The Evolution of the Mr. America Contest – 83 years of bodybuilding history.
In the world of bodybuilding as a sport, the Mr. America contest, stands out as one of the most prestigious in the history of the sport.
With the first contest being organized in 1939, the Mr. America event has been around for just over 83 years, and it has been re-launched into a massive event for 2022.
The Mr. America event has been organized by a number of federations, during it long and eventful history.
The Evolution of the Mr. America Contest
Both the AAU and the IFBB fought for the bragging rights over this event, but they both managed to organize this event, even simultaneously. The AAU sanctioned the majority of events from 1939 to 1999, while the IFBB sanctioned this event in 1949 and 1959 to 1977.
From 1999 to 2016, a number of other federations sanctioned the event, the NGA, NSL and UFE. The event was not organized from 2017 to 2019.
From 1939 to 1999, some of the most popular bodybuilders in the history of the sport have competed and won the Mr. America title. To mention a few, Steve Reeves, John Grimek, Bill Pearl, Boer Coe, Dennis Tinerino, Chris Dickerson, Casey Viator, Frank Zane, Ken Waller, Ed Corney, Lou Ferrigno, Robby Robinson, Mike Metzer and Danny Padilla.
The Mr. America Sports Festival and Expo
Finally the event was reborn in 2020, under the watchful eye of Marc Tauriello. Marc not only brought the Mr. America back to life, but the event expanded to the Mr. America Sports Festival and Expo.
Marc Tauriello, successfully organized this event in 2020 and 2021, with everything in motion for the big event in 2022.
The new version of the Mr. America Sports Festival and Expo is not sanctioned by any federation and it’s a drug tested event.
The majority of athletes that compete at the Mr. America have more of the athletic look, but at the same time, represent classic bodybuilding.
While some of the bodybuilding’s biggest competitions are still struggling to get TV coverage, the Mr. America event is broadcasted on the CBS Sports Network.
The new version of the Mr. America contest is also endorsed by the legendary Mike O’Hearn and other prominent bodybuilding legends.
The 2022 Event
The 2022 Mr. America Sports Festival and Expo will be taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 7-9 October, 2022.
At the time of publishing this article, the 2022 version of this event will have an Expo, numerous bodybuilding events, Fitness events and workshops and also a Strength Sports event.
The Mr. America bodybuilding contest is the flagship event at the Mr. America All American Sports Festival.
There will be upwards of 200 athletes including amateurs and pros competing to be the next Mr./Ms. America!
There will be 200 men and women from amateur, masters and the pros competing for Bikini, Physique, Classic Physique, Figure AND the category that will give you your next Mr. America, Pro Bodybuilding!
The new events added in 2002 will be Crossfit, Olympic Weightlifting, Kettle Bell Sports, Arm Lifting, Mas Wrestling. Bringing this year’s festival to a total of eight sport events.
2022 Mr. America Sports Festival and Expo events
The Mr. America Expo
BODYBUILDING & FITNESS
Mr Classic Physique America
Ms. Bikini America
Ms. Figure America
Mr. Physique America
Ms. Classic Figure
Ms. Physique America
MR. AMERICA
Ms. AMERICA
Junior Mr/Ms America (amateur contest)
STRENGTH SPORTS
US Strongman Clash of the Tridents
US Strongman Pro Woman’s World
AAU Powerlifting
USA Powerlifting
Olympic Weightlifting
Strict Curl
Mas Wrestling
Arm Lifting
Kettlebell Sport
FITNESS
Crossfit
Yoga Workshop
As the event gets closer, more events and activities will be added to the already long list of events.
For more information and to register for this event, log on to www.mramerica.com.
Checkout all the great videos on the Mr. America official YouTube page – Click HERE.
Evolutionofbodybuilding.net will be publishing updates for this event, so make sure to check back to get all the updates.
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