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2020 WORLD RANKING

Even in the difficult context of the pandemic, the IFBB World Ranking was able to exceed a thousand athletes
with points, and also to grow as compared to the previous season, with the inclusion of the Classic Physique
discipline. After going through all the tests of this season, the last of which was the Fitness Mania 4 (Kladno, Czech
Rep.), the 2020 IFBB World Ranking Champions were the following 9 athletes:

Men’s Bodybuilding: Men’s Physique: Wellness:
Dmytro Marchenko (Ukraine) Alexander Ronchetti (Switzerland) Dagmara Dominiczak (Poland)

Classic Bodybuilding: Bikini: Women’s Fitness:
Erick Sánchez (Guatemala) Wiktoria Nnaka (Poland) Nataliia Toropova (Russia)

Classic Physique: Bodyfitness: Women’s Physique:
Yurii Zimohliad (Ukraine) Rocío Araujo (Spain) Nataliia Prokhorova (Ukraine)

President Santonja sent a personal congratulation to all of them by letter, in which he conveyed the
congratulations and admiration for their sporting successes during the 2020 season on behalf of the IFBB. He also
highlighted the positive influence this achievement must have had on their families and social environment, as well
as the motivational effect for all Bodybuilding and Fitness fans in their respective countries. In the letter, Dr.
Santonja announced that they would receive a special distinction from the IFBB through their national federations.

BODYBUILDING:

Dmytro Marchenko defeats Eddy
N’guema in the final sprint
The fight for the World Ranking was centred
on the mimetic struggle between Dmytro
Marchenko and Eddie N’guema, big stars of
the European and World Cups, as well as the
2020 ACE. They tied in the continental cup
and the Ukrainian won gold in the World Cup,
while the French only reached bronze. The
5-point advantage remained for the ACE, where
both competitors reached gold. With just one
chance to go, N’guema sought to reach the top
in Fitness Mania 4, but he was surpassed by his
fellow countryman Mickael de Sousa (3rd in the
Ranking), and his silver medal gave him only 4
points, not enough to reach Marchenko.
RANKING BODYBUILDING
1 DMYTRO MARCHENKO Ukraine 30 points
2 Eddie N’guema France 29 points
3 Mickael de Sousa France 23 points
4 Dawid Ziola Poland 21 points
5 Tomasz Kornalewski Poland 21 points
6 William Rodríguez El Salvador 19 points
7 Aleksandr Martynkin Russia 19 points
8 Ales Trpisovsky Czech Rep. 19 points
9 Martin Drab Czech Rep. 19 points
10 Mariusz Balazinski Poland 17 points

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