer El Shahat	Egypt	160	80		240
17	Oleg Emelyanov	Russia	160	80		240
17	Aiman Faour	Lebanon	160	80		240
17	DeShaun Grimez	USA	160	80		240
17	Rusty Jeffers	USA	160	80		240
17	Mark LaVoie	Canada	160	80		240
17	Don Long	USA	160	80		240
17	Daron Lytle	USA	160	80		240
17	Cesar Mendible	Venezuela	160	80		240
17	Evgeny Mishin	Russia	160	80		240

2008 Ironman Pro Results February 16, 2008 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Convention Center)

Place	Name	Country	1+2	3	4	Total
1	Phil Heath	USA	10	5	5	20
2	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	20	12	10	42
3	Moe Elmoussawi	New Zealand	38	14	15	67
4	Silvio Samuel	Spain	34	21	20	75
5	Johnnie Jackson	USA	50	23	25	98
6	Desmond Miller	USA	62	31		93
7	Eddie Abbew	England	70	40		110
8	Toney Freeman	USA	84	39		123
9	Troy Alves	USA	88	43		131
10	King Kamali	USA	106	57		163
11	Will Harris	USA	118	53		171
12	David Henry	USA	114	59		173
13	Khalid Almohsinawi	Netherlands	124	61		185
14	JoJo Ntiforo	USA	142	72		213
15	Ray Arde	USA	150	76		226
16	Alfonso Del Rio	Spain	152	76		228
17	Paul Baker	Jamaica	160	80		240
17	Troy Brown	England	160	80		240
17	Rodney Davis	USA	160	80		240
17	Omar Deckard	USA	160	80		240
17	DeShaun Grimez	USA	160	80		240
17	Neset Icli	Netherlands	160	80		240
17	Rusty Jeffers	USA	160	80		240
17	Ken Jones	USA	160	80		240
17	Vincent Liu	Canada	160	80		240
17	Sergey Ogorodnikov	Russia	160	80		240
17	Dragan Paunovic	Serbia	160	80		240
17	Gian Enrico Pica	Italy	160	80		240
17	Armin Scholz	Germany	160	80		240
17	Nathaniel Wonsley	USA	160	80		240
17	Mehmet Yildirim	France	160	80		240
DNF	Jimmy Canyon	USA	160
Best Poser	King Kamali
Guest Poser	Melvin Anthony

2007 Ironman Pro Results February 17, 2007 at Pasadena, CA
(Pasadena Civic Auditorium)

Place	Name	Country	1+2	3	4	Total
1	Toney Freeman	USA	5	5	5	15
2	Mark Dugdale	USA	11	10	10	31
3	Eddie Abbew	England	17	16	16	49
4	Samuel Silvio	Spain	20	14	17	61
5	Marcus Haley	USA	23	31	25	79
6	David Henry	USA	30	29		59
7	Hidetada Yamagishi	Japan	35	25		60
8	Ahmad Haidar	Lebanon	43	40		83
9	Omar Deckard	USA	46	47		93
9	Joel Stubbs	Bahamas	45	48		93
11	Kris Dim	USA	60	60		120
12	Rusty Jeffers	USA	68	56		144
13	Roc Shabazz	USA	60	66		126
14	Moe Elmoussaoui	New Zealand	63	64		127
15	Daniele Seccarecci	Italy	72	71		143
16	Sergey Shelestov	Russia	80	79		159
17	Jason Arntz	USA	80	80		160
17	Eryk Bui	USA	80	80		160
17	Aiman Faour	Germany	80	80		160
17	Rod Ketchens	USA	80	80		160
17	Martin Kjellstrom	Sweden	80	80		160
17	Francesco Mazzotta	Italy	80	80		160
17	Clifton Torres	USA	80	80		160
17	Fabrizio Zittucro	Italy	80	80		160
DNF	Frank McGrath	Canada	80	--		--
Out	Luke Wood	Australia

2006 Ironman Pro Results February 18, 2006 at Pasadena, CA
(Pasadena Civic Auditorium)

Place	Name	Country	1+2	3	4	Total
1	Lee Priest	Australia	5	6	6	17
2	David Henry	USA	11	13	12	36
3	Troy Alves	USA	16	13	14	43
4	Kris Dim	USA	20	17	18	55
5	Mark Dugdale	USA	25	26	25	76
6	Mustafa Mohammad	Austria	35	33		68
7	Toney Freeman	USA	35	37		72
8	Eyrk Bui	USA	37	39		76
9	Ahmad Haidar	Lebanon	45	44		89
10	Chris Cook	USA	51	52		103
11	Armin Scholz	Germany	61	53		114
12	Martin Kjellstrom	Sweden	60	61		121
13	Oliver Adzievski	Sweden	69	60		129
14	Moe Elmoussawi	Lebanon	76	66		142
15	Nathan Wonsley	USA	76	71		147
16	Heiko Kallbach	Germany	77
16	Rodney St. Cloud	USA	77
16	Hidetada Yamagishi	Japan	77
19	Evgeny Mishin	Russia	78
20	Mo Anouti	Lebanon	80
20	Paul Baker	Jamaica	80
20	Tamer Elshahat	Egypt	80
20	Derik Farnsworth	USA	80
20	Kai Greene	USA	80
20	Ntuk Ntuk	Nigeria	80
20	Dragan Paunovic	Yugoslavia	80
20	Arnaud Plaisant	France	80
20	Heinz Senior	Venezuela	80
20	Emmanuel Tzinidis	Greece	80

2005 Ironman Pro Results February 19, 2005 at Pasadena, CA
(Pasadena Civic Auditorium)

Gutavo Badell wins the first pro show of the season, in a close race with Lee Priest. Here are the scorecard results:

Place	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	11	5	10	5	31
2	Lee Priest	Australia	8	15	7	13	43
3	Troy Alves	USA	20	10	18	12	60
4	Melvin Anthony	USA	11	20	14	20	65
5	King Kamali	USA	28	27	26	25	106
6	Craig Titus	USA	28	30	37		95
7	David Henry	USA	37	36	35		108
8	Mark Dugdale	USA	44	36	34		114
9	Mike Morris	USA	37	44	50		131
10	Idrise Ward-El	USA	50	51	56		157
11	Jojo Ntiforo	USA	58	54	52		164
12	Rusty Jeffers	USA	64	60	61		185
13	Ed Van Amsterdam	Holland	69	66	67		202
14	Frank Roberson	USA	78	73	59		210
15	Heiko Kallbach	Germany	77	73	75		225
16	Jimmy Canyon	USA	80	77			157
17	Youssef El-Zein	Lebanon	80	80			160
17	Derik Farnsworth	USA	80	80			160
17	Christina Loberede	Chili	80	80			160
17	Fracesco Mazzotta	Italy	80	80			160
17	Jocelyn Peletier	Canada	80	80			160
17	Massimo Valli	Italy	80	80			160
17	Hidetada Yamagishi	Japan	80	80			160
DNF	Patrick Lynn	USA	59				DNF

2004 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 21, 2004 at Pasadena, CA
(Pasadena Civic Auditorium)

Gustavo Badell come from nowhere to qualify for the Olympia with his 3rd place fininsh here at the Ironman. Tom Prince dropped out five minutes prior to round one beginning due to health issues. Here are the scorecard results:

Place	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Dexter Jackson	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Lee Priest	Australia	10	10	12	12	44
3	Gustova Badell	Puerto Rico	35	16	14	14	79
4	Ahmad Haidar	Lebanon	19	20	23	21	83
5	Craig Titus	USA	17	25	20	24	86
6	David Henry	USA	26	32	30		88
7	Johnnie Jackson	USA	35	35	36		106
8	Bob Cicherillo	USA	39	45	43		127
9	Idrise Ward-El	USA	43	40	49		132
10	Ronny Rockel	Germany	45	52	54		151
11	Jason Arntz	USA	56	53	55		164
12	Lee Powell	England	72	59	62		193
13	Paul Baker	Jamaica	67	68	71		206
14	Mohamed Amouti	Lebanon	72	1	67		210
15	Rod Ketchens	USA	73	72	69		214
16	George Turmon	USA	68	80	70		218
17	Ntuk Ntuk	Nigeria	90	89	90		269
18	Dragan Paunovic	-	97	88	87		272
19	Ken Jones	USA	86	99	98		283
20	Clifton Torres	USA	97	98	94		289
Wtdrw	Tom Prince	USA

2003 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 15, 2003 at Los Angeles, CA
(Marsee Auditorium, El Camino Community College)

Chris Cormier decided at the last minute to pull out of the show, with a dominant Jay Cutler taking it. However, second place went to Melvin Anthony, who took it over Flex Weeher. Troy Alves came out of nowehere to place 4th. Aaron Baker's comeback was also quite nice to see. Here are the scorecard results:

Place	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Jay Cutler	USA	5	5	5	5	20
2	Melvin Anthony	USA	17	11	11	12	51
3	Ken 'Flex' Wheeler	USA	10	16	14	13	53
4	Troy Alves	USA	19	18	27	21	85
5	Darrem Charles	USA	25	28	20	24	97
6	Quincy Taylor	USA	33	32	29		94
7	Ahmad Haidar	Lebanon	32	30	34		96
8	Aaron Baker	USA	42	40	40		122
9	Johnnie Jackson	USA	44	48	45		137
10	J.D. Dawodu	England	51	48	53		152
11	Tevita Aholeilei		57	57	54		168
12	Eddie Abbew	England	60	58	59		177
13	Tommi Thorvildsen	Norway	65	72	68		205
14	John Hodgson	England	73	71	65		209
15	Christian Lobarede	Chile	79	79	75		233
16	Jocelyn Pelletier	Canada	85	85	80		250
Wthrw-13	Bruce Patterson	Canada	65	67			x

2002 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 16, 2002 at Los Angeles, CA
(L.A. Trade Technical College, Grand Theatre)

With Dennis James pulling out of the show because of the flu, Chris Cormier took an easier win than expected. Lee Priest made an awesome comeback from last year, and Ernie Taylor, Ahmed Haider, and Quincy Taylor all looked great. Tommi and Garrett also looked better than ever. The final results were:

Place	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Chris Cormier	USA	5	5	8	5	23
2	Lee Priest	Australia	13	10	7	10	40
3	Ernie Taylor	England	13	21	21	17	72
4	Ahmed Haidar	Lebanon	21	18	16	18	73
5	Quincy Taylor	USA	24	21	24	24	93
6	Tommi Thorvildsen	Norway	38	31	30		99
7	Garrett Downing	USA	35	33	36		104
8	Jason Arntz	USA	41	43	43		127
9	Victor Martinez	USA	42	51	50		143
10	Jeff Long	USA	46	49	52		147
11	Eddie Abbew	England	56	50	57		163
12	Jamo Nezzar	England	56	62	56		174
13	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico	66	69	69		204
14	Istvan Kis-Korvath	Hungary	75	65	67		207
15	Lawrence Marshall	Trinidad	71	70	69		210
16	Jerry Rodgers	USA	72	73	76		221
17	Ivory Turner	USA	84	85	84		253

2001 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 17, 2001 at Redondo Beach, CA

King Kamali said he would come into his first pro contest strong, and strong he did, scaring even the toughest around, but in the end, Chris Cormier repeated as champion of the first pro show of the year. The final results were:

Place	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Chris Cormier	USA	5	5	6	5	21
2	Melvin Anthony	USA	10	11	9	10	40
3	Shari 'King' Kamali	USA	15	20	18	18	71
4	J.D. Dawodu	England	35	14	17	16	82
5	Craig Titus	USA	22	25	25	23	95
6	Garrett Downing	USA	24	31	34		89
7	Lee Priest	Australia	31	39	33		103
8	Jason Arntz	USA	39	39	46		124
9	John Sherman	USA	47	41	42		130
10	Rodney St. Cloud	USA	49	54	49		152
11	Charles Kemp	USA	58	67	54		179
12	Marko Savolainin	Finland	65	59	60		184
13	Rudy Soliman	Canada	73	69	67		209
14	Dennis Francis	England	72	73	68		213
15	Christian Loberede	Chili	80	75	75		230
16	Gustave Badell	Puerto Rico	78	77			155
17	Rod Ketchens	USA	80	80			160
17	Hans Hopstaken	USA	80	80			160
17	Ken Jones	USA	80	80			160
17	Alessandro Komadina	Italy	80	80			160
17	Lawrence Marshall	Trinidad	80	80			160
17	Ali Malla	Lebanon	80	80			160
17	Yohnnie Shambourger	USA	80	80			160
17	Jerry Rodgers	USA	80	80			160
Wdrw	Patrick Lynn	USA	53	56			NA

2000 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 19, 2000 at Redondo Beach, CA

It was an incredible contest, the largest ever for a Pro Ironman Show, and a great way to start the new century. In this event, no one knew who would win, and in the best, Chris Cormier repeated as the Ironman Champion, besting the great 'Flex' Wheeler in a hard fought match. The final results were:

Place	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Chris Cormier	USA	10	6	6	5	27
2	Ken 'Flex' Wheeler	USA	8	9	9	10	36
3	Dexter Jackson	USA	12	15	20	17	64
4	Gunter Schlierkamp	Germany	22	20	16	18	76
5	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	25	31	26	25	107
6	Jason Arntz	USA	29	33	36		98
7	Dennis James	USA	41	35	37		113
8	Craig Titus	USA	40	44	40		124
9	Tom Prince	USA	47	42	40		138
10	Claude Groulx	Canada	46	47	59		152
11	J.D. Dawodu	England	58	57	42		157
12	Anthony 'Wolf' Williams	Canada	54	54	51		159
13	Dennis Newman	USA	65	66	63		194
14	Johnny Moya	USA	78	84	70		232
15	Charles Kemp	USA	82	82	75		239
16	Dave Fisher	Canada	80	85			165
16	Ahmed Haidar	Lebanon	85	80			165
18	Gustave Badell	Puerto Rico	85	83			168
19	Ed Van Amsterdam	Holland	85	84			169
20	Mark Lampard	Australia	85	85			170
20	Jocelyn Peletier	Canada	85	85			170
20	Jamo Nezzar	England	85	85			170
20	Craig Licker	USA	85	85			170
20	Jostein Oedegaarden	Norway	85	85			170
20	Fauzi Hanst	Carribean	85	85			170
20	Sylvestor Solomon	USA	85	85			170
20	Christian Loberede	Chili	85	85			170
20	Milton Holloway	USA	85	85			170
20	Federico Focherini	Italy	85	85			170
20	Stan McCrary	USA	85	85			170
20	Rod Ketchens	USA	85	85			170
20	Bob Weatherall	Canada	85	85			170
20	Ntuk Ntuk	Nigeria	85	85			170
Wthr-14	Patrick Lynn	USA	65	69			NA

Number with a *'* around them indicated that
they failed a diurectic test, and were disqualified later.

1999 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 27, 1999 at Redondo Beach, CA

The final results were:

Place	Name	Country
1	Chris Cormier	USA
2	Milos Sarcev	Yugoslavia
3	Jay Cutler	USA
4	Darrem Charles	Trinidad
5	Guther Schlierkamp	Germany
6	Lee Preist	Australia
7	Alq' Gurley	USA
8	Don Long	USA
9	Patrick Lynn	USA
10	Willie Stalling	USA
11	Anthony 'Wolf' Williams	USA
12	Ahmad Haider	Lebanon
13	Rod Ketchens	Canada
14	Oleg Zhur	Ukraine
15	Renel Janvier	USA
16	Jeno Kiss	Hungary
17	Fredon Boojakle	Syria
18	Yonnie Shambourger	USA
19	Roland Kickinger	Austria
20	Emeric Delczeg	Romania
20	Fauzi Hanst	Carribean
20	Jason Marcovici	Canada
20	Bruce Patterson	Canada
20	Zvi Soika	Israel
20	Ken Jones	USA
20	Kevin O'Grady	Australia
20	Sylvestor Solomon	USA
20	Milton Holloway	USA

1998 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 21, 1998 at Redondo Beach, CA

The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Aviation Auditorium, on the corner of Aviation Blvd, and Manhattan Beach Blvd, was the site for the 1998 IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational. This was the 9th year for this event, and the 5th year in a row that Ken 'Flex' Wheeler has won this event. The evening show started off with a tribute to Vince Gironda, who died last November three weeks shy of his 80th birthday. Ironman publisher John Bailik and Vince were close friends, and John was planning an 80th birthday bash for him.
In the audience were noted people such as Francis Benfatto, Alq Gurley, Barry Kabov, Paul Dillet, Gunther Schlierkamp, Lee Priest (The Beast), Shawn Ray (first Ironman winner), Mike Christian (Iron Warrior), Tony Pearson (former Mr. Universe), Larry Scott (first Mr. Olympia), Kim Chivesky (reigning Ms. Olympia), Willie Stallig, Stan McCrary (Curly Top), Marvelous Melvin Anthony, Chris Cormier (The Real Deal), and many, many more, and Lynn Conkwright (1880 Ms. Olympia 3rd).
The prejudging started a little after 12:15, and the finals at 8pm. Interesting note is that Greg Kovacs did not show up to the finals, although he was at the prejudging. Lonnie Teper, the emcee, was presented a cake with a naked lady on it (complete) from Shawn Ray for his birthday, which was February 16th. And it was a triumphant return for Dennis Newman, whom this was his first pro show, after winning against the biggest battle of them all, leukemia.
The final results were:

Place	Name	Country
1	Ken 'Flex' Wheeler	USA
2	Darrem Charles	Trinidad
3	Aaron Baker	USA
4	Patrick Lynn	USA
5	Renel Janvier	USA
6	Dennis Newman	USA
7	Darryl Stafford	USA
8	Kevin O' Grady	Australia
9	Ron Coleman	USA
10	Grant Clemesha	Australia
11	Michio Grubbs	USA
12	Roland Kickinger	Austria
13	Jeffrey Long	USA
14	Greg Kovacs	Canada
15	Mohamed El Makkawy	Egypt
16	Ken Jones	USA
17	Alessandro Komadina	Italy

4-dis	Anthony 'Wolf' Williams	USA
11-dis	Fauzi Hanst	Carribean

Anthony Williams and Fauzi Hanst were disqualified later on after failing the diuretics test. Slated to appear but did not were Jeff Poulin (USA), Jocelyn Cadieuz (Canada), and Federico Focherini (Italy)

1997 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 22, 1997 at Redondo Beach, CA

The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Aviation Auditorium, on the corner of Aviation Blvd, and Manhattan Beach Blvd, was the site for the 1997 IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational. This was the 8th year for this event, and by far, the largest collection of athletes to battle it out for the championship. Twenty three athletes, from all over the world, were here in the first IFBB pro show of the year.
Pre-judging started at 12 o clock, but by 11, there were already 300 or so fans outside the doors waiting to get in. Backstage, there was nervousness, and intense concentration by the athletes, as they prepared themselves for the event.
During pre-judging, there were four parts. The first part introduced all of the athletes, half of them lining up first, and second half a couple of minutes later. The second part consisted of the first call outs, in which the judges compared athletes to each other, three at a time.
The third part consisted of each athlete come on stage and go through a routine, consisting of 7 poses. There were, in order, Front Double Bicep, Front Lat Spread, Side Chest, Rear Double Bicep, Rear Lat Spread, Side Tricep, and Abdominals & Thighs.
The fourth part brought out the final call outs of the pre-judging. This is where you could really see the differences between the top stars, and judge on who will win based on symmetry, muscle, and overall appearance. The call-outs were as follows, in order, three athletes being compared at a time.

Lee Priest - Flex Wheeler - Ron Coleman
Lee Priest - Aaron Baker - Ron Coleman
Paul Dillett - Aaron Baker - Flex Wheeler
Paul Dillett - Ron Coleman - Lee Priest
Ian Harrison - Bruce Patterson - Eddie Robinson
Henderson Thorne - Bruce Patterson - Patrick Lynn
Alq Gurley - Porter Cottrell - Patrick Lynn
Alq Gurley - Jeffrey Long - Patrick Lynn
Gunter Schlierkamp - Jeffrey Long - Roland Kickinger

Afterwards, the pre-judging came to an end, and the audience went home or to lunch to await the evening show. Backstage, the athletes were being tested for diuretics, which took over an hour and a half to get all of the athletes done, as paperwork and accuracy had to be done. Fortunately for the competitors, press, and backstage personnel, the only drinks that the Ironman show had was water and American Body Building's Ripped Force, Cutting Force, Carbo Light and Amino Powers. Quality above all!
The evening show started at 8 pm. There was a crowd of over 1,500 people on hand, including such notables like Chris Cormier, Shawn Ray, Mike Christian, Vince Gironda, Michio Grubbs, Craig Titus, Garret Downing, Mike Matarrazzo, and Jeff Poulin. The emcee even went as far as predicting that Chris Cormier will win the IFBB Night of Champions event in New York in May.
The evening presentations went as follows. The first part was introduction of all 23 competitors, second part was the routines of the athletes, complete with music and theatrics, and the final part was the selection of the top 10, narrowing down to the winner.
The final results were:

Place Name Country
1 Flex Wheeler USA
2 Lee Preist Australia
3 Ronnie Coleman USA
4 Aaron Baker USA
5 Paul Dillett USA
6 Patrick Lynn USA
7 Eddie Robinson USA
8 Henderson Thorne Canada
9 Bruce Patterson Canada
10 Ian Harrison England
11 Roland Kickinger Austria
12 Jeffrey Long USA
13 Fauzi Hanst Carribean
14 Alessandro Komadina Italy
15 J.P. Pulkkinen Finland
16 Mohamed El Makkawy Egypt
16 Joe Spinello Canada
Dis-6 Alq Gurley USA
Dis-12 Gunther Schlierkamp Germany
Dis-16 Max Shamaya Israel
Dis-16 B.J. Johns New Zealand
Dis Jerry Rodgers USA
Dis Porter Cottrell USA

Porter Cottrell was disqualified for failure to appear at award presentation, which he would of placed tenth, while Jerry Rodger was disqualified for failure to take the drug test, According to Porter, he did not hear to judge announced his name and went to the dressing room to change. Four athletes were disqualified for testing positive in the drug test. They were Alq Gurley, B.J. Johns, Gunter Schlierkamp, and Max Shamaya.
It was a hard fought battle, and the only major audience clashing with the judges was that Aaron Baker should of placed third instead of fourth over Ronnie Coleman. The biggest suspense of the night was the final moment between Lee Priest and Flex Wheeler. Would Wheeler win the third Ironman in a row or lose to a 217 pound 5 foot 3 inch, completely muscular Lee Priest? We now know the answer!
This contest was tested for diuretics, clenbuterol and cocaine. Four athletes came out positive. They were Alq Gurley, B.J. Johns, Gunter Schlierkamp, and Max Shamaya.
Special mentions (opinions by Ron Avidan) goes out to these athletes:

Nicest Competitor went to Flex Wheeler, for bowing to the audience each time as he finished posing in all rounds.

Nicest Backstage Competitor went to Roland Kickinger, for being gracious and kind to everyone, even under pressure.

Best Routine went to D.J. Johns from New Zealand, whose routine had the audience captivated and received the biggest applause. Eddie Robinson also gets a mention here for an innovative routine.

Best Music went to Porter Cottrell, for his specially made music about his lifestyle as a fireman, including a line mentioning 'Hey Porter, where's the fire'. Music from the movie 'The Rock' gets special mention for it was used more than once.

Most interesting posing suit goes to Aaron Baker, for pulling his suit as high as he could, thus so the audience can see his glutes more than they should.

Most inspirational went to Mohammed El Makkaway, who has not competed in 12 years, and was celebrating his 22nd wedding anniversary that night.

Most Flexible: went to Patrick Lynn, and Flex Wheeler, for doing the splits on stage, evoking oohs and ouches from the audience.

1996 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 24, 1996 at Redondo Beach, CA

Place	Name	Country
1	Flex Wheeler	USA
2	Paul Dillett	USA
3	Shawn Ray	USA
4	Lee Preist	Australia
5	Darrem Charles	Trinidad
6	Patrick Lynn	USA
7	Roland Kickinger	Austria
8	Michio Grubbs	USA
9	Henderson Thorne	Canada
10	Phil Williams	USA
11	Claude Groulx	Canada
12	Jerry Rodgers	USA
13	Andre Charette	Canada
14	Terry Mitsos	Australia
15	Sergei Otroch	Ukraine
16	David Alleyne	Barbados

1995 Ironman Pro Invitational Results February 25, 1995 at Los Angeles, CA

Place	Name	Country
1	Flex Wheeler	USA
2	Aaron Baker	USA
3	Lee Priest	Australia
4	Patrick Lynn	USA
5	Darrem Charles	Trinidad
6	Dave Fisher	Canada
7	David Dearth	USA
8	Paul Jean-Guilliaume	USA
9	Jerry Rogers	USA
10	Terry Mitsos	Australia
11	Tom Varga	USA
12	David Alleyne	Barbados

1994 Ironman Pro Invitational Results

Place	Name
1	Vince Taylor
2	Chris Cormier
3	Aaron Baker
4	Lee Priest
5	David Dearth
6	Sonny Schmidt
7	Flavio Baccianini
8	Henderson Thorne
9	Tom Varga
10	Jim Quinn
11	Jonnie Morant
12	Patrick Lynn
13	Bertil Fox
14	Tony Pearson

1993 Ironman Pro Invitational Results

Place	Name
1	Flex Wheeler
2	Lee Lambrada
3	Vince Taylor
4	Paul Dillett
5	J.J. Marsh
6	Flavio Baccianini
7	Franco Satoriello
8	Robby Robinson
9	Michael Ashley
10	Ray McNeil
11	Ron Love
12	Thierry Pastel
13	Samir Bannout

1992 Ironman Pro Invitational Results

Place	Name
1	Vince Taylor
2	Robby Robinson
3	Alq Gurley
4	Thierry Pastel
5	Mike Matarazzo
6	Milos Sarcev
7	Steve Brisbois
8	Ron Love
9	Michael Ashley
10	Frank Hillebrand
11	Shane DiMora
12	Paul Jean-Guillaume
13	John Terilli
14	Tim Belknap

1991 Ironman Pro Invitational Results

Place	Name
1	J.J Marsh
2	Renel Janvier
3	Andreas Munzer
4	Thierry Pastel
5	Vince Taylor
6	Steve Brisbois
7	Francis Benfatto
8	Franco Santoriello
9	Mohammed Benaziza
10	Bob Paris
11	Selwyn Cottrell
12	John Brown
13	Ricardo Gya
14	Kevin McGaunn
15	Van Walcott Smith
16	Michael Devitis
17	Katsumi Ishimura

1990 Ironman Pro Invitational Results

Place	Name
1	Shawn Ray
2	Michael Ashley
3	Vince Comerford
4	Gary Strydom
5	J.J. Marsh
6	Nimrod King
7	Steve Brisbois
8	Tony Pearson
9	Pavel Jablonicky
10	Harry Dinger