- Casey Viator
Casey Viator (born
September 4 ,1951 inLafayette, Louisiana [http://www.parentsurf.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_3_22/ai_n6108181] ) was the youngest everAAU Mr. America - gaining the title at the age of 19 in 1971.Viator was born in Lafayette and grew up in
New Iberia, Louisiana . In 1968, Viator placed third in the Mr. Louisiana contest. The following year, he came in sixth in the 1969 Teen Mr. America, but won in the categories best arms, best abs and most muscular.He trained under the guidance of Arthur Jones for ten months prior to the Mr. America contest at
DeLand High School inDeLand, Florida . The two first met briefly at the 1970 Mr. America contest inLos Angeles, California , where Viator placed third. Realizing Viator's potential, Jones offered Viator a job at his new company, the Nautilus Group.All in the same year, Viator won three separate
bodybuilding championships; Teen Age Mr. America, Jr. Mister America, and lastly, the title of Mr. America. In 1982 he capped off his bodybuilding career by placing third in theMr. Olympia competition.Today, Viator is a writer for "
Muscle & Fitness " and "Flex" magazines.Titles won
* 1970 AAU Teen Mr. America
* 1970 AAU Teen Mr. America (Most Muscular)
* 1970 AAU Mr. USA
* 1971 AAU Mr. USA
* 1971 AAU Jr. Mr. America
* 1971AAU Mr. America
* 1980 IFFB Louisiana Grand Prix
* 1980 IFFB Pennsylvania Gran Prix
* 1980 Pittsburgh Pro InvitationalReferences
* Roark, Joe. "Factoids: featuring 2004 hall of fame inductee Casey Viator". Flex Magazine, May 2004.
ee also
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List of professional bodybuilders External links
* [http://www.caseyviator.com/ Casey Viator's official website]
* [http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson31.htm An Interview with Bodybuilding Legend Casey Viator] by David Robinson
* [http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/viator.html History of Mr. Olympia: Casey Viator]
* [http://www.musclenet.com/coloradoexperiment.htm The Colorado Experiment] , in which Viator reportedly gained 63 pounds of muscle in less than one month, using Nautilus equipment
* [http://www.builtreport.com/viator.html Casey Viator Bodybuilding Gallery ]
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