Dwayne Quamina was an American IFBB Pro who competed in the 212 division. He earned his pro card by winning his weight class at the 2016 NPC USA Championships, reached the Mr. Olympia stage two years later, stepped away from the sport, and came back in 2025 for a final run. He died in August 2026 at the age of 40.
Known for
The 2018 Mr. Olympia, where he placed tenth in the 212 division. It was his only appearance at the show. His one professional victory had come the year before, at the 2017 Phoenix Pro.
Early career
He came up through the NPC. He was runner-up in his weight class at the 2014 USA Championships and won the same class in 2016, the result that made him a professional. The Phoenix Pro win followed in 2017, the Olympia in 2018, and a fourth place at that year’s Legion Sports Fest Pro. He finished eighth at the 2019 New York Pro, then stopped competing and retired in 2020.
Championship record
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Dwayne Quamina.
212 Olympia
1Appearance
0Titles
0Top 3
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Dwayne Quamina, 7 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Dwayne Quamina competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Dwayne Quamina those sources are NPC Contests and IFBB Pro League. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable.
Every professional season
2017
2018
2019
2025
2026
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 2017
- Olympia Debut
- 2018
- Last Contest
- 2026
Amateur and other shows not counted above
2 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
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Death
Quamina died in August 2026 at the age of 40. News of his death spread on 16 August. No cause has been made public.
He had been on stage eight days earlier. His final contest was the Lenda Murray Atlanta Pro Supershow on 8 August 2026, where he placed sixth, and competitors who had stood beside him backstage that weekend were among the first to write about his death. Fitness Volt’s report collects the tributes.
Legacy
The comeback is the part of the record that stands out. Quamina returned in 2025 after five years away and placed third at the Chicago Pro, his best finish at a professional show since winning the Phoenix Pro in 2017. He took fourth at the Atlanta Pro later that season and sixth at the same show in 2026. He was still placing in the top six at 40, and still competing the week he died.
In 3 meetings, Shaun Clarida finished ahead of Dwayne Quamina 2 times to 1.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
Sources
Contest record from the Fitness Volt bodybuilding database. Career summary and the circumstances of his death from Fitness Volt’s report of 17 August 2026. His cause of death has not been made public, and nothing here speculates about it.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 7 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
No height, weight or birthdate on record.
