2024 Empro Classic Pro Preview and Contenders to Watch

One of Europe’s premier bodybuilding events is almost here — the 2024 Empro Classic Pro, taking place in Alicante, Spain June 15-16. Below, you can find a preview of the top contenders competing in the Men’s Open division as well as full roster lists for the other seven divisions featured at this event. 

Opportunities are sparse for Men’s Open competitors aiming to clinch their qualification to the 2024 Mr. Olympia, making this weekend’s show a pivotal one on the calendar. Last year, Slovakia’s Michal ‘Krizo’ Krizanek secured the Empro Classic Pro bodybuilding title, but if he hopes to repeat that success, he will have to get through a crop of determined contenders including former two-time Arnold Classic champion William Bonac and Behrooz Tabani. 

2024 Empro Classic Pro Bodybuilding Preview and Contenders to Watch 

Men’s Open Lineup

• William Bonac
• Kuba Cielen
• Stanimir Etov
• Sasan Heirati
• Anthony Jehl
• Pawel Kowalski
• Michal Krizo
• Pablo Llopis Munoz
• Morteza Mashayekhkordkola
• Reece McDonald
• Justin Musiol
• Pascal Schlegel
• Behrooz Tabani
• Dan Thomas
• Samir Troudi 

Michal Krizo 

Heading into this contest, Michal Krizo stands out as the favorite. Not only will he step on stage as the defending champion, but he also placed the highest at the latest Mr. Olympia contest (seventh place), solidifying his status as the on-paper frontrunner. 

His lack of back detail and conditioning levels have gotten in his way against the best, but he looks to have dramatically shored up those weaknesses during his latest off-season. Sharing glimpses into his diet and training, Krizo has ambitious plans to move up on the Olympia stage, but first, he has to take out his competition this weekend. 

Behrooz Tabani 

Behrooz Tabani is perhaps the biggest mystery of this show. While we have an idea of the conditioning he’s sporting just days out, we haven’t seen him stand next to Olympia-caliber threats like Michal Krizo as of late. And that’s not Tabani’s fault; despite qualifying for the 2023 Olympia, he was forced to withdraw from the show due to lingering visa issues. 

Although we haven’t seen Tabani on stage lately, he is trained by Milos Sarcev and fans expect him to bring his signature shredded conditioning. If Tabani can bring enough mass to compliment his definition, he could find himself in title contention. 

William Bonac 

We’d be fooling ourselves not to mention William Bonac. The two-time Arnold Classic winner has enjoyed incredible heights as an IFBB Pro. He nearly won the Mr. Olympia title when he earned second place to Brandon Curry in 2019. 

Bonac’s compact dense muscle makes him a unique threat on stage. His side poses are some of his strongest and he boasts a next-level back. This show holds special significance for Bonac, who is returning after his last contest, which came over a year ago at the 2023 Arnold Classic in seventh place. With time to perfect his V-taper and tighten his waist, fans expect a massive showing from the credentialed champ. 

2024 Empro Classic Pro Bodybuilding Lineups 

Classic Physique

• Yemi Adefioye
• Geoffroy Bloa
• Carlo Junior Campana
• Shane Cullen
• Eduardo Duarte
• Valeri Frizler
• Andre Gerstner
• Florian Hartlage
• Edgard John-Augustin
• Mohammad Mahmoudi
• Nestor Martinez Carbonell
• Ferran Minana
• Jonathan Moreno
• Jose Manuel Munoz Quiles
• Jose Luis Parreno Martorell
• German Pastor
• Zhivko Petkov
• Luca Reger
• Javi Senas
• Terrance Teo Kuk Hua
• Edwin Underwood
• Ladislav Vozar
• Dominik Woywat
• Mustafa Yildiz 

Men’s Physique

• Miguel Abibe
• Mohammad Al Hababi
• Saud Al Khamees
• Andrea Amato
• Mauro Azzolina
• Mattia Ballarini
• Alessandro Colacchi
• Happy Edodo Ogieva
• Ali El Khtabi
• Fabian Feber
• Mauro Fialho Sales
• Sotirios Gkatsis
• Enrique Gutierrez
• Dan Ibrahim
• Adama Jammeh
• Badmos Lawal
• Mikael Lega
• Daniel Leone
• Rui Liu
• Ruben Marques
• Jaime Maso Lopez
• Lenny Massouf
• Ziya Mousavi
• Matheus Nery Oliveira
• Sidy Pouye
• Tobey Rasheed
• Alvaro Rios
• Matthias Roth
• Andrea Santoro
• Alessio Sbizzera
• Omar Suleiman
• Dawid Wachelka 

Women’s Bodybuilding

• Nadia Capotosto
• Viktoriia Knysh
• Vanesa Lloria Santana
• Martina Lopez
• Rebeca Roa
• Annabell Serfling
• Elizaveta Starchenko 

Figure

• Petronella Bihn
• Zulfiya Bitiyeva
• Irene Donet
• Maria Espinosa
• Carolina Fernandez
• Nadine Claudia Huber
• Jeanne Kassel
• Heidi Tamara Keim
• Jenny Kurth
• Natalia Lavgud
• Gabriela Linhartova
• Letizia Nicolosi
• Laura Ortolan
• Diana Petry
• Lena Ramsteiner
• Mira Roukala
• Leeni Sajalahti
• Victoria Tonnesen Persson
• Veronica Triani
• Ornella Turturro
• Anny Ishbel Viga Smith
• Vanessa Weissman
• Amanda Winston
• Aksana Yukhno
• Claretta Zanettin
• Denise Zwinger-Tynek 

Bikini

• Ornella Angileri
• Jasmi Aprile
• Odett Bernath
• Anastazja Biedka
• Kristina Brunauer
• Alice Cocco
• Noemi Cosentino
• Lucy Edwards
• Andreia Gomes
• Stine Hansen
• Irene Iravedra
• Diriana Kandeva
• Jiahui Liu
• Lilian Lopez Alonso
• Roberta Mangraviti
• Ines Neves
• Rosario Orihuela Hammadi
• Antonio Pettersson
• Lisa Reith
• Liliana Sakhanova
• Celina Schulz
• Anna Setlak
• Rukiye Solak
• Renata Souckova
• Kateryna Spievakova
• Rania Stamatiadou
• Nina Suette
• Kirsty Taylor
• Allison Testu
• Liliana Viana
• Leonie West 

Women’s Physique

• Blue Agle
• Sandra Luz Armenta Miranda
• Dayana Cano Molina
• Silvia Cuartero Martinez
• Lenka Ferencukova
• Sandra Knezevic
• Sophie Leo
• Yaiza Miranda Gonzalez
• Sanna Nupponen
• Frida Palmell
• Paula Ranta
• Vanessa Schnurpfeil
• Julia Schrade
• Orsolya Trucza 

Wellness

• Ana Maria Amante Gregorio
• Leonida Ciobu
• Tania Isabel Cunha Viegas
• Tracy Eden
• Anna Ercolano
• Jessica Eurenius Lopez
• Giovanna Favero Taques Loyola
• Paula Fernandez Lopez
• Natalia Gorska
• Katia Hermes
• Anzhelika Ispodnikova
• Catia Moreira
• Sara Pereira
• Mirtha Perez
• Ruth Petizco
• Anlly Saenz
• Davina Salaberry
• Vanessa Silva
• Catarina Sousa
• Dana Theodoropoulou
• Carlotta Tonelli 

An incredibly stacked lineup of talent heads to Spain this weekend. The 2024 Empro Classic Pro will crown a total of eight bodybuilding champions. Don’t miss the live coverage, breakdowns, and results here at Fitness Volt! 

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