Last summer while profiling Champion model Darryl Powers (Sixties Summer) I came upon and saved a picture of model Helmut Riedmeier. I loved the shot of a Helmet naked on a corded phone in front of a colorfully flowered shower curtain. Born in Munich during World War II, Helmet took up bodybuilding when just a teenager in the 50's.
When he was a bit older, he began competing winning Mr. Germany in both 1964 and 1965, and also won Mr. Europe in 1965. He also defeated Arnold Schwarzenegger as runner-up in 1966 in the Mr. Europe competition.
After starting body building, Helmet took the next step and began posing for physique photographers and magazines, something he continued when he moved to London in the late sixties. According to reports, Helmet is still looking fit in his 70's, and was still competing in bodybuilding well into his sixties.
Competing with Arnold Schwarzenegger (1966)
