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MEET & GREET

IFBB STRENGTHENS tTogether with
Ms. Gunilla
FRIENDSHIP TIES WITH Lindberg,
NATIONAL OLYMPIC Secretary General
of the World
COMMITTEES (ANOC) Association of
National Olympic
l During the recent Panamerican Committees
Assembly in Paraguay, IFBB President (ANOC) and Ms.
Dr. Rafael Santonja enjoyed a warm Alicia Morea,
and friendly encounter with Mrs. President of the
Gunilla Lindberg, Secretary General of Women and
the Association of National Olympic Sport
Committees (ANOC), and Mrs. Alicia Commission of
Morea, President of the Women and Panam Sports
and President
Sport Commission of Panam Sports. Santonja Personal
President Santonja was Assistant, Ms.
accompanied by his Personal Assistant, Celia de la Rosa.
Mrs. Celia de la Rosa, actively involved
in the Federation’s international
coordination and Olympic relations.
This friendly meeting reflects the
IFBB’s commitment to promoting
fitness and healthy lifestyles through
constructive dialogue and partnership
with leading global sports institutions

MOSCOW 1988 -2025 tIn the
meeting
AN HISTORICAL with Mr.
JOURNEY Mikhail
Degtyarev,
l Dr. Rafael Santonja has traveled Minister of
Sport of
to Moscow to meet with the Russia.
Minister of Sports, Mr. Mikhail
Degtyarev.
The meeting, which also
included Mr. Alexander
Vishnevskiy, President of the
Russian Bodybuilding Federation
(ФББР), focused on the possibility
of hosting major international
bodybuilding competitions in
Russia. The talks were part of President Ben
ongoing efforts to strengthen Weider and Dr.
collaboration between the IFBB Rafael Santonja,
who was the
and Russian sports authorities, Executive
according to a statement from Assistant to the
the Russian Bodybuilding President at that
Federation. time, with Soviet
sports authorities
in Moscow, 1988.
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tWith Mr. Mikhail
Degtyarev, Minister of
Sports, and Mr.Alexandre
Vishnevskyi, President of
the Russian Federation..

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