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2021 EUROPEAN MASTER

EBFF / IFBB CHAMPIONSHIP

“Mariia Burlaka revalidates her title in Bikini and Alla Matsehora
does it in Women’s Physique”

“Boris Palovic makes history for Slovakia with 2 titles”

“Russia changes roles with Spain again, achieving the victory by teams”

Dr. Santonja and
the president of the
Belgian Fed, Andre
Wouters, with Chris
Harnell (Sweden),
overall champion
of Men´s Physique
Master.

President Santonja and
EBFF Vice President,
Benedetto Mondello,
together with the
overall champion of
Master Bodybuilding,
Arkadiusz Bortel
(Poland).

THE FIGHT endured until the last category, but finally
Spain yielded the team title to Russia, as happened in
2019. Both national federations have won the last 9 titles The 2020 Bodyfitness World
and continue to dominate the continental scene, along Champion, Tatiana Mandolina
with an “aristocracy” made up of Ukraine and Romania. (Russia), crowned as the overall
In this edition, Slovakia returned to its expected level, led champion of Master Bodyfitness by
Mario Valero, president of the French
by Boris Palovic, while Sweden and France showed their Federation, and Dr. Santonja.
evolution with enormous regularity, surpassing countries
like Poland or the Czech Republic.
A timeless athlete,
Rafael Vera
(Spain), won the
Bodybuilding class
for athletes over 60
years, at 76 years.

Classifier by countries
(Top 6)
1 RUSSIA 117 points
2 SPAIN 107 points
Boris Palovic (Slovakia), was
3 ROMANIA 99 points the overall champion of Classic
The medal ceremony in the Master team competition, with Spain in 2nd position 4 UKRAINE 94 points Bodybuilding and Classic Physique.
(represented by its president, José Ramos), Russia as the winner (represented by In the image, together with the
its president Alexander Vizhnevskiy) and Romania in 3rd position (represented by 5 SLOVAKIA 93 points director of the EBFF Judges
official Ovidiu Mezdrea). Committee, José María García.
6 SWEDEN 84 points

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