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WOMEN’S ARTISTIC FITNESS
MEN’S FITNESS OPEN
This relatively young IFBB division
is progressing well, with 19 athletes Four competitors on the stage but
in two categories. In the up to 163 two long-time leaders: 2024 world
cm category 2024 European and champion Michal Barbier (Slovakia)
world champion, Szofia Bogdan and Fedir Khashalov (Ukraine)
(Hungary) met a very demanding didn’t come. In this situation 2024
rival, 20 years older Natalia Gonzalez World Championships runner-up
(Czech Republic). First round went to Ionut Coman (Romania) moved up
Bogdan but the next three rounds to the top but after tough battle against
Gonzalez, so she could enjoy her first Hungarian star Botond Gyuris. Each
Gold Medal. Bogdan in 2nd place and of them won one round but Gyuris
Ksenija Grabtsuk (Estonia) moved-up definitely lost the quarter turn
from the 5th position last year to the round, so dropped to the 2nd place,
Bronze Medal now. only one point ahead of the 2024
In the over 163 cm class 2023 Bronze Medal winner Ondrej Floch
runner-up Eevi Seikkula (Finland) Men’s Fitness Openl (Slovakia), who won his second
advanced to the top, clearly winning IONUT COMAN Bronze Medal in a row.
all rounds. Kamila Mikos (Poland)
slightly lost three rounds to the next
Estonian, Mirtel Lember, but due to
points earned in the routine round in
the finals jumped to the 2nd position.
Bronze Medal to Lember, who MIXED-PAIRS OPEN
placed ahead of the 2023 European Czech couple Lucie Gazko-Jakesova
champion Brigitta Kariko of Hungary. – Pavel Vacek won the first round
Each champion won one round and despite being tied 10:10 with the
in the Overall category but Natalia Polish pair Agnieszka Ryk – Mariusz
Gonzalez (Czech Republic) had a Balazinski in the routine round, they
better total score, being crowned as a was awarded the Gold Medal. Mixed-
new Artistic Fitness Queen. Pairs category belonged to masters
this time. Lucie Gazko-Jakesova
competed in Master Women’s
Physique and her partner Pavel Vacek
– in Master Men’s Bodybuilding 50-54
years. Agnieszka Ryk returned to the
stage after 20-year break, following
her victory at the 2005 World Games
and World Championships and now
competed in Master Women’s Bodyfitness over 50 years, while Mariusz Balazinski won
the Master Men’s Bodybuilding 55-59 years class. The Bronze Medal went to the next
Polish couple: Agnieszka Zembron-Chudzicka - Przemyslaw Nowak, where Agnieszka,
being a master, performed in Women’s Physique 163 cm and only Nowak was a senior
bodybuilder, winning the Men’s Fit Bodybuilding up to 170 cm class. From among these
names, only Mariusz Balazinski competed in the 2024 Championships, winning the
Gold Medal but with other woman partner.

Women’s FIT-PAIRS OPEN
Artisttic
Fitness up More and more popular, the Fit-Pairs category attracted 13 couples. All medal
to 163 cm & winners are new. Russian couple Daria Tiunova - Alexandr Gurev won both rounds
Overall with perfect scores, so took the Gold Medal. Tiunova came from Bikini 172 cm category,
NATALIA while Gurev won Silver Medal in Muscular Men’s Physique. Russian Team didn’t
GONZALEZ participate in the 2024 Championships.
Czech couple Barbora Pavelkova - Ales Novak placed 2nd in both rounds, so
finished with Silver Medal. Pavelkova came from Bikini 169 cm category, while Novak
finished 3rd in Men’s Physique 182 cm class.
The 3rd place went to a couple from Montenegro: Matea Racic - Ilija Ivanovic.
Racic was the youngest lady in this group, performing in Junior Women’s Bikini 21-23
years class, while Ivanovic was the 2nd place winner in Men’s Physique 176 cm category.

2025 EUROPEAN
FITNESS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE BEST TEAMS

1 FINLAND 203
2 ESTONIA 162
Women’s
Artistic 3 POLAND 162
Fitness
over 163 4 RUSSIA 134
cm
EEVI 5 CZECH REPUBLIC 113
SEIKKULA 6 SPAIN 95

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