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2023 EUROPEAN JUNIORS &

MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Taking into account the number of categories, these are the biggest o V er al l WINN ers
IFBB championships, with 19 Overall titles to be distributed among
the bests. Also the number of participating athletes are usually the Junior Women’s Bikini Siiri Mannerheimo (Finland)
biggest. These European Championships attracted 177 juniors and Junior Women’s Bodyfitness Ava Ahkami (Finland)
304 masters what gives 481 competitors in total. We have seen many Junior Women’s Wellness Anastasiia Martynova (Ukraine)
multi medalists, who won medals in more than one category. For Junior Women’s Artistic Fitness Valeria Kopajeva (Estonia)
example, Siiri Mannerheimo (Finland) won Beginners Bikini class Junior Women’s Acrobatic Fitness Nelli Novodomska (Slovakia)
then Junior Bikini Overall title and silver medal in Senior Bikini. Junior Men’s Bodybuilding Georgi Kolev (Bulgaria)
Very impressive achievements like for a beginner! Valeria Kopajeva Junior Men’s Classic Physique oumar Sylla (Belgium)
Junior Men’s Classic Bodybuilding
Simon Silzer (Germany)
(Estonia) won the Junior Artistic Fitness Overall title as well as two Junior Games Classic Bodybuilding Lukas Furle (Czech Republic)
bronze medals in senior classes (Artistic Fitness + Bikini). This is an Junior Men’s Physique Batuhan Shen (Turkey)
example of a successful crossover. Nonna Prokopjuk (Estonia) won Master Women’s Bikini Nonna Prokopjuk (Estonia)
2 gold medals (in senior and master Bikini + Overall). Oumar Sylla Master Women’s Bodyfitness Alla Matsehora (Ukraine)
(Belgium) was the only champion who won the Overall title 2 years Master Women’s Wellness Liza Wicander (Sweden)
in a row (in Junior Men’s Classic Physique), adding silver medal in Master Women’s Physique Eva Synkova (Czech Republic)
senior category. Dragos Enuta (Romania) won 2 Overall titles in Master Men’s Bodybuilding Carlos Pereda (Spain)
different masters divisions: Classic Bodybuilding and Games Classic Master Men’s Classic Physique Javier Perez (Spain)
Bodybuilding. Extraordinary achievement! But no one could surpass Master Men’s Classic Bodybuilding Dragos Enuta (Romania)
Ukrainian Bodyfitness star Alla Matsehora who won Overall titles in Master Games Classic Bodybuilding Dragos Enuta (Romania)
senior and masters Bodyfitness! Master Men’s Physique Julian Laserna (Spain)

JUNIOR WOMEN’S BIKINI

Many Bikini juniors were also very successful among seniors, what is only an evidence of their top sport quality. And some results may be really
astonishing. Most impressive examples: further senior Bikini Overall Champion, Aneta Ticha (Slovakia) lost by 1 point to Linn Von Bar (Sweden),
who later on won senior over 172 cm class. 2022 Junior Bikini European Overall winner Viktorija Volodkovic (Lithuania) lost to the new Estonian
star Elisabeth Atamanski. Finally, the Overall title went to 20-years-old Siiri Mannerheimo of Finland (later on won silver medal among seniors).
In general, juniors were amazing and played an important role in battles against top seniors. This is only possible in a division where muscle
development played a secondary role but overall body lines being the key factor of assessment.

JUNIOR WOMEN’S JUNIOR WOMEN’S
BIKINI 16-20 BIKINI 16-20
YEARS UP YEARS UP
TO 160 CM TO 166 CM
Gold: Gold:
Moona Hirvonen Mara Zidarescu
(Finland) (Romania)
Silver: Silver:
Ariana Toplicianu Viktoria Duricova
(Romania) (Slovakia)
Bronze: Bronze:
Zaira Calvo Lilien Pasztor
(Spain) (Hungary)

JUNIOR WOMEN’S JUNIOR WOMEN’S
BIKINI 16-20 BIKINI 21-23
YEARS OVER YEARS UP
166 CM TO 160 CM
Gold: Gold:
Siiri Mannerheimo Elisabeth
(Finland) Atamanski (Estonia)
Silver: Silver:
Alica Svabikova Viktorija Volodkovic
(Slovakia) (Lithuania)
Bronze: Bronze:
Valeria Kopajeva Viktoriia Chernenko
(Estonia) (Ukraine)

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