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MEET & GREET

HIS HIGHNESS, SHEIKH AL SAYYID

KHALID GHALIB KHALID AL SAID,
HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS A NEW

IFBB EXECUTIVE MEMBER

l His Highness, Sheikh Al Sayyid Khalid Ghalib Khalid
Al Said, from the Sultanate of Oman; has been
appointed an Honorary Executive Council Member of
the International Federation of Fitness and
Bodybuilding.
This is excellent news for our sport in the Middle
East and internationally, with the assurance that, with
pPresident Santonja with His Highness, Sheikh Al Sayyid Khalid his excellent personal values and passion for sport and
Ghalib Khalid Al Said during the IFBB West Asian Championship health, he will significantly contribute to the better
held in Oman in August 2024. implementation of fitness values and a healthy lifestyle.

ANNUAL MEETING tEFBB
Executive
OF THE EUROPEAN members and
some
recognized
BODYBUILDING officials
attended to
the Meeting.
FEDERATION
(EFBB)

l Chaired by Dr. Rafael Santonja, who assessed, with special attention to management of the Romanian
is also the President of the events such as Santa Susana, Arnold Federation, was incorporated as a
international federation; the European Classic 2024, the new editions of the sports activity in primary education in
Federation has held its traditional prestigious Mr. Universe, the three Romania.
Annual Executive Council Meeting in events that the Maltese Federation, The European Bodybuilding
Madrid. led by its president Ralph Decelis, Federation had an exciting year filled
Among other topics, preparations were organized this year in Malta and with challenges and achievements in
for the intense European competition the significant progress of the Fitness the sport.
calendar scheduled for 2024 were Challenge that thanks to the

THE TRADITIONAL ANNUAL EXECUTIVE MEETING THE AMERICAS 2024

l The traditional annual
meeting of the IFBB Executive
Committee for the Americas
took place in Madrid. The
highest authorities from North
America, South America,
Central America, and the
Caribbean were present.
The strong Latin American
team gathered to analyze the
situation of each National
Federation in the region,
institutional relations and
reviewed decisions from the
World Congress.
The activity calendar for
pFrom left to right: Marco Cabezas, IFBB Vice President for North America; Eduardo Abdallah, the 2024 season was filled
Vice President for Central America; Juan Paredes, Vice President for South America; Rafael
Santonja, President of the IFBB; Tony Peña, CAC President; and Giovanni Arendsz, IFBB Vice with sports events in Latin
President for the Caribbean. America.

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