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Alina Popa
Alina Popa was runner-up at the Ms. Olympia in 2013 and 2014 and won the Universe in 2007 and the World Amateur Championships in 2008. She won two professional shows in 2018 after four years away.
Known for
Two consecutive Olympia silvers, in 2013 and 2014, behind Iris Kyle in both. She was fourth in 2012 and fifth in 2011, so her four Olympia appearances all landed in the top five.
The amateur record that got her there is the 2007 Universe and the 2008 World Amateur Championships heavyweight class.
Early career
Her record opens in 2004 with a runner-up finish at the European Amateur Championships. After the 2014 Olympia there is nothing until 2018, when she won both the Rising Phoenix Arizona Pro and the Tampa Pro.
Championship record
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Alina Popa.
Ms. Olympia
4Appearances
0Titles
2Top 3
Arnold Classic
1Appearance
0Titles
1Top 3
All contests on record
11Contests
2Wins
8Top 3
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Alina Popa, 11 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Alina Popa competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
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| 2018 | IFBB Rising Phoenix Arizona Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2018 | IFBB Tampa Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2016 | Rising Phoenix Arizona Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | Margie Martin |
| 2014 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #2 | Iris Kyle |
| 2013 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #2 | Iris Kyle |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | Yaxeni Oriquen |
| 2012 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | Yaxeni Oriquen |
| 2012 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #4 | Iris Kyle |
| 2011 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | Iris Kyle |
| 2011 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #5 | Iris Kyle |
| 2010 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #8 | Iris Kyle |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Alina Popa those sources are MuscleMemory, Wikipedia and NPC Contests. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.
Every professional season
Peak Year 2018 (2 wins)
Measured against Alina Popa’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 2010
- Olympia Debut
- 2011
- Last Contest
- 2018
Alina Popa at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | 4 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 2013 | 2 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | 2 | Women's Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Amateur and other shows not counted above
4 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
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| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
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| 2008 | World Amateur Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 2007 | Universe | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 |
| 2005 | European Amateur Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #5 |
| 2004 | European Amateur Championships | Women's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) | #2 |
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Legacy
Popa spent her Olympia years finishing behind the most dominant competitor the division has had, then came back four years later and won two professional shows. The second half of that is the harder one.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 6 meetings, Iris Kyle finished ahead of Alina Popa 6 times to 0.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
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Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 2004 to 2018.
Her nationality is inconsistent in our data: the corpus country field and the biography previously held against her record disagree. No nationality is stated above for that reason.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 11 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
Missing from this profile
No height or weight on record.
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