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II DIAMOND CUP

PORTUGAL 2018

Pablo Llopis (Spain) and Darya
Sitdzikava (Belarus): the stars of

this great Portuguese fitness
festival.

“The host country won 7 gold
medals and the Men’s Physique
Overall. ”
“The Portuguese Federation
(PBFF) continues to grow and
drives the progress of IFBB in pJosé Ferreira, here with Mr Vítor Reis and Mr Mario Valero - the presidents of the Portuguese and
Angola.” French federation respectively, was proclaimed Overall Men’s Physique Champion. The Portuguese
potential for this modality showed, as fellow Portuguese athlete Luis Oliveira (right) placed third in
the Overall classification.
The Spanish
Carles Viñals,
Overall Master
Bodybuilding
Champion, with
the presidents
of the
Portuguese and
Angolan federa-
tions, Mr Vitor
Reis and Mr
Braulio
Martins.u
pVery high level in the Master Bodybuilding
Category (40-49 years) with some of the best
athletes in Europe: Carlos Caruana (Malta, 6th
MEN’S PHYSIQUE place), Ralph Decelis (Malta, 4 place), Vasyl
th
nd
í ANOTHER BUSY weekend Junior: Adam Piwko (Poland) Remizon (Ukraine, 2 place), Carles Viñals (Spain,
winner), Alberto Machado (Spain, 3 place) and
rd
for the IFBB! The 2nd edition
th
of the Diamond Cup Portugal in the Master: Evelino Rodrigues (Portugal) Waldry Vittar (Spain, 5 place).
beautiful town of Espinho outdid the Up to and incl. 170 cm: José Ferreira (Portugal) BODYFITNESS
participation record of its 2017 edition, Up to and incl. 173 cm: Rafael Bouça (Portugal)
a great result considering that Ostrava Master (+45 y.o.):
(Czech Republic) hosted another Up to and incl. 176 cm: Enrique Gutiérrez (Spain) Marina Reis (Portugal)
fantastic Diamond Cup on same days, Up to and incl. 179 cm: Luis Oliveira (Portugal) Open: Sabine Simitsopoulos (Greece)
from 8 to 10 June. Over 179 cm: Denys Mykolenko (Ukraine)
Such high participation numbers Muscular: Daniel Garrido (Spain) BIKINI
can be only attributed to the good work
done by the Portuguese Bodybuilding Junior: Sandra Dobrunz (Germany)
Federation (PBFF) presided over by CLASSIC BODYBUILDING Master: Oksana Oleinik (Portugal)
Mr Vítor Reis, which has witnessed a
consistent yearly growth in members Master: Miguel Pozuelo (Spain) Up to and incl. 160 cm: Lina Real (Spain)
and athletes. This hard work, and the Open: Jesús Rodríguez (Spain) Up to and incl. 164 cm: Sandra Dobrunz (Germany)
collaboration with the IFBB, is taking Up to and incl. 169 cm: Ewa Gulik (Poland)
the country and its athletes to the Up to and incl. 172 cm: Darya Sitdzikava (Belarus)
highest levels in Bodybuilding and BODYBUILDING Over 172 cm: Maryna Oborska (Ukraine)
Fitness.
The 7 gold medals obtained by the Master (40-49 years): Carles Viñals (Spain)
Portuguese athletes placed the host Master (+50 years): Frederic Mompo (France) THE MEDALS
country as one of the top in the country Up to and incl. 75 kg: Adrián Díaz (Spain)
classification, just behind Spain and Up to and incl. 80 kg: Carles Viñals (Spain) GOLD SILVER BRONZE
ahead of countries such as Germany Spain: 9 3 7
and ... Angola! The African country Up to and incl. 90 kg: Pedro Pereira (Angola) Portugal: 7 6 6
has joined the IFBB with full force and Over 90 Kg: Pablo Llopis (Spain) Germany: 3 1 1
has done so with the help of Portugal, Ukraine: 2 4 1
whose strong cultural ties have helped WELLNESS France: 1 3 1
to make the Angolan athletes shine, Poland: 1 2 1
including in the Elite Pro Division. Open: Elisangela Ferreira (Portugal) Angola: 1 0 1

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