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IFBB
NEWS

SANTA SUSANA AND IFBB, HOSTS OF THE
CENTENARY AND 2024 CONGRESS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS PRESS ASSOCIATION

l The City Council of Santa Susana, the World Fitness Capital, in cooperation
with the IFBB, hosted the 2023 Executive Council meeting of the
International Sports Press Association; the peak professional body
representing the international sports media, with more than 9,500 members
worldwide.
Four days of intense work in which the president of the AIPS, Mr. Gianni
Merlo and the rest of the members joined by the President of the IFBB,
Rafael Santonja and the Major of Santa Susana Mr. Joan Campolier have
met in the well-known World Fitness Capital
An event that has strengthened the already excellent relation between From left to right; Mr Rafael Santonja with Mr. Gianni
AIPS, the IFBB and the city of Santa Susana. Merlo, President of AIPS, Mr. Benet Ferrer, CEO of Aqua
As a result of the AIPS Executive Council Meeting, Santa Susana was Hotel Group and the Major of Santa Susana Mr Joan
proposed to host, with IFBB’s support and cooperation, the 2024 Congress, Campolier during the meeting of the executive
committee of the International Sports Press Association
to be held in conjunction with the Centenary of the Press Association, which hold in Santa Susana the last year.
was ratified later by the Congress at its 2023 edition in Seoul.

IFBB President Rafael IFBB PRESIDENT
Santonja with the
Mayor of Kish Island, VISIT KISH ISLAND
Mr. Mohsen
Nazarporut, Mr. Rahim (IRAN) FOR THE
Sarhangi, CEO of Kish PREPARTION OF THE
Free Zone
Organization, Mr. IFBB WORLD MEN’S
Azizollah Farzipour,
Chairman of the Sport BODYBUILDING
Center and Healthy
Entertainment of Kish CHAMPIONSHIPS &
Island, Mr. ANNUAL CONGRESS
Abdolmahdi
Nasirzadeh President
of the Iranian l Following the IFBB Ajman
Federation and any Championships in United Arab
other officials.
Emirates, President Rafael Santonja
IFBB President visited the beautiful island of Kish, a
Rafael Santonja with free trade zone of Iran where the
Mr.Rahim Sarhangi, IFBB Male World Championships
CEO of Kish Free
Zone Organization, and IFBB World Congress is going to
the Mayor of Kish be host in November.
Island, Mr. Mohsen Kish fulfills all technical
Nazarporut, and Mr.
Azizollah Farzipour, requirements and the highest
Chairman of the international standards to host the
Sport Center and 2024 IFBB World Men’s Bodybuilding
Healthy
Entertainment of Championships & Annual Congress
Kish Island, Mr. During his stay, President
Nasirzadeh Santonja met with Rahim Sarhangi,
President of the
Iranian Federation CEO of Kish Free Zone Organization,
and any other the Mayor of Kish Island, Mr. Mohsen
officials. Nazarporut, and Mr. Azizollah
Farzipour, Chairman of the Sport
Center and Healthy Entertainment
of Kish Island.
The authorities in Kish are highly
motivated, and the event will benefit
from their full support, prove of this
is that charter flights Dubai-Kish-
Dubai will be organized (it’s a
25-minute flight) to facilitate smooth
travel arrangements for all
attendees.

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