Lee Haney
Height 5'11"
Born November 11, 1959 South Carolina
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1978
Mr Coastal USA - AAU, Teen, 4th
1979
Mr Coastal USA - AAU, Teen, 4th
Teen Mr America - AAU, Overall Winner
Teen Mr America - AAU, Tall, 1st
1980
Mr USA - AAU, HeavyWeight, 4th
1982
Junior Nationals - NPC, Overall Winner
Junior Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st
Nationals - NPC, Overall Winner
Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st
World Amateur Championships - IFBB, HeavyWeight, 1st
1983
Grand Prix England - IFBB, 2nd
Grand Prix Las Vegas - IFBB, Winner
Grand Prix Sweden - IFBB, 2nd
Grand Prix Switzerland - IFBB, 3rd
Night of Champions - IFBB, Winner
Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
World Pro Championships - IFBB, 3rd
1984
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1985
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1986
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1987
Grand Prix Germany (2) - IFBB, Winner
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1988
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1989
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1990
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
1991
Olympia - IFBB, Winner
Magazines
1983 January Vol 7, Num 1 Muscle Digest
1983 July Vol 1, Num 4 Flex
1983 August Num 108 Muscle Training Illustrated
1983 November Vol 5, Num 19 Muscle and Bodybuilder
1984 November Vol 44, Num 1 IronMan
1985 February Vol 46, Num 2 Muscle and Fitness
1985 March Vol 2, Num 12 Flex
1985 March Num 50 Muscle Mag International
1987 January Vol 46, Num 2 IronMan
1987 February Vol 4, Num 11 Flex
1987 September Vol 48, Num 9 Muscle and Fitness
1988 April Vol 6, Num 2 Flex
1989 January Vol 6, Num 11 Flex
1989 September Vol 3, Num 4 NPC News
1989 November Num 154 Muscle Training Illustrated
1990 February Vol 7, Num 12 Flex
1991 Vol 28, Num 13 Muscular Development
1991 January Num 163 Muscle Training Illustrated
1991 February Vol 8, Num 12 Flex
1991 February Vol 28, Num 2 Muscular Development
1991 September Vol 28, Num 9 Muscular Development
1991 December Vol 50, Num 12 IronMan
1992 May Vol 6, Num 2 NPC News
1993 January Vol 30, Num 1 Muscular D EE HANEY CHAMPION / FAMILY MAN
Lee Haney dominated the IFBB Mr. Olympia scene for eight years, by winning the competition from 1984 to 1991. At age 24, the six-foot tall, 243-pound Lee Haney became the youngest to win the title, and the most heavily muscled athlete to capture the crown. His total "Olympia" prize money to nearly $500,000.
Lee Haney was born November 11,1959, in Fairburn, Georgia, and raised in a strict Southern Baptist family. At age 14, he received a pair of plastic-covered dumbbells for Christmas. He commented, "I am sure my dad expected me to get bored with the gift. But I used the weights relentlessly, and when I was too tired to lift them, I read everything I could find pertaining to strength-training or nutrition."
By 1975, Lee was first-string on his high school football team, which required four days per week of mandatory weightlifting. A high school councilor assisted Lee in getting an educational grant to Spartanburg Methodist College, where he graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice and Youth Counciling.
In 1979, Haney won the AAU Teenage Mr. America event. He stated in his book, "Totally Awesome," published in 1987:
"Around seven months away was the Mr.Teenage America competition, the first national event I'd thought about, I'd never flown and the prospect of flying didn't interest me. I had a dilapidated little old car with a dead battery and precious little money; all of that needed for vitamins. But I trained with the confidence that I'd get to Detroit. And I got there.....thanks to my girlfriend Shirley, who invested an entire pay-check, from her job at the local library, for a new battery. Three weeks later we drove to Detroit and I became Mr.Teenage America. I'll never forget the thrill or the reassurance of her support."
From 1982 to 1991, Lee entered 19 major physique contests. His eight-year consecutive "Olympia" record lasted for14 years, until Ronnie Coleman equaled his number in 2005. In 1994, he and his wife Shirley, established a 40-acre retreat farm for children of all ages, creeds, and nationalities. Lee, then served as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 1999 to 2002.
In 2010, the Lee Haney World Class Fitness Center opened in Atlanta, Georgia, and became known as the official wellness center for the city.
Lee Haney was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999.