Chris Dickerson (bodybuilder)

Henri Christophe Dickerson (25 August 1939 to 23 December 2021), known as Chris Dickerson, was an American professional bodybuilder born in Montgomery, Alabama. He trained as an actor, singer and ballet student before Bill Pearl's example turned him to bodybuilding, and he first competed in 1965. Over a thirty year career he won fifteen professional titles across four organizations, was the first African-American AAU Mr. America, and won the Mr. Olympia in 1982. He retired after taking the 50 plus class at the 1994 Masters Olympia and entered the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2000.