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British Championships 2001

British Championships 2001 was held in London, United Kingdom. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Simon Cohen.

Year
2001
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
9
Competitors
40

Results by Division

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British Championships 2001 Results

Simon Cohen Champion

2001 London, United Kingdom

British Championships 2001 was held in London, United Kingdom. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Simon Cohen.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 3, 2026 Accurate?

Defending HeavyWeight champion Gary Lister, who won in 2000, did not return.

About this show

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight and more were contested at the British Championships 2001 in London, United Kingdom. 40 athletes from 2 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
Simon Cohen
Simon Cohen
United Kingdom
2nd
Zack Khan
Zack Khan
United Kingdom
3rd
Harold Marillier
United Kingdom
Masters divisions 1

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Simon Cohen First British Championships title United Kingdom
2nd Zack Khan United Kingdom
3rd Harold Marillier United Kingdom
4th Ricky Welling United Kingdom
5th Peter Spencer United Kingdom
6th Stephen Naylor United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

Place Athlete Country
1st Dean Lesiak First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Eddy Eddison United Kingdom
3rd Mark Cole United Kingdom
4th Silash Chauhan United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Lee Powell First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Scott Gledhill United Kingdom
3rd Graeme Bennett United Kingdom
4th Mark Etherden United Kingdom
5th Simon Fan United Kingdom
6th LaMon Amede United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Jason Carter First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Brett Smith United Kingdom
3rd Gareth Worsford United Kingdom
4th Philip Dunn United Kingdom
5th Simon Kendal United Kingdom
6th Karl Bhatiacharyya United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Elaine Bell (2) Title defense, 2nd win here United Kingdom
2nd Karen Cameron United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Rachel Holt Title defense, 2nd win here United Kingdom
2nd Gaynor Davis (2) United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Anita Hibberd Title defense, 2nd win here United Kingdom
2nd Sharon Munro United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Other Divisions - Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st John Roberts Australia
2nd Baz Bardsley United Kingdom
3rd Carl Rung United Kingdom
4th Shan Azam United Kingdom
5th Paul Ehren United Kingdom
6th Gary Rollison United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
40
Divisions
9
Size rank
17 of 24

The biggest field since 2000.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2024 Yemi Adefioye Classic Physique
2023 Riccardo Croci Men's Physique
2016 Lorna MacDonald Physique
2015 Carly Thornton Physique
2013 Silvana Imbrogno Bodybuilding
2012 Rosanna Harte Bodybuilding
2011 Rene Campbell Bodybuilding
2010 Lisa Cross Bodybuilding
2008 Louise Rogers Figure
2007 Shalmieno Paper Figure
2006 Claire McKee Figure
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