One of the headline victors would be Behrooz Tabani Abar Ghani standing on top of the Men’s Open category, who, by capturing his first career win, also earned his first-ever berth in the 2022 Olympia that will occur on Dec. 16-18, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV. Per the standards of the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB), the 2022 Romania Muscle Fest Pro was a Tier 3 competition. That means athletes near the top who didn’t win earned qualification points ranging from six (second place) to three (fifth place).

Here’s an overview of the results from the Men’s Open division:

2022 Romania Muscle Fest Pro Results | Men’s Open

1. Behrooz Tabani Abar Ghani
2. Brett Wilkin
3. Enrico Hoffman
4. Jan Turek
5. Artem Pakhniuk
6. Pablo Llopis Munoz
7. Liang Yan
8. Roman Fritz
9. Milan Sadek
10. Diogo Nunes

Abar Ghani’s victory is an improvement upon a third-place result in the 2021 iteration of the Romania Muscle Fest Pro. The athlete’s success came in conjunction with training with his coach Miloš Šarčev — who notably coaches other bodybuilders like Joe Mackey and Samson Dauda.

Here are the respective results for the other Men’s competitive divisions at the 2022 Romania Muscle Fest Pro.

212 Bodybuilding

1. Radoslav Angelov
2. Vladamir Iacovlev
3. Tomas Tabaciar
4. Daniel Sticco
5. Amer Majid
6. Zoran Kolevski
7. Oscar Young
8. Jamal Changezi
9. Daniel Vasilica
10. Muneer Al Jassas

Classic Physique

1. Adam Bomert
2. Abdullah Alrabiah
3. Ruben Lopez Reyes
4. Valeri Enchev
5. Siem Goossens
6. Morteza Shahhosseini
7. Adrian Cyronek
8. Mateusz Nasalski
9. Chris Pistolas
10. Tautvydas Tumbrotas

Men’s Physique

1. Sidy Pouye
2. Burak King
3. Febo Gambacorta
4. Rafal Zabawa
5. Mohammad Ali
6. Andrea Mosti
7. Abdullah Alsharafi
8. Oskar Tchorzewski
9. Daniel Leone
10. Andrea Antonelli

Here’s a rundown of the Women’s divisions at the 2022 Romania Muscle Fest Pro.

Women’s Bodybuilding

1. Alcione Santos
2. Elisama Manoel Benta Zorzetto
3. Irene Anderson
4. Stephanie Flesher
5. Mariana Guayara
6. Virginia Sanchez Macias
7. Anastasia Korableva
8. Vanesa Lloria
9. Yesenia Garcia Speck
10. Jozeffa Al Ajahji

Women’s Physique

1. Raluca Raducu
2. Manai Ben Jabeur
3. Caroline Alves Dos Santos
4. Jeanette Johansson
5. Sophie Leo
6. Amy Chester
7. Uta Kohler-Spitzbart
8. Modesta Halby
9. Laura Pyszora
10. Magdalena Zofia Vaiou

Figure

1. Rejoice Godwin
2. Adela Ondrejovicova
3. Helen Zavitsanou
4. Zulfiya Bitiyeva
5. Hannah Prause
6. Scarlett Hollands
7. Jennifer Reece
8. Gabriela Linhartova
9. Asrun Osp Vilmundardottir
10. Stefana Sandu

Bikini

1. Valerya Fedorenko
2. Eszter Oczella
3. Elizaveta Dementeva
4. Zsofia Reka Molnar
5. Dorottya Zoe Toth
6. Stine Hansen
7. Tatiana Lanovenko
8. Gessica Brun
9. Claudia Clemente
10. Giuditta Taccani

Wellness

1. Leonida Ciobu
2. Carina Marques
3. Lexy Oliver
4. Dainora Dvarionaite
5. Natasha Novak
6. Aysegul Besli
7. Danai Tehodoropoulou
8. Klaudia Vanessza Csuri
9. Diana Carlomagno
10. Bianca Saller

Any athletes still on the outside looking in to the 2022 Olympia have until Nov. 20, 2022, when the IFBB will close qualification on a points basis. After that date, they will have to win a contest outright to stand on the stage in Las Vegas. With approximately one month before bodybuilding’s flagship competition, all the final pieces are being put into place.

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The 2022 AC UK featured nine divisions, with Chinedu Andrew Obiekea (aka “Andrew Jacked”) winning the Men’s Open category as one of the headliners. The 2022 AC UK is a Tier 2 competition under the IFBB’s official standards. That means the second through fifth place finishers earned points ranging from eight to five in the Olympia season standings. If they hadn’t already, the winners of the respective divisions earned automatic berths to the Olympia stage in Las Vegas, NV, on Dec. 16-18, 2022. 

2022 Arnold Classic UK Winners

• Men’s Open: Andrew Jacked (aka Chinedu Andrew Obiekea)
• 212 Bodybuilding: Naser Mohamed
• Classic Physique: Michael Daboul
• Men’s Physique: Ali Bilal
• Wheelchair: Gabriele Andriulli
• Women’s Physique: Anne-Lorraine Mohn
• Fitness: Terra Plum
• Figure: Lola Montez
• Bikini: Ashley Kaltwasser

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The final point standings for the 2022 Olympia will be locked into place on Nov. 20, 2022. Those athletes who wish to compete in the Olympia but haven’t won an IFBB Pro League contest by then will have to be in the top three of their respective divisions by that time. 

Here’s a short rundown of the results from the Men’s Open category at the 2022 Arnold Classic UK:

Men’s Open

1. Andrew Jacked
2. Patrick Johnson
3. James Hollingshead
4. Martin Fitzwater
5. Marc Hector
6. Jamie Christian-Johal
7. Vlad Alfred Chiriac
8. Maxx Charles
9. Kuba Cielen
10. Rob Cannon

After a sparkling Pro League debut with a win at the 2022 Texas Pro in August, Jacked followed that performance by winning the 2022 AC UK, which was in its sophomore year as a promotion. Should he not compete again until December in Las Vegas, these two results could help carry the ascending Jacked and his impressive mass to a sterling debut on the Olympia stage. 

Here’s an overview of the results from the other divisions at the 2022 Arnold Classic UK:

212 Division

1. Naser Mohamed
2. Radoslav Angelov
3. Ahmed Wardany
4. Peter Molnar
5. David Henry
6. Dean White
7. Jose Maria Mete Bueriberi
8. Pasquale D’Angelo
9. Samir Troudi
10. Jamal Changezi

Classic Physique

1. Michael Daboul
2. Christian Zagarella
3. Wesley Vissers
4. Craig Morton
5. Shane Cullen
6. Kiraly Laszlo
7. Adeyemi Adefioye
8. Marco Ruz
9. Niall Darwin

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Men’s Physique 

1. Ali Bilal
2. Jeffrey Darko
3. Emile Walker
4. Balint Nemeth
5. Elton Mota
6. Omar Suleiman
7. Youcef Djoudi
8. Andrea Miggiano
9. Tyler Smith
10. Ashley Edelman

Wheelchair 

1. Gabriele Andriulli
2. Antoni Khadraoui
3. Karol Milewski
4. Nick Hewitt

Here’s a rundown of the Women’s divisions at the 2022 Arnold Classic UK. 

Bikini

1. Ashley Kaltwasser
2. Ivanna Escandar
3. Jourdanne Lee
4. Eli Fernandez
5. Stine Hansen
6. Nittaya Kongthun
7. Francesca Stoico
8. Allison Testu
9. Patricia Lloyd
10. Ottavia Mazza

According to NPC News Online, Ashley Kaltwasser’s victory in the Bikini category at the 2022 AC UK continues a recent spate of stellar results. In 10 contests in 2022, Kaltwasser has won on six occasions and otherwise qualified for the podium in every instance. She is also a three-time Bikini Olympia winner (2013-2015) who has proven that she can still perform at the top level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Figure

1. Lola Montez
2. Gabriela Linhartova
3. Paula Ranta
4. Jennifer Zeinart
5. Megan Sylvester Cielen
6. Stella Miliani
7. Scarlet Hollands
8. Corrie Morales
9. Veronica Gallego
10. Arya Bahar

Fitness

1. Terra Plum
2. Michelle Fredua-Mensah
3. Kamara Graham
4. Jasmine Abercrombie
5. Corinne Elizabeth Bean

Women’s Physique

1. Anne-Lorraine Mohn
2. Barbara Menage
3. Julia Glazycheva
4. Sophie Leo
5. Tanya Chartrand
6. Jeanette Johansson
7. Jodi Lyons
8. Alida Opre
9. Ilaria Armeni
10. Modesta Halby

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For some of these competitors still looking to stake a claim on a place in the Olympia, there will be a short turnaround from the 2022 AC UK. The 2022 Ben Weider Pro is next on the IFBB contest calendar. The IFBB Tier 4 competition will take place in France from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 2022. 

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The 2022 edition of the Yamamoto Pro featured four divisions, with Vladyslav Suhoruchko as one of the headline victors. The respective winners of each category earned an automatic place in the Olympia on December 16-18, 2022. Meanwhile, with the Yamamoto Pro being an IFBB Tier 4 contest, the second to fifth place finishers earned points ranging from four to one in their overall bid for the prestigious bodybuilding competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The final point standings for athletes who haven’t won an IFBB Pro League contest this season will be finalized on November 20, 2022. Here’s a rundown of the results from the Men’s Open division at the 2022 Yamamoto Pro:

2022 Yamamoto Pro Results | Men’s Open

1. Vladyslav Suhoruchko
2. Mohamed El Eman
3. Andrea Muzi
4. Jamie Christian-Johal
5. Roman Fritz
6. Pasquale D’Angelo
7. Harry Harris
8. Anton Bippus
9. Mustafa Yildiz
10. Fabio Romagnolo

With his win, Suhoruchko continues a quality spate of performances in recent years. The Ukrainian athlete finished in fifth place at the 2022 Big Man Evolution Pro. Plus, according to NPC News Online, he took home a second-place result at the 2020 Romania Muscle Fest Pro. As a result of his victory, Suhoruchko will now compete in his first career Olympia contest. He follows in a recent line of athletes who will make their Olympia debut this late fall. 

Here’s an overview of the other Men’s divisions featured at the 2022 Yamamoto Pro. 

Classic Physique

1. Christian Zagarella
2. Valeri Enchev
3. Siem Goossens
4. Abdullah Al-Sairafi
5. Richard Gyula Nagy
6. Edoardo Ciocchetti
7. Jabar Al Kuwari
8. Simone Bestagno

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Men’s Physique

1. Jeffrey Darko
2. Chao Peng
3. Emile Walker
4. Victor Ramirez
5. Andrea Antonelli
6. Andrea Miggiano
7. Omar Suleiman
8. Lorenzo Giachetti
9. Giuseppe Riserbato
10. Tyler Smith

Here’s how the respective athletes fared in the Women’s Division, the Bikini category:

Bikini

1. Rukiye Solak
2. Francesca Stoico
3. Kerry Sexton
4. Jessica Kavanagh
5. Eszter Oczella
6. Renata Nowak
7. Margherita Todeschini
8. Martyna Derlat
9. Giuditta Taccani
10. Vania Maria Mesquita

 

 

 

 

 

 

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According to the IFBB Pro League calendar, the next contest on the docket for some of these competitors is the 2022 Arnold Classic UK Pro, set to occur on September 24-25, 2022, in Birmingham, England.

The Arnold Classic UK Pro is Tier 2 under the IFBB’s umbrella, meaning the second through fifth place finishers can earn qualifying points ranging from eight to five. It’ll assuredly be another significant rung on the ladder to the 2022 Olympia. 

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The latest chance to punch a potential ticket to Las Vegas this December was the 2022 Vancouver Pro. This contest — which occurred in British Columbia, Canada, on July 17, 2022 — featured six divisions between men’s and women’s competitors. By its end, it served as a quality jumping-off point for athletes like Men’s Open winner Iain Valliere. Valliere qualified for the 2022 Mr. Olympia on December 16-18, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV, thanks to his win. 

Here’s a rundown of the Men’s Open results from the 2022 Vancouver Pro:

2022 Vancouver Pro Results | Men’s Open

1. Iain Valliere
2. Antoine Vaillant
3. Hossein Kalate
4. Jonas Giatras
5. Seth Engman
6. Martin Hernandez
7. Chris Buhr
8. Afandonougbo Thierry
9. Kook Kwang Moon

 

 

 

 

 

 

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According to NPC News Online, Valliere’s win in the Vancouver Pro is the fifth victory of his professional career. It also marks the Canadian athlete’s first appearance at a sanctioned contest since a seventh place result in the Men’s Open category at the 2021 Mr. Olympia. After showing off his latest work with his strength, muscle, and conditioning, Valliere will get the chance to topple some potential peers like Hadi Choopan, Nick Walker, and Hunter Labrada at the 2022 Mr. Olympia. 

Other Men’s Winners 

While every division victor earned automatic qualification for the 2022 Mr. Olympia, it’s worth noting that the 2022 Vancouver Pro is a Tier 4 competition under the IFBB Pro League’s standards. A Tier 4 contest has the least weighted points for second through fifth-place finishers. Even then, the athletes who didn’t win in British Columbia but still performed relatively well earned valuable points toward their season totals. Those could come in handy with individual qualifications for the Mr. Olympia. 

The top three athletes in each Olympia division at the end of the qualification period on November 20, 2022, earn places in the competition. 

Here are the results for the other Men’s divisions at the 2022 Vancouver Pro:

Classic Physique

1. Chen Kang
2. John Le
3. Adam Beveridge
4. Cody Amey
5. Issac Baier
6. Ethan Gohari
7. Aaron Aramini
8. David Anthony Tassin
9. Kellen Wilson
10. Cyril Gascon

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Men’s Physique

1. Charjo Grant
2. Josh Bridgman
3. Xezekiel Afanou
4. Taylor Wilson
5. Akbar Sarbaz Sarkhanlo
6. Isaias Paez Martinez
7. Shahin Zolfaghari
8. Daniel Tomas
9. A.J. Ellison
10. Gurjinder Virk

Women’s Division Winners

The three women to take advantage with their respective wins were Abby Bolton (Fitness), Valerie Ratelle (Figure), and Susana Aramayo (Bikini). 

Here are the results for each of the three Women’s divisions:

Fitness

1. Abby Bolton
2. Noemie Champagne-Cloutier
3. Danielle DaCosta

Figure

1. Valerie Ratelle
2. Dalila Xochilt Alegria
3. Brittany Offers
4. Jennifer Reece
5. Mandy Urner
6. Melissa Cech
7. Kim Clark
8. Spomenka Miller-Stanic

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bikini

1. Susana Aramayo
2. Shelby Pierce
3. Laura Ziv
4. Tessa Barresi
5. Karen Wall
6. Elizabeth Yizrael
7. Maxine Somov
8. Ayleen Santander
9. Taryn Flanagan
10. Catherine Daniel

One of the next major IFBB contests will be the 2022 Texas Pro. The Tier 4 contest that might as a showcase for athletes like Joe Mackey will take place on August 12-13, 2022, in Irving, Texas. 

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