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MEN’S FITNESS OPEN

Two competitors only but both top
international stars with the World
Championships gold medals in their
dossier. This time Michal Barbier (Slovakia)
slightly won both rounds adding one more
European title to his set of achievements.
He is also extremely fit and strong winning
the gold medal in Fitness Challenge Gold
Standard category!
MEN’S FITNESS OPEN
Gold: Michal Barbier (Slovakia)
Silver: Fedir Khashalov (Ukraine)

MIXED-PAIRS OPEN FIT-PAIRS OPEN

As usual, most of pairs in new combinations. Gold medal went These pairs must be composed of Women’s Bikini and Men’s
to Ukrainian couple composed of Bodyfitness athlete Kateryna Physique athletes. Top two places went to Romanian couples.
Bortnychuk and Classic Physique continental champion Roman The best two couples included only the medal winners in their
Hubrii. They won the physique assessment round but slightly individual categories. Mara Zidarescu (bronze medal in Bikini
lost the routine round to the Polish couple included Bodyfitness 162 cm) and Ionut Lepadatu (silver medal in Men’s Physique 176
competitor Olga Kelm and Master Bodybuilding multiple cm) was assessed as the best arranged and performed fit-pair.
champion Mariusz Balazinski. In the 3rd place couple from
Romania composed of Women’s Physique athlete Iuliana Giurgiu
and bodybuilder Marcel Manea (90 kg class).

FIT-PAIRS OPEN
Gold: Mara Zidarescu – Ionut
Lepadatu (Romania)
MIXED-PAIRS Silver: Ariana Toplicianu – Ciprian
OPEN Borcan (Romania)
Bronze: Elisabeth Atamanski –
Gold: Hendrik Kalme (Estonia)
Kateryna
Bortnychuk –
Roman Hubrii
(Ukraine) FIT-PAIRS OPEN:
Silver:
Olga Kelm – Mariusz The best Mixed-Pair:
Balazinski (Poland) Mara Zidarescu –
Bronze: Ionut Lepadatu
Iuliana Giurgiu –
Marcel Manea (Romania)
(Romania)

2023 EUROPEAN FITNESS
CHAMPIONSHIPSTHE BEST TEAMS
THE BEST
MIXED-PAIR: 1 UKRAINE 225 puntos
Kateryna 2 RoMANIA 190 puntos
Bortnychuk 3 SLoVAKIA 148 puntos
– Roman 4 FINLAND 120 puntos
Hubrii
(Ukraine) 5 ESToNIA 118 puntos
6 PoLAND 91 puntos

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