20 TH BALKAN BODYBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS May 6 th 8 th 2011, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla, a city on a grain of salt, was a successful host of the 20 th anniversary Balkan Championships. A report by Nenad Vuckovic Tuzla, a city that is one of the oldest settlements in Europe with the continuity of living, and with the only salt lake in Europe, which is the trace of the Pannonian sea, was more than a successful host of the 20 th anniversary Balkan Championships. The huge organizing experience of the President of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation, Mr. Omer Stambolic and his associates, primarily Mr. Esef Ahmetkadic, owner of the Fitness Studio Fuke and Mr. Zlatko Berbic, owner of the Koloseum company, enabled all the participants of these Championships to take with them the best impressions from Tuzla and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The hospitality and cordiality of the Bosnian people could be felt on every step, and everything from the accommodation, food, Finals and the Farewell Banquet was impeccable. Representatives of five Balkan countries: Bulgaria, Romania, F.Y.R.O. Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, fought for the medals in 13 categories. Even though there were less competitors in Tuzla than at last year s Balkan Championships, the quality of the athletes was of high standard. The audience in Tuzla had the opportunity to enjoy an uncertain competition of very prepared athletes from the mentioned countries. If the numerous Turkish team, which because of technical difficulties didn t manage to land at the Sarajevo Airport, had participated in Tuzla, the quality and number of competitors would be record breaking. But regardless of this, this was one of the strongest Balkan Championships so far. After the six-hour Finals, the most successful national team was Bulgaria, followed by Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, F.Y.R.O. Macedonia and Romania. For the overall organization of the event, the Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina deserves the highest grade. Besides the competition, a very successful seminar was held for the students of the Faculty of Physical Education. The lecturers were Nenad Vuckovic, who spoke about the Training Systems of advanced Bodybuilders, B. sci. eng. Milivoje Jevremovic, who spoke about the IFBB and EBFF, Prof. dr. sci. Branimir Mikic and his assistant, a Magistrate of Physical Culture, Jasmin Hadzic, who spoke abouth the Fitness Passport and Mrs. Ljuba Pantovic, Vice- Champion of the World in Body-Fitness, who spoke about nutrition in Bodybuilding. The whole event was covered by TV Stations from Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Delegates and officials in the center of Tuzla Visitng the salt lake in Tuzla Milivoje Jevremovic, Nenad Vuckovic, Jasmin Imamovic Mayor of Tuzla and Omer Stambolic
Nadja Avdibasic-Vukadinovic, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Of the Tuzla canton, opening the Finals at the 20 th Balkan Championships JUNIOR'S BODY BUILDING up to 75 kg. 1 TIHOV JOVKO BULGARIA 4 1 2 MILANOVIC NIKOLA SERBIA 5 2 3 FESTILA CATALIN ROMANIA 15 5 4 STARCEVIC HARIS B&H 18 6 7 CEKIC SANEL B&H 10 3 75 JORDANOV BLAGOJ F.Y.R.MACEDONIA 15 4 Winners in the JUNIOR'S BODY BUILDING up to 75 kg category
Tihov Jovko JUNIOR'S BODY BUILDING over 75 kg. 5 HADZIC FERID B&H 12 4 6 BALAS ARPAD SERBIA 4 1 8 RAPALOV IVAN BULGARIA 9 3 9 JUNUZOVIC ERMIN B&H 6 2 10 LUKAC DARMAN B&H 15 5 Rapalov Ivan, Balas Arpad and Junuzovic Ermin
Balas Arpad MEN'S BODY BUILDING MASTERS over 40 years of age 31 LYUBENOV PAVEL BULGARIA 12 4 32 KURTOVIC SAKIB B&H 8 3 33 JOVANOVIC ZORAN SERBIA 7 2 71 VASILEVSKI JOVCE F.Y.R.MACEDONIA 3 1 72 LAZAROVSKI PERO F.Y.R.MACEDONIA 15 5 Vasilevski Jovce
WOMEN'S BIKINI MODEL OPEN 14 TERSANSKI HILDA ROMANIA 25 4 15 PAVLOVIC MAJA SERBIA 16 2 16 BOJIC NIKOLINA SERBIA 18 3 17 VUKIC MARIJA SERBIA 28 5 18 DELAGIC MELIHA B&H 0 0 19 PAVLOVIC IVANA SERBIA 29 6 20 MUSLIC SANA B&H 13 1 73 PANTELIC TEREZA F.Y.R.MACEDONIA 0 0 Winners in the BIKINI MODEL category Muslic Sana
WOMEN'S FITNESS OPEN 21 ZELEVA VALENTINA BULGARIA 36 5 22 GEORGIEVA ZVEZDELINA BULGARIA 28 3 23 TOLMACEV MARISELA SERBIA 11 1 24 SAVIC DRAGANA SERBIA 36 4 25 DANILOVIC KRISTINA SERBIA 24 2 Winners in the WOMEN'S FITNESS category Tolmacev Marisela WOMEN'S BODY BUILDING OPEN 11 GREBLA LARUCA ROMANIA 4 1
12 PETROVIC ANA SERBIA 7 2 13 CRNJAK MARINA B&H 8 3 Winners in the WOMEN'S BODYBUILDING category Grebla Laruca MEN'S CLASSIC BODY BUILDING up to 175 cm 34 PASKALEV KONSTANTIN BULGARIA 3 1 35 ANGELOV VLADIMIR F.Y.R.O.MACEDONIA 12 4 36 JOVANOVIC VLADIMIR SERBIA 9 3 76 PAUNOVSKI DEJAN F.Y.R.O.MACEDONIA 6 2
Winners in the MEN'S CLASSIC BODY BUILDING up to 175 cm category Paskalev Konstantin` MEN'S CLASSIC BODYBUILDING up to 180 cm 37 NIKOLAJ STOJANOV BULGARIA 4 1 38 ZOVKO LEO BIH 12 4 39 BOSNIC FIKRET BIH 5 2 70 NIKOLOVSKI ALEKSANDAR F.Y.R.O. MACEDONIA 9 3
Nikolaj Stojanov Category: MEN'S CLASSIC BODYBUILDING over 180 cm 40 BOSNJAKOVIC DAMIR B&H 17 6 41 ANDREEV ANDREJI BULGARIA 9 3 42 STOJIC ALEKSANDAR SERBIA 3 1 43 MILOSEVIC NEBOJSA SERBIA 15 5 44 ZIVANIC IVAN SERBIA 8 2 45 SERAFIMOV DESISLAV BULGARIA 0 0 46 ALOCHITEI CTIN ROMANIA 0 0 56 DJANESIC ANDREJ BIH 11 4 Winners in the MEN'S CLASSIC BODYBUILDING over 180 cm category
Stojic Aleksandar MEN'S BODY BUILDING up to 70 kg 47 DRAGNEV GERASIM BULGARIA 3 1 48 BOJCOVSKI NEBOJSA SERBIA 7 2 49 DISIC MILOS SERBIA 8 3 Winners in the MEN'S BODY BUILDING up to 70 kg category
Dragnev Gerasim WOMEN'S BODY FITNESS OPEN 26 ROSU MIHAELA ROMANIA 29 5 27 DIMITRIJEVIC IVANA SERBIA 13 2 28 SERAFIMOVA BONI BULGARIA 9 1 29 VERESBARANJI MARIJA SERBIA 22 4 30 BAHCHEVANOVA YORDANKA BULGARIA 18 3 Winners in the WOMEN'S BODY FITNESS category
Bahchevanova Yordanka, Serafimova Boni and Dimitrijevic Ivana MEN'S BODY BUILDING up to 80 kg 50 AHMETSPAHIC MURSEL B&H 12 4 51 DZANIC ALIJA B&H 9 3 52 RAZHANKOV VALENTIN BULGARIA 3 1 67 PAVLOVIC PREDRAG SERBIA 6 2 Razhankov Valentin (Photo by Olimp magazine) MEN'S BODY BUILDING up to 90 kg 53 TODOROV TOSHKO BULGARIA 9 3 54 TCACIUC CRISTIAN ROMANIA 4 1
55 IGNATOV VALENTIN BULGARIA 5 2 57 FILIPOVIC SRDJAN SERBIA 12 4 Tcaciuc Cristian and Ignatov Valentin (Photo by Olimp magazine) MEN'S BODY BUILDING over 90 kg 58 RUSEV YULI BULGARIA 29 1 59 ILIEV IVAN BULGARIA 13 2 60 MANEA MARCEL ROMANIA 9 5 61 BABAN DEJAN B&H 22 4 62 HODZIC JASMIN B&H 13 3 Winners in the MEN'S BODY BUILDING over 90 kg category
Rusev Yuli MIXED PAIRS 63 SERAFIMOVA SERAFIMOV BONI DESISLAV BULGARIA 12 4 66 GREBLA TAKCUK RALUCA KRISTIAN ROMANIA 4 1 68 STOJIC VERESBARANJI ALEKSANDAR MARIJA SERBIA 7 2 69 PAVLOVIC DANILOVIC PREDRAG KRISTINA SERBIA 8 3 74 LAZAROVSKI PANTELIC PERO TEREZA F.Y.R.O.MACEDONIA 15 5 ` Winners in the MIXED PAIRS category
OVERAL MEN'S WINER 52 RAZHANKOV VALENTIN BULGARIA Overall winner award ceremony
Country BEST TEAM 1. B U L G A R I A 321 1 2. BOSNA AND HERCEGOVINA 121 3 3. F.Y.R.O. MACEDONIA 82 4 4. ROMANIA 57 5 5. SERBIA 193 2 Best Team award ceremony
Bulgaria Best Team Winner Mr. Nenad Vuckovic and Mr. Milivoje Jevremovic Balkan Federation Officials awarded by Bosnia & Herzegovina Bodybuilding and Fitness President Mr. Omer Stambolic
Awarded delegates and officials