Read all results of the Juliette Bergmann Cup 2023 in this pdf file, click here.

IFBB Netherlands is organizing its firstfreePosing Clinic of 2023, led by Head Jury Harry de Jonge.

When: Sunday 5. Maart 2 pm

Where: Muscle Totaal in Veldhoven.

In addition to various international competition athletes, Dutch Champion and Diamond Cup winner National Coach Ingrid Stewart and IFBB posing coach Cacharel will be present.

And last but not least, we also hope to welcome World and European Champion Men’s National Coaches Johnny Stuhldreier and European Champion Jerry Koolhoven.

Sign up now via: info@muscletotaal.nl

Only people who register at the above email address can participate.

The new contest schedule for 2023 is ready. Below you can see all scheduled IFBB Netherlands contests and their date and location. This way you have enough time to prepare and build up your workout schedule.

For now we wish all our members, employees, sponsors and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and the Best Wishes for the New Year! TOGETHER we are going to make it a wonderful STRONG year… We are BACK and we are STRONG!

Once again a large-scale IFBB Netherlands event and a very successful day. Thank you to all participants and staff for your spontaneous commitment.

Hereby the results in all classes and of course the ‘overall’ winners, click here for the complete list.

Here are also the detailed results as they can also be found on the website of the contest:

Results ‘Lichtstad Open 2022’

Wellness

1e met nr 1 Nanda de Leeuw BEST POSING
2e met nr 15 Seyma Can
3e met nr 95 Charlene Asvestas
4e met nr 93 Nadieh van Dijk
5e met nr 12 Karen Buiter
6e met nr 94 Monique Maurmair

Fit model

1e met nr 10 Lois van den Leen

Classic Bodybuilding

1e met nr 67 Nico Carton
2e met nr 41 Benjamin Rossieau
3e met nr 43 Olivier Fraikin
4e met nr 56 Kevin Schippers
5e met nr 38 Nick Kraayvanger
6e met nr 33 Honay Broeckx

Classic Physique Junioren

1e met nr 46 Sem de Groot
2e met nr 50 Luca Keller
3e met nr 49 Jeremy Prost
4e met nr 51 Jett Cerinisch

Classic Physique

1e met nr 47 Anthony Akpan BEST POSING – OVERALL
2e met nr 43 Olivier Fraikin
3e met nr 31 Noah van den Broek
4e met nr 75 Brandon Jurhill
5e met nr 29 Mike Passchier
6e met nr 44 Christian van Dam
7e met nr 46 Sem de Groot
8e met nr 45 Dolf van Hal

Overall Classic Physique

1e met nr 47 Anthony Akpan BEST POSING – OVERALL

Body Fitness

1e met nr 25 Wendy Vincent OVERALL
2e met nr 19 Valerie Brouwer
3e met nr 22 Samentha Tiney
4e met nr 24 Gimenne Nouws
5e met nr 20 Lisan Arts
6e met nr 23 Maaike Eringa
7e met nr 21 Miranda van de Brink

Body Fitness masters

1e met nr 25 Wendy Vincent
2e met nr 21 Miranda van de Brink

Overall Body Fitness

1e met nr 25 Wendy Vincent OVERALL

Bodybuilding D tot 80

1e met nr 65 Thijs Crombeecke OVERALL
2e met nr 66 Murat Tolu
3e met nr 60 Jeroen van Nienhuijs
4e met nr 68 Manos Zacharioudakis
5e met nr 70 Boris Argirov
6e met nr 63 Mike Vermeulen
7e met nr 99 Jakub ??

Bodybuilding D Overall

1e met nr 65 Thijs Crombeecke

Bodybuilding C tot 70

1e met nr 31 Noah van den Broek
2e met nr 29 Mike Passchier
3e met nr 32 Peter Hagting
4e met nr 69 Jonathan Matamoros
5e met nr 33 Honay Broeckx

Bodybuilding C tot 80

1e met nr 67 Nico Carton
2e met nr 34 Joost Hendrikx

Bodybuilding C tot 90

1e met nr 39 Jan Lucassen
2e met nr 41 Benjamin Rossieau
3e met nr 56 Kevin Schippers
4e met nr 40 Barry Staas

Bodybuilding C plus 90

1e met nr 28 Jelle Bouwmans
2e met nr 38 Nick Kraayvanger
3e met nr 26 Jakub Baniak
4e met nr 27 Jonathan Maal
5e met nr 58 Cem Ulku

Bodybuilding C Masters

1e met nr 39 Jan Lucassen

Bodybuilding C Overall

1e met nr 67 Nico Carton

MAP junioren

1e met nr 81 Wesley Spek
2e met nr 90 Vintila Andrei Daniel
3e met nr 86 Leroy Molenaar
4e met nr 91 Jamie Martens
5e met nr 92 Joey Kriek
6e met nr 54 Daan Moree

MAP I

1e met nr 47 Anthony Akpan OVERALL
2e met nr 79 Yusuf Dumbuya
3e met nr 75 Brandon Jurhill
4e met nr 29 Mike Passchier
5e met nr 76 Michael Kipp
6e met nr 73 Josef Hakizimana
7e met nr 72 Bart Beerens
8e met nr 78 Pascal Bruinen
9e met nr 77 Nicolas van de Griendt

MAP II

1e met nr 84 Dyon Peters
2e met nr 80 Jeffrey Lange
3e met nr 81 Wesley Spek
4e met nr 83 Griffin Haft
5e met nr 85 Mohamed Lago
6e met nr 30 Ahmed Saleh

MAP III

1e met nr 86 Leroy Molenaar
2e met nr 65 Thijs Crombeecke
3e met nr 88 Max Buizert
4e met nr 87 Urban Mulder

MAP Masters

1e met nr 78 Pascal Bruinen

MAP Overall

1e met nr 47 Anthony Akpan

Bikini Fitness junioren

1e met nr 16 Nina Lindeman
2e met nr 6 Maud Kramer
3e met nr 5 Dionne van Lier
4e met nr 18 Isa Rol

Bikini I

1e met nr 1 Nanda de Leeuw
2e met nr 6 Maud Kramer
3e met nr 4 Ronith de Waal
4e met nr 2 Nercilina Mendes Monteiro
5e met nr 3 Natalia Szlubowska
6e met nr 7 Caroline Anthonis

Bikini II

1e met nr 5 Dionne van Lier
2e met nr 8 Valentina Ricci
3e met nr 11 Patreycja Osiewicz
4e met nr 10 Lois van den Leen
5e met nr 14 Lyz Peters
6e met nr 9 Lesley Pasveer

Bikini III

1e met nr 13 Marloes Roelfzema
2e met nr 15 Seyma Can
3e met nr 16 Nina Lindeman
4e met nr 17 Sarah van Uijithoven
5e met nr 12 Karen Buiter
6e met nr 18 Isa Rol

Bikini Masters

1e met nr 13 Marloes Roelfzema
2e met nr 1 Nanda de Leeuw
3e met nr 2 Nercilina Mendes Monteiro
4e met nr 9 Lesley Pasveer
5e met nr 7 Caroline Anthonis

Overall Bikini

1e met nr 13 Marloes Roelfzema

Mr. & Ms. Lichtstad

1e met nr 47 Anthony Akpan
1e met nr 1 Nanda de Leeuw

A packed day during the combined Juliette Bergmann Grand Prix and the Hercules Cup led to not only a podium full of participants, but also a room full of enthusiastic spectators. A great day!

Check all the results because there are again many winners in many different classes, click here.

IFBB Nederland organised a new official contest with a very good public turnout during the Notorious Cup in Schiedam. We saw a great competition with a high level of participants, chapeau! It was a BIG success! The complete results list you can read here (click now). And soon the archive will be updated with all the results and many photos.

For now a series of photos with many winners and the organization of course!

EBFF European Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation 

By Ingrid Stewart and Jako van der Velde

From 5 to 9 May, the European Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships were organized in Santa Susanna, Spain. The Netherlands was represented in the Wellness, Bikini fitness and Body fitness classes. Under the watchful eye of President Juliette Bergmann, who was at the Pavelló poliesportiu from early in the morning until late at night encouraging the athletes, no fewer than three medals were won.

The delegation consisted of the athletes Johanna Anore, Ruth van Bochove, Ellen Breemans, Fiona van de Hoorn, Yana Pomozybida, Jeanette Solli, Sylwia Wierzbicki and Loïs Wildschut. Present as officials were NBBF president Juliette Bergmann, international jury member Frank van den Boom, women’s national coach Ingrid Stewart and NBBF vice-chairman and international and pro jury member Jako van der Velde. 

Despite the relatively small number of athletes, the Dutch team did very well and took twelfth place in the national competition (out of 28). Ellen Breemans came in fourth in the Body fitness category over 168 cm. Jeanette Solli won two medals, a bronze in the wellness category up to 163 cm, and a silver in the open class Junior wellness 21-23 years. Yana Pomozybida won gold in the Bikini Fitness up to 162 cm.

Furthermore, the NBBF has a new international jury member, national coach Ingrid Stewart! To top it all off, at the previous congress, President Juliette Bergmann was honored by IFBB President Rafael Santonja with a very prestigious IFBB honorary lifetime vice president title!

After two difficult years for the fitness and bodybuilding sport in the Netherlands, the NBBF in Santa Susanna showed that it is back, with several contests in the Netherlands and abroad ahead.

Ingrid Stewart attended for the first time as a member of the officials delegation and adds: “This was the first time that I went along as a member of the women’s committee. I hope I was able to help the girls well. We stayed in the athletes’ hotel assigned to us and were fully equipped. As icing on the cake, I also obtained my qualification as an international judge. As for the athletes, they all did their best and showed their best shape on the podium. The entire level of the European Championship was extremely high. On to the next game and hopefully with a team of gentlemen too!”

If it doesn’t kill me, it makes me stronger

By Harry de Jonge

The title of this piece did not literally come out of Fitness Bikini athlete Yana, but it did come to mind immediately after I hung up the phone after a short interview. If, like me, you have been involved in sports for over 40 years, you know that almost everyone experiences his or her preparation as terribly difficult, but when you see what Yana experienced in a short time while she still achieved incredible sports performances, you can’t help but take most people who had it “so hard” with a grain of salt.

Yana comes from Ukraine and then you immediately understand that she is currently having a hard time. Her country is being bombed by the Russian army, many family members are in mortal danger and how that war will develop is still a question mark for everyone.

But this misery isn’t the only thing that has happened to Yana over the past few years, the years when she was performing so incredibly! Yana graduated from the medical university in western Ukraine and came to the Netherlands four and a half years ago to explore the possibilities here. Her mother already lived and worked in the Netherlands. Finding work in the medical sector was of course difficult due to, among other things, the language barrier, which is why Yana threw her heart and soul into sports. “I noticed that the Dutch are a fit people. Everyone cycles here all year round, something that was not possible in Ukraine because of the long harsh winters. I was already sporty, I danced a lot and I was a choreographer and I could also sometimes be found at the gym. But it was only here in the Netherlands that I started to approach the latter more professionally.”

Yana just lived here and had to go back to Ukraine to get the necessary paperwork in order. She decided to enter a beginners competition and, to her own surprise, reached the final. Yana immediately had a taste for it and once back in Amsterdam she wanted to participate in a contest again. She found a trainer to help her (Steven from Beyond Fitness) and together they chose the 2019 JBC as their first goal. Yana won her class and also became overall winner bikini fitness! She persevered and registered for the Open Rotterdam, a contest at B-level. During the preparation, disaster struck. Yana’s stepfather crashed in a helicopter and she was plunged into deep mourning. Despite this misery, Yana won her class again and yes, again the overall!

She advanced to the highest national level and competed in the N.K. As if it were the most natural thing in the world, Yana won her class again and yes, the overall. Yana took the goblet home and had an image of a helicopter engraved on it. She dedicated the victory to her stepfather Jordan, something that means a lot to her. Training was put on a slightly lower plan, Yana had a lot to process and just when she wanted to pick it up again, the world was flooded by the corona crisis and training became almost impossible for Yana. Nevertheless, she took part in the Arnold Classic Europe in Spain where she finished fourth! “However, I was not in optimal shape. I especially lost mass on my upper body,” she says.

Slowly, the situation around covid improved and training went a bit better, until disaster struck again. In October, Yana’s husband collapsed in the middle of the street from a heart attack! Yana’s medical background came in very handy here and she managed to save his life through intervention. Fortunately, the father of her two bonus children and her main support and rock survived and has since recovered well. And then…yes, then the Russian army invaded her homeland! “It was like being in a bad movie,” Yana explains. “But the passion for the sport did not die, I kept my faith and knew that I would come out stronger in the end. I went to the European Championship anyway and became first in my class,” said the 1.62m tall athlete.

Yana Pomozybida

“After this E.C. we looked at the competition calendar again. A contest in the Czech Republic came too early and there we saw mention of the Arnold Classic in South Africa. My husband said in a spontaneous mood, “That’s where we’re going!” It turned out to be a great experience. It was beautiful. Due to the covid, the organization had set up tents everywhere. It wasn’t as busy as the AC Europe, the background was magical and I met so many nice people.” Yana won her class again and the organization invited her to join the professionals afterwards and Yana did that again with success because a fourth place in a first professional appearance is of course unbelievably good.

I did this interview on June 15th and Yana told me that she will participate again this weekend in Luxembourg at the Diamond Cup. Still with the amateurs, because she will not participate in the pro circuit until 2023. “I need more mass to be successful with the professionals,” explains Yana. Yana is currently coached by Oksana Brygidir, a Ukrainian IFBB pro-elite athlete with a huge track record. Yana currently works as a personal trainer in Amsterdam. “I am very worried about the situation in Ukraine and if there are bombings like a few days ago again on the place where I come from, I will not be able to train properly.” Well, I understand that all too well and when I finished the conversation I just thought, wow, what some people have to go through. But it seems that Yana is only getting stronger!