Arnold Amateur 2012
Arnold Amateur 2012 was held in Columbus, OH, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Stefan Havlik.
- Year
- 2012
- Date
- Mar 1, 2012
- Location
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 22
- Competitors
- 299
Results by Division
Arnold Amateur 2012
Arnold Amateur 2012 was held in Columbus, OH, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Stefan Havlik.
Defending Figure A champion Angela DeFrancesco, who won in 2011, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Arnold Amateur 2012 contested 22 divisions across 299 athletes, 19 open and 3 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 26 countries. Stefan Havlik took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 20 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
19 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 3
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stefan Havlik First Arnold Amateur title | United States |
| 2nd | Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk | United States |
| 3rd | Miha Zupan | United States |
| 4th | Igor Vybornov | United States |
| 5th | Paolo Fontana | United States |
| 6th | Gilberto Ciriello | United States |
| 7th | Marshel Herman | Canada |
| 8th | Antonio Furić | United States |
| 9th | Carlos Rodriguez (2) | United States |
| 10th | Alfredo Munoz Wanzaller | United States |
| participated | Jorge Asp | Argentina |
| participated | Dennis Santos | United States |
| participated | Pedro Romero | United States |
| participated | Colt Minneci | United States |
| participated | James McKown | United States |
| participated | Jan Kutis | United States |
| participated | Tomáš Kašpar | Sweden |
| participated | Jose Gutierrez | Mexico |
| participated | Nooh Hasan Eid | United States |
| participated | Luis Gonzalo Arrua | Argentina |
| participated | Mohamed Abu Zaid | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jose Bustamante First Arnold Amateur title | United States |
| 2nd | Brian Hart | United States |
| 3rd | Jon Griffiths | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Tony Searle | Canada |
| 5th | Abdallah Al Rahbi | United States |
| 6th | Eduardo Barboza Miranda | Brazil |
| 7th | Ariel Cervantes | United States |
| 8th | Adel Elbassiony | United States |
| 9th | Fabian Alberto Reyes Gonzalez | Mexico |
| participated | Carlos Andres Ayala Caceres | Paraguay |
| participated | Kenroy Hensley | United States |
| participated | Sadik Inan | United States |
| participated | Oscar Zarancho | United States |
| participated | Jose Daniel Ponce | Argentina |
| participated | Jim Pickett | United States |
| participated | Amir Amin Meabed | United States |
| participated | Mohamad Kheir Khaled | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ilya Nazin | United States |
| 2nd | Lee Lap Chi | Hong Kong |
| 3rd | Jose Carlos Santos | Brazil |
| 4th | Luciano Karim | Brazil |
| 5th | Lin Shu Qing | United States |
| 6th | Koji Godo | Japan |
| 7th | Alejandro Viera Duarte | United States |
| 8th | Christian Bertuzzi | United States |
| 9th | Sebastian Garcia Duran | Mexico |
| 10th | Marcelo Honorio | United States |
| participated | William Scott Canatsey | United States |
| participated | Omar Holt | United States |
| participated | Luke Kitelinger | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mahmut Irmak First Arnold Amateur title | South Korea |
| 2nd | Luiz Carlos Sarmento | Brazil |
| 3rd | Chris Jones (1) | United States |
| 4th | Masashi Suzuki | Japan |
| 5th | Hernan Alvarez Lugo | United States |
| 6th | Jan Sotak | United States |
| 7th | Rodrigo Coelho | Canada |
| 8th | Arnaldo Libert | United States |
| 9th | Fan Ka Yue | United States |
| 10th | Eduardo Motta | United States |
| participated | Zachary Geese | United States |
| participated | Randy Tiner | United States |
| participated | Roderick Ternida | United States |
| participated | Nuo Sun | United States |
| participated | Andriy Sharapov | United States |
| participated | Perivaldo Oliveira | United States |
| participated | Paul Jayilian | Australia |
| participated | Tony D'Arceneaux | United States |
| participated | Francesco Coppola | United States |
| participated | Yu Hong | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Charles Mario 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Cengizhan Iǧdir | United States |
| 3rd | Esequiel Alves Conceição | Brazil |
| 4th | Ahmed El Zayat | Australia |
| 5th | Mark Grech | Australia |
| 6th | Gregor Franciska | United States |
| 7th | Pedro Cantero | United States |
| 8th | David Ekpe | United States |
| 9th | Verdine Connor | United States |
| 10th | Julio Cesar Romero Mejia | Mexico |
| participated | Michael Spencer | Canada |
| participated | Sergio Oliveira | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dalibor Hajek First recorded win | Sweden |
| 2nd | Aliaksei Shabunya | Sweden |
| 3rd | Daniel Toth | United States |
| 4th | Sergey Bazarov | United States |
| 5th | David Titterton | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Julio Cesar Balestrin | United States |
| 7th | Francisco Corral | United States |
| 8th | Matt Davis | United States |
| 9th | Petr Brezna | United States |
| 10th | Victor Luna DaSilva | United States |
| participated | Raed Fuad Abdulrahman | United States |
| participated | Marc Arthur Dautruche | United States |
| participated | Rodrigo Piriz | United States |
| participated | Mike Nysten | Australia |
| participated | Sean Mickle | United States |
| participated | Martin Dudas | Germany |
| participated | Mitchell Hess | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roman Cortuna | United States |
| 2nd | Francisco DeAssis | Brazil |
| 3rd | Ebrahim Bader | United States |
| 4th | Javier Martin DeLaCruz | United States |
| 5th | Kevin Gan | United States |
| 6th | Diego Salinas | United States |
| 7th | Andy Awak | United States |
| 8th | Diego Vieira Dos Santos | Brazil |
| 9th | Antonio Bellaroba | United States |
| 10th | Vyacheslav Makogon | United States |
| participated | Eric Hannah | United States |
| participated | Sergio Porras Sandoval | United States |
| participated | Michael Grezzo | United States |
| participated | John Fettes | United States |
| participated | Carlo Capucci | United States |
| participated | Jose Acenedo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Classic Physique - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alessandro Grassi | United States |
| 1st | Alessandro Galli | Italy |
| 2nd | Michal Sitter | United States |
| 3rd | Aleksei Shaev | United States |
| 4th | Oleksandr Kyslyi | United States |
| 5th | Denis Maleev | United States |
| 6th | Anderson Ramos | Brazil |
| 7th | Sergey Palkin | United States |
| 8th | Alexander Kamenskiy | United States |
| 9th | Emmanuel Banks | United States |
| 10th | Rafael Carrasco | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dmitry Yashankin First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Aleksander Barbashin | United States |
| 3rd | Damian Witkowski | United States |
| 4th | Bobby Khan | United Kingdom |
| 5th | Marcelo Rafaelli | United States |
| 6th | Tony Roberts | United States |
| 7th | Joel Bernini Gaspar | Brazil |
| 8th | Gabriele Giansante | United States |
| 9th | Jesus Britos Quintana | Paraguay |
| 10th | Kellen Oldham | United States |
| participated | Robert Kreider | United States |
| participated | Rick Lindsey | United States |
| participated | Rafael Arriaga Gonzalez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Geraldo Samaniego First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Amado Xavier Moura | United States |
| 3rd | Luiz Vinicius Exaltação | United States |
| 4th | Takis Venios | Australia |
| 5th | Roberto Andre DeMeirelles | United States |
| 6th | Harrison Pol | Curaçao |
| 7th | Duncan Milloy | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Olga Puzanova First recorded win | Russia |
| 2nd | Federica Gastaldi (2) | United States |
| 3rd | Bento Gianni | Brazil |
| 4th | Maria Rita Penteado | United States |
| 5th | Maureen Donleavy Clary | United States |
| 6th | Melanie Landry (2) | United States |
| 7th | Lucy Cerantola (2) | United States |
| 8th | Pamela Hannam | United States |
| 9th | Luele Driescher (2) | United States |
| 10th | Rita Sargo | Netherlands |
| 11th | Mona Johansson (2) | United States |
| participated | Caroline Byrd (2) | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lo Kit Ming First Arnold Amateur title | Hong Kong |
| 2nd | Wander Keener | United States |
| 3rd | Christine Zadel | Australia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Short
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| participated | Chantha Yun | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jacqueline Thomas | United States |
| 2nd | Nelu Millican | United States |
| 3rd | Amber Miles | United States |
| 4th | Kerlande Marcial | United States |
| 5th | Mary Carriedo | Canada |
| 6th | Chie Terui | United States |
| 7th | Patricia Perez | Spain |
| 8th | Alicia Leija | United States |
| 9th | Anne-Marie Swisher | United States |
| 10th | Brittney Koman | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iara Vieira First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Kelly Booth-Hater | United States |
| 3rd | Kris Lynn Smith | United States |
| 4th | Katie Noval | United States |
| 5th | Sandra Tacza | United States |
| 6th | Heidi McFrederick | United States |
| 7th | Sarah Vanderstow | United States |
| 8th | Helena Chansky | United States |
| 9th | Yadira Dominguez | Nicaragua |
| 10th | Jill Mock | United States |
| participated | Chazz Anderson | United States |
| participated | Evangelina Figueroa | Mexico |
| participated | Viviane Gonçalves | Brazil |
| participated | Sarah Griffith | Curaçao |
| participated | Alicja Klarkowska | Poland |
| participated | Mara Miranda | United States |
| participated | Claudine Noelle | United States |
| participated | Giada Simari | Canada |
| participated | Marjan Washington | United States |
| participated | Federica Mazzola | Italy |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class C
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Olga Gallardo First recorded win | Mexico |
| 2nd | Zory Garasimchuk | United States |
| 3rd | Bruna DaCosta Miyagui | Brazil |
| 4th | Jyl Marie Stoltenberg | United States |
| 5th | Tia Borbay | United States |
| 6th | Susetty Tabash | United States |
| 7th | Vanessa Silva | United States |
| 8th | Kambi Pope | United States |
| 9th | Christina Rivera | United States |
| 10th | Laura Keddie | Australia |
| participated | Jessica Baldeon | United States |
| participated | Brittany Barbeau | United States |
| participated | Kimberly Cochran | United States |
| participated | Michela Fre | Italy |
| participated | Paula Frega | Argentina |
| participated | Karina Maria Grav Servin | Paraguay |
| participated | Kapiolani Laronal | United States |
| participated | Katie Morris | Australia |
| participated | Sharmila Regala | United States |
| participated | Karina Rhode | United States |
| participated | Ana Sanchez (1) | United States |
| participated | Wagna Vargas Savietto | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class D
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stephanie Matthews First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Danielle Ferreira | United States |
| 3rd | Susann Cardot | United States |
| 4th | Teagan Posey-Benson | United States |
| 5th | Jessie Hilgenberg | United States |
| 6th | Idianette Ortiz | United States |
| 7th | Rosa Valente | United States |
| 8th | Michelle Balcombe | United States |
| 9th | Maria Carroll | United States |
| 10th | Renata Guaraciaba | Brazil |
| participated | Claire Torr | United States |
| participated | Sif Sveinsdottir | Iceland |
| participated | Tiffany Nance | United States |
| participated | Dawn Baker | United States |
| participated | Marsela Cik | Serbia |
| participated | Jaquelin DeLaTorre Dueñas | Mexico |
| participated | Jennie Gray | United States |
| participated | Bianka Horvath | Hungary |
| participated | Susan Idalia Garcia | El Salvador |
| participated | Hallveig Karlsdottir | Iceland |
| participated | Jodene McGregor | Australia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class E
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alessandra Barata Pinheiro Title defense, 2nd win here | Brazil |
| 2nd | Allison Moyer | United States |
| 3rd | Meni Moskowski | Canada |
| 4th | Samantha Dunbar | United States |
| 5th | Caroline Leticia Zawadzki | United States |
| 6th | Jennifer Delgado | United States |
| 7th | Alessandra DeOliveira | Brazil |
| 8th | Erna Bjornsdottir | Iceland |
| 9th | Carol Whitenack | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class F
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tia Trent First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Viaura Centeno | United States |
| 3rd | Kelsey Boe | United States |
| 4th | Tina Anderson | Canada |
| 5th | Dawn Bailey | United States |
| 6th | Monica Richard | United States |
| 7th | Lorena Innarra | Spain |
| 8th | Alexandra Nikulasdottir | Iceland |
| 9th | Christine Schranz | Austria |
| 10th | Cari Crachiola | United States |
| participated | Jessica Hansbauer | United States |
| participated | Mariana Simoneta | Argentina |
| participated | Tina Freeze | United States |
| participated | Emese Bakular | Hungary |
| participated | Tricia Bailey | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Women's Figure - Masters Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tiffany Karnig | United States |
| 2nd | Brenda Lauver | United States |
| 3rd | LeNora Angles | United States |
| 4th | Yvonne Melendez | United States |
| 5th | Viviana Smerilli | United States |
| 6th | Victoria Mullins | United States |
| 7th | Julie Keirse | United States |
| 8th | Michelle Rice | United States |
| 9th | June Robins | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Masters Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lynne Nichols First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Marli Rodriguez | Brazil |
| 3rd | Tracy Grogg | United States |
| 4th | Angie Morales | United States |
| 5th | Nicole Wilkenfeld | United States |
| 6th | Shyrlena Bogard | United States |
| 7th | Laura Cameiro | Argentina |
| 8th | Jodie Luther-Kofod | United States |
| 9th | Jennifer Berkowitz | United States |
| 10th | Sabrina Sonner | United States |
| participated | Paula Salvatore | United States |
| participated | Marie Silmari | Finland |
| participated | Beth Siracuse | United States |
| participated | Sônia Regina Tavares | Brazil |
| participated | Laura Saccomani | Paraguay |
| participated | Maria Laura Lomonaco | Argentina |
| participated | Lee Lance | United States |
| participated | Barbie Zweifel | United States |
| participated | Susan Thorn | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Masters Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nina Richter First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Emi Perez | United States |
| 3rd | Yolanda Slaughter | United States |
| 4th | Valerie Richman | Canada |
| 5th | Sheila Salinas | United States |
| 6th | Sherry Stokes | United States |
| 7th | Keneese McNamer | United States |
| 8th | Jenny Parr | United States |
| 9th | Traci Helgerson | United States |
| 10th | Terri Goins | United States |
| participated | Kelly Belevender | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 299
- Divisions
- 22
- Size rank
- 2 of 14
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.

