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2010 EUROPEAN MEN´S
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MAASTRICHT
Outstanding success with record of 35 countries attending
Pictures and results
by Andrew Michalak
The 2010 European Men’s and Mixed Pairs Bodybuilding
Championships are over. 121 bodybuilders and 5 mixed pairs
representing 35 countries were flexing their muscles in the
compulsory poses and posing routines performed on the stage of the
MECC Exhibition Center in Maastricht. Medals and titles were
distributed in 13 categories and two overall classes. Ukrainian
national team won the previous championships in Novi Sad, Serbia,
but this time Slovakian national team was unstoppable: their
athletes won 5 gold medals (double win in three categories!) and
having 136 points dominated the Best Teams’ classification, ahead of
Poland (77 points) and Czech Republic (54 points).
Slovak well-known bodybuilder, former world champion Stefan Havlik
won the title champion of the champions, as he was best athlete at
these Championships. His team-mate Tomas Tabaciar won the same title
in classic bodybuilding. The mixed pairs title went to the Ukrainian
couple: Vadym Vasylevskiy - Tetyana Mikheychyk.
Former Ms. Olympia Juliette Bergmann, who currently holds the
position of the Dutch Federation President and was a promoter of
these Championships was honored with the IFBB President’s Gold Medal.
The 2010 EBFF Electoral Congress was held in conjunction with these
Championships. Dr. Rafael Santonja of Spain was unanimously elected
for the position of the EBFF President for the next four-year term.
Mr. Pawel Filleborn (Poland), Mr. Vladimir Dubinin (Russia) and Mr.
Benedetto Mondello (Italy) were elected Vice-Presidents. Mr. William
Tierney (England) will continue to work as a General Secretary.
Other officials were elected as chairpersons of the various EBFF
Commissions.
More details soon.
Now have a look at the opening ceremony and the medal winners.
Prof. Mauricio Arruda, Chairman
IFBB Anti Doping Committee - William
Tierney, EBFF General Secretary - KP Ourama, Liasson for
Nordic
Countries - Erich Janner, EBFF Judges Committee - Wanda Tierney,
Technical Committee - Igor
Deliyev, Executive Assistant to the President - Dr Rafael
Santonja - EBFF President - Dr Beuker - Medical Commission
- Franco Fassi,
IFBB
Patron - Pawel Filleborn, EBFF Vice President - Vladimir
Dubinin, EBFF
Vice President - Gabriela Mlsnova, Fitness Committee -
Andrew Michalak,
Bodybuilding Committee and Press Commission.
The best teams awards (from L to R):
Pawel Filleborn (Poland – 2nd place), Juliette Bergmann, Michal
Capla (Slovakia – 1st place), President Santonja, Viaceslav
Vinogradov (Czech Republic – 3rd place).
2010 European Championships champion
of the champions (absolute winner) in bodybuilding – Stefan Havlik (Slovakia).
2010 European Championships champion
of the champions (absolute winner) in classic bodybuilding – Tomas
Tabaciar (Slovakia).
CLASSIC BODYBUILDING
Classic bodybuilding up to 170 cm
category medal winners (from L to R): Konstantin Paskalev (2nd
place), Mahmut Irmak (1st place) and Rudolf Kopcok (3rd place).
Classic bodybuilding up to 175 cm
category medal winners (from L to R): Andrej Varga (2nd place),
Tomas Tabaciar (1st place) and Dawid Geler (3rd place).
Classic bodybuilding up to 180 cm
category medal winners (from L to R): Michal Sitter (2nd place),
Sergey Suslin (1st place) and Svetozar Milenkovic (3rd place).
Classic bodybuilding up to 180 cm
category winner – Sergey Suslin (Russia).
Classic bodybuilding over 180 cm
category medal winners (from L to R): Taavi Koovit (2nd place),
Drazen Vrbancic (1st place) and Gerard Faure (3rd place).
Classic bodybuilding over 180 cm
category winner – Drazen Vrbancic (Croatia).
BODYBUILDING
Bodybuilding up to 65 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Giancarlo La Piana (2nd place), Marcin
Kosel (1st place) and Zsolt Godony (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 65 kg category
winner – Marcin Kosel (Poland).
Bodybuilding up to 70 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Karol Malecki (2nd place), Sergey
Gaushov (1st place) and Sandro Brocca (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 70 kg category
winner – Sergey Gaushov (Russia).
Bodybuilding up to 75 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Oleg Korkosenko (2nd place), Peter
Kokoska (1st place) and Josef Hruby (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 75 kg category
winner – Peter Kokoska (Slovakia).
Bodybuilding up to 80 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Jonatan Reverte (2nd place), Atanas
Nikolaev (1st place) and Vincente Santamaria (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 80 kg category
winner – Atanas Nikolaev (Bulgaria).
Bodybuilding up to 85 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Juraj Vrabel (2nd place), Marian Cambal
(1st place) and Andre Regestein (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 85 kg category
winner – Marian Cambal (Slovakia).
Bodybuilding up to 90 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Ladislav Kuzder (2nd place), Stefan
Havlik (1st place) and Martin Engstrom (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 90 kg category
winner – Stefan Havlik (Slovakia).
Bodybuilding up to 100 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Tomasz Lech (2nd place), Antonio Furic
(1st place) and Tomasz Bobrowski (3rd place).
Bodybuilding up to 100 kg category
winner – Antonio Furic (Croatia).
Bodybuilding over 100 kg category
medal winners (from L to R): Yury Leonov (2nd place), Ratislav Solar
(1st place) and Andrzej Kolodziejczyk (3rd place).
Bodybuilding over 100 kg category
winner – Ratislav Solar (Slovakia).
Overall category battle (from L):
Peter Kokoska, Marian Cambal and Ratislav Solar.
Overall category battle (from L):
Atanas Nikolayev, Stefan Havlik and Peter Kokoska.
Overall category battle (from L):
Stefan Havlik, Antonio Furic and Peter Kokoska.
MIXED PAIRS
Bodybuilding mixed pairs category
medal winners (from L to R): Alexa Ballus – Gerard Faure (3rd
place), Tetyana Mikheychyk – Vadym Vasylevskiy (1st place) and
Blanche Coppola – Ralph Decelis (3rd place).
Bodybuilding mixed pairs category
winners – Tetyana Mikheychyk – Vadym Vasylevskiy (Ukraine).
Tetyana Mikheychyk – Vadym Vasylevskiy
in the routine.
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