Estonian bodybuilding & fitness year 2013; the highlights...

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Year 2013 is day by day reaching its end. Time to take a look back and recall what happened...

In February 2013...

Estonian IFBB represented by Mr Arnold Tokko and Indrek Otsus attend on the meeting of Nordic Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation. The report gets in the newsletter of IFBB.

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In March...

Egle Eller-Nabi attends on the season opener of the international events, Arnold Classic amateur held in Columbus, Ohio. Egle takes the runner up spot in bikini fitness class E with nearly 30 competitors.

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In April...

The national season kicks off with the traditional Reval Cup. Raigo Kuusnõmm dominates the event by winning the men's over all. Aleksandra Laer is the best bikini competitor while Kaisa Metsla gets handed with the over all crown in body fitness. Siim Kelner is the Kai Greene of the day and earns the best poser award.

Estonian women's team travels to Kiev, Ukraine in order to attend the World Ladies Cup. The result of the long day makes Estonians proud; Natalia Nazarenko wins her class and also celebrates the over all title in fitness. In the same class Endla Vaher ends on 5th place, and in the shorter class Kristina Koroljak sneaks into the 3rd spot. Bikini team ain't any weaker; Egle Eller-Nabi places 3rd and Aleksandra Laer 5th. Tanja Kreit is great too, but doesnt make the TOP 5.

Meanwhile in FIBO, Germany, Oleg Anissimov shows what flexibility is all about ..

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In April also...

The national BB action continues with the show called Louna-Eesti Lahtised KV. Besides all the veins and striations, something new catches fans' attention; totally new division - men's physique - lands in the ground of Estonia. The class winners and open class winners of the day are;

Riina Solomonova - bikini fitness

Darola Kruusik - body fitness and athletic fitness

Kristo Kauder - men's athletic fitness

Edmund Pilt - teens and juniors

Imre Uibokand - men's physique

Ahti Jakson - men's BB

Janar Ruckenberg - CBB, men's over all, best poser award

Only a week after, the show goes on this time with...

....EKV 2013 and Baltic Match!! Nearly 60 Estonian athletes show up to hunt the titles, but only the best of the bests leaves the arena with glory and victory. The open class or over all winners of the day are;

Esta Pilt - women's AF, best veteran award

Martin Absalon - men's AF

Kristina Koroljak - women's fitness

Darola Kruusik - body fitness

Siim Kelner - teens and juniors BB over all

Egle Eller-Nabi - bikini fitness

Imre Uibokand - men's physique

Raigo Kuusnõmm - men's BB, best poser award

Janar Ruckenberg - cbb and men's over all

Best junior award, the coolest guy award..

The best athletes of the EKV get an honor to represent the country in the traditional Baltic Match. Women's fitness is all about of Estonian dominance as Kristina Koroljak and Endla Vaher invade the TOP 2 spots. Siim Kelner fights successfully against the Lithuanian mass monsters in junior BB and takes the bronze medal. Egle Eller-Nabi does what she has used to do and wins the bikini fitness class. Darola Kruusik is the best Estonian body fitness gal (4th) and Raigo Kuusnõmm BBer (2nd). Imre Uibokand makes sure he is the imperator of men's physique by winning the MP division while Janar Ruckenberg celebrates the victory in CBB class with very perfect scores. With those achievements and the placements of the other Estonian athletes, Estonia places finally on 2nd spot in Best team category.

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In May...

At the first weekend of May Kristo Kauder, Siim Kelner, Reet Reimets, Egle Eller-Nabi, Endla Vaher and Kristina Koroljak pack their high heels (hopefully not the whole team though). destination: Santa Susanna, Spain, IFBB juniors, masters, and womens fitness European Championships.

In the day 1 Esta, Siim, Kristo, Endla and Kristina start with the prejudging rounds. Unfortunatelly Siim is left outside of the finals while the other team continues to the round 2. Siim is the first one out of the finals, earns 7th spot in a strong and competitive line up.

The ammount of success in the day 2 cannot be described with the words. First Kristina Koroljak takes top honors in junior fitness short class!

Just a few minutes later Endla Vaher continues the trend and takes her first BIG victory by winning the title in the taller junior fitness class.

... the girls meet in the over all comparison and Kristina is the new European junior fitness over all champ! The spanish DJ plays another round of Estonian national anthem.

Kristo places 5th in men's AF.

2nd place in women's AF is not enough for Esta..

..but showing probably her BEST ever, she takes 6th place in women's masters body fitness class.

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Thanks Anne! Good job!

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In May...

IFBB women's fitness European championships continues on Saturday 4th May with the open class prejudging rounds. Endla and Kristina attends also on the open classes and easily qualify to the finals, but unfortunatelly the bikini team; Egle (7th) and Reet (np) meet some tough opponents and get dropped out of the finals.

So, all the expectations lie in the wide shoulders of the successful fitness duo, which does not disappoint this time either. The finals session in Spain is not less than victorius; Kristina wins also the title in the open short fitness class...

Endla takes the silver medal in the open tall fitness class...

The team returns home with 5 medals and is very very welcome!

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In May also...

When the girls return, the guys leave; the 2nd weekend of May is devoted to IFBB men's CBB and BB European Championships in the city of Chisinau, Romania. Estonian team consists of Brothers Kuusnõmm, Ott & Janar Rückenberg... Ott makes history by attending on his 100th contest.

...and the success is quaranteed; Rain places 4th in CBB up to 168cm class, Raigo climbs on the podium by taking the 3rd spot in BB -75kg class, Ott continues his amazing career by placing 5th in -90. Even if Janar is left outside of the TOP 6 in his CBB class, also he gets something to bring home; Janar is awarded with the bronze medal he earned at the 2011 CBB world championships.

And only one week after are the girls on the road again. With 7 athletes Estonian federation attends on the Latvian open championships. No surprises, Kristina Koroljak brings the biggest trophy home by winning the fitness class. Kristina Aleksejeva places 4th in shorter bikini class and right after her Tatjana Kreit gets 5th. In the taller class Estonia invades the placements 2-5; Aleksandra Laer 2th, Olga Jakoleva 3rd, Kristina Nuut 4th and Anastasija Žerdetskaja 5th. The future of fitness, Miss Zubar does a good job as well and places 2nd in the children's fitness class. Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas represents well as always!

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In July...

...the Estonian bodybuilding and fitness enthusiasts gather at annual Fitcamp with lots of training, food and joy.

The bikini and men's physique competitors get a chance to compete at the Saarema Open Cup which is also a part of the camp. Janika Aavamägi wins the junior bikini class and Swedish Elin Palmgren pleases the eyes of the judges and takes besides the open class win, also the over all title. MP short class winner Henri Kallastu dominates the men's physique division by beating Priit Pihus at the over all comparisons. Oleg Anissimov makes a guest appearance and amazes the crowd.

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In September...

...Estonian BB and fitness celebs are present at the Nordic Fitness Expo

...the Estonian national team Reet Reimets, Egle Eller-Nabi, Oleg Anissimov, Endla Vaher, Kristina Koroljak and Esta Pilt head to Kiev,Ukraine to represent the country at the women's and men's fitness IFBB World Championships. Also the fitness icon Natalia Nazarenko is IN, but competes for Ukraine this time. Besides attending in AF, Esta Pilt tries her wings in WP, makes history and becomes the first ever Estonian women's physique competitor.

The weekend offers some happy moments, mostly in form of 3 medals; Esta Pilt takes silver in women's AF short class, Kristina Koroljak is the runner up in fitness short class and Oleg Anissimov takes 2nd as well in men's fitness. Endla Vaher makes another great showing and places 5th in fitness tall class. Esta Pilt places 7th at her physique debut. Both bikini girls look great but don't manage to make it to the finals. Natalia Nazarenko becomes a new world champion and celebrates the over all victory also.

... Riga Pearl Cup tempts a great number of Estonian girls to attend the event. The placements of the team;

Kristina Koroljak, 1st at the fitness class

Endla Vaher, 2nd at the fitness class

Johanna Lond, 3rd at the fitness class

Olga Zubar, 3rd at the children fitness

Anastasija Žerdetskaja, 6th in BF

Liis Vaher, 7th in BF

Tatjana Kreit, 8th in bikini short class

Janika Aavamägi, 7th in bikini short class

Aleksandra Laer, 4th in bikini tall class

Olga Jakovleva, 3rd in bikini tall class

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In October...

...GP Pepa Opava held in Czech Rebulic starts a hectic contest month. Totally over 100 athletes enter the event, among them our Ott Kiivikas, Reet Reimets and Egle Eller-Nabi. The whole team makes a strong showing; Ott Kiivikas takes 5th spot in a competitive up to 90 kg line up, Egle Eller-Nabi is the best bikini competitor out of over 30 competitors and Reet Reimets shows her best ever placing 2nd right after Egle. Job well done!

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Thank You so much Annep!

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Thanks for the thanks, guys

In October also...

...the national season gets completed with the 45th EMV / Innar Mardo Memorials at 12th October. Totally nearly 60 athletes honor the event with their participation.

As expected, Kristina Koroljak gets her crown in fitness category. In body fitness the girls compete in 2 different categories, juniors and open class. Liis Vaher shows some good progress and wins the junior class while the battle in open class is very even; Anastasija Zerdetskaja gets awarded over Darola Kruusik with only one point. With over 15 competitors bikini fitness proves its popularity, and so does Egle Eller-Nabi who once again walks away with the nationals title and over all trophy, Kristina Aleksejeva wins the shorter class. Esta Pilt doubles her wins by taking the top honors both in women's AF and physique division. Another double winner is Imre Uibokand who celebrates the victory in men's AF and physique. Esta and Mr Uibokand become the first ever national champions in physique divisions. Imre Vähi has no lack of victories either. After a little pause Imre makes a comeback and is a deserving winner of CBB. With no expection Ott Kiivikas continues on his victorious path, deserves another title under his belt and also takes his honorable 10000000000000000th over all win. Ain Paavo receives a special award. The best male juniors of the day are Fred Vunk (AF) and Siim Veri (BB juniors and teens over all).

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In October also...

...IFBB Estonia hosts the annual Nordic Championships. Altogether around 80 athletes representing Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Estonia gather at Salme House of Culture on 19th October to attend the battle of the prestigious Nordic Championships titles.

The great showing of the whole team, and moreover, the over all titles taken by Ott Kiivikas (BB), Egle Eller-Nabi (bikini) and Imre Vähi (CBB) secures the Estonian victory at the team category. The placements of the other homeland's representants;

Bikini up to 163cm: Kristina Aleksejeva 4th, Riina Solomonova 5th, Janika Aavamägi 7th, Tatjana Kreit 8th, Sigrit Kont 9th

Bikini over 168cm: Olga Jakvoleva 4th, Reet Reimets 7th, Aleksandra Laer 10th, Kristina Nuut 11th, Liis Vaher 12th

BF: Darola Kruusik 5th, Johanna Lond 6th, Anastasija Zerdetskaja 7th, Kaisa Metsla 8th

Men's physique: Imre Uibokand 3th, Boriss Blinov 5th

Women's physique: Esta Pilt 1st

CBB up to 180cm: Peep Reinart 3rd

CBB over 180cm: Taavi Merisalu 2nd, Sten-Erik Villup 5th

Men's BB open: Allar Vaet 5th

AF women: Rete Jallai 8th, Esta Pilt 7th

AF men: Imre Uibokand 2nd, Fred Vunk 5th, Ants Varblane 6th

TOP 3 placers;

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In October...

...Kristina Koroljak and Endla Vaher have no time to rest as they under the wings of Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas take a flight to Central Asia, Mongolia which organizes one of the biggest international shows, the world juniors and masters championships.

The contest story gets a silvery end. Both of the girls continue their successfull season, achieve the runner up spots in their classes, Kristina in junior fitness up to 163cm class and Endla in the taller class, and get awarded with the silver medals.

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In November...

Estonias tiny but strong team Ergo Metsla (delegate) and Ott Kiivikas heads to Morocco to attend the IFBB men's world championships and international congress. Through the tough elimination comparisons (totally 23 athletes) and semifinals Ott makes another great great showing and fights his way to the TOP 6. The final result: 6th best in LHW category in the WORLD.

On the 15th-18th of the month St Poelten, Austria hosts the IFBB classic bodybuilding world championships and the bikini world cup. Estonia sends 3 men to the stage and 1 woman behind the table to represent the country; Imre Vähi, Taavi Merisalu and Peep Reinart to compete for the victory and Eleri Õisma to test her judging skills. Not forgetting Ott Kiivikas in the lead of the team and behind the cam!

Taavi makes a good showing but unfortunatelly his way ends in the prejudging round in a competitive line up ..

Imre and Peep make fans' Sunday exciting by making it to the finals. With great conditions both reach a placement to be satisfied with and TOP 6 spot; Peep 6th and Imre 4th.

The guys aren't the only ones with reason to celebrate as Eleri makes a good job behind the judging table and becomes IFBB international judge..

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