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MEET & GREET

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REACHES ITS 34 ANNIVERSARY
TH

l Founded on August 11, 1987,
the Russian Federation of
Bodybuilding & Fitness
(FBBR), currently chaired by Mr.
Alexander Vizhnevskiy, has
reached its 34th anniversary and is
consolidated as the largest
European national federation in
number of sports licenses and
competitions.
Bodybuilding and Fitness
achieved their recognition in
Russia back in the times of the
USSR, thanks to its Athletics
Federation and the work of then
IFBB President Mr. Ben Weider
and his, at that time, Executive
Assistant, Dr. Rafael Santonja, and
through the collaboration of
officials such as Mr. Vladimir
Dubinin and Mr. Eugene Koltun,
seen in the images above, now
part of the history of this sport in
the country.

The current
president of the
FBBR, Alexander
Vizhnevskiy, was
awarded the IFBB
Gold Medal during
Athletics and the 2021 European
Bodybuilding Championships held
walking side by in Santa Susanna
side in the USSR (Spain).
in 1987.

A historical image of the two IFBB Presidents, Mr. Ben Weider Another historical image of one of the first international
and Dr. Rafael Santonja, in Saint Petersburg, reaffirming the competitions held in Russia (then the USSR), with the presence of
integration of the Russian Federation, back then chaired by IFBB presidents Ben Weider and Rafael Santonja, accompanied by
Mr. Vladimir Dubinin (crouching), into the IFBB. historical officials like Vladimir Dubinin or Eugene Koltun.

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