Niall Darwen stuns bodybuilding world, wins Classic Physique Olympia!
Niall Darwen pulled off a massive upset at the 2026 Classic Physique Olympia, stunning a loaded field to capture his first Olympia championship.
Darwen entered the weekend as a dangerous contender after placing fifth at the 2025 Olympia, but few expected him to leapfrog reigning champion Ramon Dino and two-time runner-up Mike Sommerfeld.
Darwen began turning heads during prejudging when he repeatedly found himself in the center of the action, and he completed the breakthrough by winning the title over Sommerfeld.
Dino’s title defense ended with a surprising third-place finish, while Wesley Vissers and Terrence Ruffin rounded out the top five.
Check out a full breakdown of the results below!
2026 Classic Physique Olympia Results
- First Place – Niall Darwen ($100,000)
- Second Place – Mike Sommerfeld
- Third Place – Ramon Dino ($20,000)
- Fourth Place – Wesley Vissers ($10,000)
- Fifth Place – Terrence Ruffin ($6,000)
- Sixth Place – Piotr Wojtowicz
- Seventh Place – Anton Ratushnyi
- Eighth Place – Diego Alejandro Galindo Garavito
- Ninth Place – Fabio Junio
- Tenth Place – Andrea Mammoli
2026 Classic Physique Olympia Official Scorecard
| MEN’S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE – OPEN | ||||||
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
| 6 | Niall Darwen | UK | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| 35 | Mike Sommerfeld | Germany | 10 | 10 | 2 | |
| 44 | Ramon Rocha Queiroz | Brazil | 14 | 14 | 3 | |
| 40 | Wesley Vissers | Netherlands | 21 | 21 | 4 | |
| 34 | Terrence Ruffin | USA | 24 | 24 | 5 | |
| 42 | Piotr Wojtowicz | Poland | 30 | 30 | 6 | |
| 31 | Anton Ratushnyi | USA | 35 | 35 | 7 | |
| 8 | Diego Alejandro Galindo Garavito | Colombia | 40 | 40 | 8 | |
| 14 | Fabio Junio | Brazil | 47 | 47 | 9 | |
| 21 | Andrea Mammoli | Italy | 50 | 50 | 10 | |
| 32 | Luca Reger | Germany | 54 | 54 | 11 | |
| 15 | Chen Kang | China | 60 | 60 | 12 | |
| 36 | Tom Stanley | Australia | 67 | 67 | 13 | |
| 27 | Jaehun Park | South Korea | 68 | 68 | 14 | |
| 16 | Murat Can Karahasanlar | Turkey | 75 | 75 | 15 | |
| 17 | Kyrylo Khudaiev | Ukraine | 79 | 79 | 16 | |
| 1 | David Aguilar Rosales | USA | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 2 | Mohammad Ali | Austria | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 3 | Abdullah Alrabiah | Saudi Arabia | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 4 | Eric Brown Jr. | USA | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 5 | Joaquim Camps Angel | Spain | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 7 | Cezar Falcao | Brazil | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 9 | Ethan Gohari | Australia | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 10 | Matthew Greggo | USA | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 11 | Seungchan Hong | South Korea | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 13 | Tae Min Jung | South Korea | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 18 | Kai Liu | China | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 22 | Ferran Minana Ibanez | Spain | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 23 | Richard Nagy | Hungary | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 24 | Prosper Nwafor | UK | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 25 | Samuel Paquin | Canada | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 26 | Andy Paredes | USA | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 28 | German Pastor | Spain | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 29 | Zhivko Petkov | Bulgaria | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 30 | Jordan Plantiko | USA | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 33 | Shuai Ren | China | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 37 | Tomislav Strmecki | Croatia | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 38 | Paulin Tsamezeu | USA | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 39 | Luis Roberto Valenzuela Ramos | Mexico | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 41 | Kellen Wilson | Canada | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
| 43 | Gabriel Zancanelli | Brazil | 80 | 80 | 16 | |
Previous Classic Physique Olympia Winners
- 2025: Ramon Rocha Queiroz
- 2024: Chris Bumstead
- 2023: Chris Bumstead
- 2022: Chris Bumstead
- 2021: Chris Bumstead
- 2020: Chris Bumstead
- 2019: Chris Bumstead
- 2018: Breon Ansley
- 2017: Breon Ansley
- 2016: Danny Hester
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