Jackson is the only bodybuilder to win the overall title in both the Mr.As of 2020, Jackson has made a record-setting 20 Mr.JSTOR ( June 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately.įind sources: "Dexter Jackson" bodybuilder – news This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. He shot his new documentary DVD titled Dexter Jackson: Unbreakable with filmmaker Alex Ardenti of Ardenti Films in Florida and California which was released in 2009. Jackson has been featured in many fitness and bodybuilding articles, including being pictured on the cover of Muscular Development and Flex magazine. He placed 9th at that show, the same placing as his Olympia debut in 1999. In 2020, Jackson announced that he will compete at the Mr.Olympia and this will be his final show after competing professionally since 1999. Olympia his highest placing since winning the Mr. In 2015, Jackson showed he was still a force to be reckoned with at the age of 45 when he placed 2nd at the Mr. Olympia, then surprised everyone by winning that year's Masters Olympia at the age of 43 and then won his fourth Arnold Classic title in 2013.
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Olympia title once, sharing this distinction with Chris Dickerson (1982), Samir Bannout (1983), Shawn Rhoden (2018) and Brandon Curry (2019).Ģ008 was a great year for Jackson, as he won the Arnold Classic, Australian Pro Grand Prix VIII, New Zealand Grand Prix, Russian Grand Prix and the Mr. Olympia, Jay Cutler to become the 12th man to win the title, and only the second to have won it and the Arnold Classic title in the same year. On September 27, 2008, he defeated the reigning two-time Mr. Olympia, Jackson placed 3rd and many critics said he would not likely place any higher. Olympia contests, placing 7th, 3rd, and 9th, respectively.Īt the 2007 Mr. He first competed professionally in the 1999 Arnold Classic, Night of Champions, and Mr. Dexter's first NPC ( National Physique Committee) competition was the NPC Southern States Championship of 1992, where he took 3rd.