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MEET & GREET

ROMANIAN MINISTER MR. MARIUS DUNCA, MR. VLADIMIR DUBININ (RUSSIA), NEW IFBB PATRON
RECEIVED THE IFBB DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AWARD The current president and founder of the Russian Bodybuilding
Federation (Федерация бодибилдинга Poccuu), Mr. Vladimir
Dubinin, has been appointed as new IFBB Patron, during the 71 Annual
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The Romanian Minister of Youth & Sport, Mr. Marius Dunca; received, 12 World Congress, celebrated in Benidorm (Spain), 3 . Novemeber 2017.
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November, the IFBB Distinguished Service Award, in recognition to his Mr. Vladimir Dublin, born in Sant Petersburg (Leningrad), in 1948;
support to Romanian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (FRCF); a key was one of the founders of the Bodybuilding Federation, in Soviet Union,
impulse to choose the city of Bistrita as host for the 2017 World Junior & who was recognized by the IFBB, in August 1987. He has a solid past as
Master Championships. lifter and Bodybuilding athlete, beside an amazing experience as official.
Mr. Dunca, who received the award from IFBB President Dr. Rafael He was the head of the Soviet Bodybuilding Judges Committee, when the
Santonja, attended the second session of the championships, and celebrated Soviet Federation was recognized and, since then, he never stop working
the high level of Romanian National Team, participating in the Medals for the sport in Russia and former Soviet Union.
Ceremony in which Romanian athletes were awarded, joining President Under his guidelines as president, Bodybuilding and Fitness has
Santonja and FRCF, Prof. Gabriel Toncean. grown, in Russia, in a fantastic manner, reaching several international
The success of this 2017 World Junior & Master Championships has titles and hosting several IFBB events, including World and European
opened a solid path to cooperation between the Rumanian Federation leaded Championships. Fully compromised with IFBB, the Russian Federation
by Prof. Gabriel Toncean and the Romanian authorities, boosting hosted, in 2018, an international IFBB Pro Elite event that included, as
Bodybuilding and Fitness. well, a Pro Elite Qualifier Grand Prix.

Minister Mr. Marius Dunca, receiving the IFBB Distinguished Service Award during the 2017 Mr. Vladimir Dubinin, new IFBB patron, with IFBB President, Dr. Rafael Santonja: a solid
World Junior & Master Championships celebrated in Bistrita. friendship born in 1987.

ORDECA PRESIDENT, MAG. EMMETT LANG, VISITED MADRID

At his arrival from Sao Paulo attending the Arnold
Classic South America event, President Santonja
met, in Madrid, with the president of Central
America Olympic Committees, Mag. Emmett Lang; a
long term friend and a great supporter of the IFBB.
Central America is a region in which our sport is
dynamically growing under the great leadership of
the Vice-president for the area, Mr. Eduardo
Abdalah. IFBB is medalist sport in the Central
American Games, which are the Games for the
Olympic Committees in Central America, and in
which recent edition, held in Managua (Nicaragua);
the IFBB had a very successful participation.

Mag. Emmett Lang, President of both the Central American Sports
Organization (ORDECA) and the Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
(NOC); with Dr. Rafael Santonja.

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