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lifeofbodybuilding: Sergio Oliva is a bodybuilder known as “The Myth”.This sobriquet was given to him by bodybuilder/writer Rick Wayne. Wayne had begun calling Oliva “The Myth” “(because everyone who saw him at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair said he was “JUST UNBELIEVABLE”)”. The first non-white athlete to win Mr. America, Mr. World, Mr. International, Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia. The second bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia competition. The only bodybuilder to ever defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Mr Olympia contest, 1969. The only Mr. Olympia champion to ever win uncontested in 1968.
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Sergio Oliva is a bodybuilder known as “The Myth”.This sobriquet was given to him by bodybuilder/writer Rick Wayne. Wayne had begun calling Oliva “The Myth” “(because everyone who saw him at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair said he was “JUST UNBELIEVABLE”)”.

  • The first non-white athlete to win Mr. America, Mr. World, Mr. International, Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia.
  • The second bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia competition.
  • The only bodybuilder to ever defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Mr Olympia contest, 1969.
  • The only Mr. Olympia champion to ever win uncontested in 1968.
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