Night of Champions
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Night of Champions (NOC) is a bodybuilding contest held every year in New York City, USA. It began in 1978 and is considered one of the top professional bodybuilding events, with the top five finalists qualifying for the Mr. Olympia contest.
Originally only a men's contest was held, but in 2003 female bodybuilding, figure, and fitness contests were added. The Night of Champions continued in 2004 with the two bodybuilding competitions, but the fitness and figure contests were cancelled. In 2005, the contest was renamed the New York Pro. Fitness and figure competitions have run under the New York Pro name since 2002, but both have been run as completely separate events on different dates.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Men's Bodybuilding | Women's Bodybuilding | Fitness | Figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Robby Robinson | |||
| 1979 | Robby Robinson | |||
| 1980 | Chris Dickerson | |||
| 1981 | Chris Dickerson | |||
| 1982 | Albert Beckles | |||
| 1983 | Lee Haney | |||
| 1984 | Albert Beckles | |||
| 1985 | Albert Beckles | |||
| 1986 | Lee Labrada | |||
| 1987 | Gary Strydom | |||
| 1988 | Phil Hill | |||
| 1989 | Vince Taylor | |||
| 1990 | Momo Benaziza | |||
| 1991 | Dorian Yates | |||
| 1992 | Kevin Levrone | |||
| 1993 | Porter Cottrell | |||
| 1994 | Mike Francois | |||
| 1995 | Nasser El Sonbaty | |||
| 1996 | Flex Wheeler | |||
| 1997 | Chris Cormier | |||
| 1998 | Ronnie Coleman | |||
| 1999 | Paul Dillet | |||
| 2000 | Jay Cutler | |||
| 2001 | Orville Burke | |||
| 2002 | Markus Rühl | |||
| 2003 | Víctor Martinez | Denise Masino (LW) Kim Harris (MW) Betty Viana (HW) |
Kelly Ryan | Davana Medina |
| 2004 | Melvin Anthony | Yaxeni Oriquen | ||
| 2005 | -- New York Pro -- | |||
