MR UNIVERSE

The World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships (formerly IFBB Mr. Universe) is a bodybuilding contest organised by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB) and first held in 1959. The name was changed in 1976 to avoid confusion with the NABBA Mr. Universe.

Contents

• 1 Winners
  • 1.1 Men
    • 1.1.1 Bodybuilding
      • 1.1.1.1 Classes
  • 1.2 Women
    • 1.2.1 Bodybuilding
• 2 Medal winners
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

Winners

Men

Bodybuilding

Year	Location	Overall Winner	Country
1959	Montreal, Canada	Eddie Sylvestre	Mexico
1960	Montreal, Canada	Chuck Sipes	United States
1961	No Contest
1962	New York, USA	George Eiferman	United States
1963	New York, USA	Harold Poole	United States
1964	New York, USA	Larry Scott	United States
1965	New York, USA	Earl Maynard	Barbados
1966	New York, USA	Dave Draper	United States
1967	Montreal, Canada	Sergio Oliva	Cuba
1968	Miami, USA	Frank Zane	United States
1969	New York, USA	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Austria
1970	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Franco Columbu	Italy
1971	Paris, France	Albert Beckles	Barbados
1972	Baghdad, Iraq	Ed Corney	United States
1973	Geneva, Switzerland	Lou Ferrigno	United States
1974	Verona, Italy	Lou Ferrigno	United States
1975	Pretoria, South Africa	Ken Waller	United States
1976	Montreal, Canada	Roger Walker	Australia
1977	Nîmes, France	Kalman Szkalak	Hungary
1978	Acapulco, Mexico	Mike Mentzer	United States
1979	Columbus, USA	David Souza	United States
1980	Manila, Philippines	Harry Sack	United States
1981	Cairo, Egypt	Lance Dreher	United States
1982	Brugge, Belgium	Dale Ruplinger	United States
1983	Singapore	Bob Paris	United States
1984	Las Vegas, USA	Mike Christian	United States
1985	Gothenburg, Sweden	David Souza	United States
1986	Tokyo, Japan	Ralf Möller	Germany
1987	Madrid, Spain	Mohammed Benaziza	Algeria
1988	Brisbane, Australia	Premchand Degra	India
1989	Paris, France	Jean-Luc Favre	Switzerland
1990	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Tommy Rodrigues	Australia
1991	Katowice, Poland	Tommy Rodrigues	Australia
1992	Graz, Austria	David Souza	United States
1993	Seoul, South Korea	Clany D'Souza	United States
1994	Shanghai, China	Clany D'Souza	United States
1995	Guam USA	Agathoklis Agathokleous	Cyprus
1996	Amman, Jordan	Jeno Kiss	Hungary
1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Ahmad Haidar	Lebanon
1998	İzmir, Turkey	Hamdullah Aykutlug	Turkey
1999	Bratislava, Slovakia	Jaroslav Horvath	Slovakia
2000	Malacca, Malaysia	Sergey Dmitriev	Belarus
2001	Yangon, Myanmar	Thomas Scheu	Germany
2002	Cairo, Egypt	Jose Carlos Santos	Brazil
2003	Mumbai, India	El Shahat Mabrouk	Egypt
2004	Moscow, Russia	Olegas Zhuras	Lithuania
2005	Shanghai, China	Dennis Wolf	Germany
2006	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Ali Tabrizi	Iran
2007	Jeju City, South Korea	Robert Piotrkowicz	Poland
2008	Manama, Bahrain	Ali Tabrizi	Iran
2009	Doha, Qatar	Ali Tabrizi	Iran
2010	Baku, Azerbaijan	Mohammed Touri	Morocco
2011	Mumbai, India	Sami Al-Haddad	Bahrain
2012	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Salah Abufanas	Libya
2013	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Azjargal	Mongolia

Classes

From 1959-1969 there was just one category of competition - open. In 1970 the competition was split into three height classes: Short (under and including 5'5"), Medium (under and including 5'8"), and Tall (over 5'8") with an overall winner also decided. In 1976 they were abandoned in favour of weight classes. These have changed over the years but as of 2005 they are (weight in brackets is the maximum for this category):

• Bantam weight - Up to & Incl. 65 kg (143 lbs)
• Light weight - Up to & Incl. 70 kg (154 lbs)
• Welter weight - Up to & Incl. 75 kg (165 lbs)
• Light-Middle weight - Up to & Incl. 80 kg (176 lbs)
• Middle weight - Up to & Incl. 85 kg (187 lbs)
• Light-Heavy - weight Up to & Incl. 90 kg (198 lbs)
• Heavy weight - Up to & Incl. 100 kg (220 lbs)
• Super-Heavy weight - Over 100 kg (220+ lbs)

An overall winner award was not awarded between 1976 and 1995. In 2006, overall winner awards were awarded in both the bodybuilding and classic bodybuilding disciplines.

Women

Bodybuilding

Year	Overall	HeavyWeight	MiddleWeight	LightWeight	Junior	Junior - HeavyWeight	Junior - LightWeight	Masters	Overall Team Trophy	Team Posing Trophy	Most Improved Athlete	Bodybuilding	Venue
1983		Inger Zetterquist		Erika Mes									London, England, UK
1984		Clare Furr		Ellen Van Maris									Brisbane, Australia
1985		Dominique Darde		Juliette Bergmann
1986		Cathy Palyo	Gundi Froder	Renate Holland
1987		Janice Graser	Renee Casella	Charla Sedacca
1988		Laura Creavalle	Veronica Dahlin	Janet Tech
1989		Lenie Tops	Lynn Lemieux	Ina Lopulesa
1990		Yvonne Rosell	Jutta Tippelt	Zuzanna Korinkova
1991		Gabriella Szikszay	Diana Gimmler	Sally Gomez
1992		Yolanda Hughes-Heying	Skye Ryland	Eva Sukupova
1993		Sabine Froschauer	Frederique Auchart	Veronique Gady
1994		Natalja Murnikoviene	Karin Petz	Christine Noel									Borlange, Sweden
1995	Beatrix Gluck	Marjo Krishi	Beatrix Gluck	Jolo Sinclair					Germany	Belgium	Marjo Krishi		Brugge, Belgium
1996		Zdenka Tvrda	Inna Uit	Irina Petrenko							United States		Rimini, Italy
1997	Valentina Chepiga	Beate Drabing	Valentina Chapiga	Peggy Schoolcraft									Sportshall Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia
1998	Susana Alonso	Susana Alonso	Tülay Caner-Ozbek	Irina Muntean									Centro de Tecnificacion de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
1999	Ewa Krynska	Ewa Krynska	Susanne Niederhauser	Brigitte Schori									Sydney Superdome, Sydney, Australia
2000	Conny Junker	Conny Junker	Jana Purdjakova	Natalia Proskouriakova						Poland			Warsaw, Poland
2001	Barbora Mrazkova	Olga Kolot	Barbora Mrazkova	Olena Alloyarova		Ekaterina Soursiakova	Michaela Kohutova	Cornelia Junker
2002		Zdenka Razymova	Irina Nicoleta Muntean	Natalia Proskouriakova	Michaela Kohutova			Christine Brings
2003		Monica Muresan	Jana Purdjakova	Lori Helene Hayden	Michaela Kohutova			Pilar Alcaide
2004		Colette Nelson	Jana Purdjakova	Svetlana Lomachevskaya	Florina Cernat			Erika Taksony
2005	Svetlana Lomachevskaya	Agnieszka Ryk	Jana Purdjakova	Svetlana Lomachevskaya	Florina Cernat			Alina Cepurniene
2006	Claudia Partenza	Elena Shportun	Alina Cepurniene	Claudia Partenza	Florina Cernat			Claudia Partenza
2007	Elena Shportun	Elena Shportun		Jana Purdjakova	Erika Andresson			Joanne Stewart
2008	Alina Popa	Alina Popa		Jana Purdjakova	Syuzanna Balakina			Violette Schwarz
2009		Simone Linay		Irina Nicoleta Muntean	Liliana Pall			Violett Schwartz
2010	Jana Purdjakova	Jana Stockelova		Jana Purdjakova	Melissa Geimer			Violette Schwarz
2011	Jana Purdjakova	Nina Loebardt		Jana Purdjakova	Liliana Pall			Elena Stasiukyniene
2012	Rene Campbell	Rene Campbell		Jana Purdjakova	Sana Muslic			Marina Nikotina
2013					Beatrice Mihaela Serban			Natalia Vtyurina