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This article is about the bodybuilding contest. For the professional wrestling event, see WWE Night of Champions.
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.
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 Mohammed 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 Martínez Denise Masino (LW)
Kim Harris (MW)
Betty Viana (HW)Kelly Ryan Davana Medina 2004 Melvin Anthony Yaxeni Oriquen 2005 -- New York Pro -- Categories:- Professional bodybuilding competitions
- Recurring events established in 1978
- Annual events in the United States
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