European Championships 2008
European Championships 2008 was held in Europe. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Nina Midling.
- Year
- 2008
- Date
- Jan 1, 2008
- Location
- Europe
- Federation
- WABBA
- Divisions
- 23
- Competitors
- 143
Results by Division
European Championships 2008 Results
European Championships 2008 was held in Europe. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Nina Midling.
Defending Bodybuilding champion Esther Hoyler, who won in 2007, did not return.
European Championships 2008 contested 23 divisions across 143 athletes, 14 open and 9 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 13 countries. Nina Midling took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 19 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
14 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 9
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nina Midling First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Ieva Gasune | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pavel Lapkovskij First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Thomas Daubaras | - |
| 3rd | Emanuel Lima | 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 Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stefanos Gkotses | United States |
| 1st | Sebastian Genile | - |
| 2nd | Symon Rees | United States |
| 2nd | Edvinas Lukys | - |
| 2nd | Luca Kaver | United States |
| 3rd | Bruit Christ | - |
| 3rd | Igor Filins | United States |
| 3rd | Osman Ozkan | - |
| 4th | Carlos Coelho | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Irving Meeng First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Rudy Bertin | France |
| 3rd | Salvatore Langobardi | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michele Borromeo First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Giovanni Giulotto | - |
| 3rd | Bruno Pereira | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Furio Coppelli First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Janez Zimic | United States |
| 3rd | Peter Stiewe | United States |
| 4th | Antonio Mazzotta | United States |
| 5th | Bjørgue Hansen | United States |
| 6th | Michele Lionetti | United States |
| 7th | Federico Sanna | 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 Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex LaLlave | United States |
| 1st | Carlo DeAngelis | United States |
| 2nd | Jean Noel Phileas | - |
| 2nd | Shaun Watson | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Othman El Saied | - |
| 3rd | Gennaro Vastarella | United States |
| 4th | Igor Vasquez Pellerano | United States |
| 4th | Ciro Mancino | United States |
| 5th | Alessandro Romanese | United States |
| 5th | Denis Claude Ayen | United States |
| 6th | Valters Alievs | United States |
| 6th | Adam Smoll | Germany |
| 7th | Tadas Blazys | United States |
| 8th | Francisco Javier Padial | - |
| 9th | Alessandro Loner | - |
| 10th | Stephane Pelloquin | France |
| 11th | Bruno Pereira | - |
| 12th | Ramunas Tarvydas | United States |
| 13th | Filip Van Der Veken | United States |
| 14th | Gonazlo Sousa | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Waldo DiPinto First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Vincenco Sanhino | - |
| 3rd | Eric Perier | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Domenico Leone First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Cosimo Termidoro | - |
| 3rd | Aniello Fontanarosa | - |
| 4th | Marco Carboni | - |
| 5th | Mariano Lamparelli | - |
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 Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alfio Palumbo | - |
| 1st | Dmitri Pakhtaev | United States |
| 2nd | Davide Pioggia | United States |
| 2nd | Eligio Campos Belmont | Mexico |
| 3rd | Dino Thierry | United States |
| 3rd | Gianluca Berdini | - |
| 4th | William Bonac | Netherlands |
| 4th | Fabrice Ferah | France |
| 5th | Gianfranco Fiume | United States |
| 5th | Jukka-Pekka Nousiainen | United States |
| 6th | Sergio Blanco | United States |
| 6th | Eduard Duque | United States |
| 7th | Guido Papini | United States |
| 7th | Nicola Primo | - |
| 8th | Tamas Barkoczi | United States |
| 9th | Luca Pedrina | United States |
| 10th | Tonio Alvarez | - |
| 11th | Alfredo Lorenzo | United States |
| 12th | Luis Miguel Mendes | United States |
| 13th | Abel Correia | United States |
| 14th | Edgar Bilhastre | - |
| 15th | Janny Barents | United States |
| 16th | Gerard Bello | - |
| 17th | Nuno Rodrigues | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tasilikalis Packius First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Christian Billinger | United States |
| 3rd | Olav Stamatis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gino Boracchia First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Pierangelo Colombo | 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 Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roberto Falso | United States |
| 1st | Gyorgy Sara | United States |
| 2nd | Mauro Crupi | United States |
| 2nd | Alexandr Poloznikov | United States |
| 3rd | Mirko Benetti | United States |
| 4th | Christian Wagner | United States |
| 5th | Raoul Utempergher | - |
| 6th | Antonio Lucas Martinez | United States |
| 7th | Jose Rubio | - |
| 8th | Ivan Gasser | - |
| 9th | Christophe Dupertius | - |
| 10th | Dietmar Meyn | United States |
| 11th | Georgios Aichamalofidis | - |
| 12th | Kai-Uwe Rebholz | United States |
| 13th | Mantas Karalevicius | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sabrina Remorgida First recorded win | Italy |
| 2nd | Olga Nikolaeva | Russia |
| 3rd | Nellie Rey | France |
| 4th | Olga Upelniece | Latvia |
| 5th | Maude Odile Petrucci | United States |
| 6th | Sandra Rousseaux | Switzerland |
| 7th | Regina Mohrbacher | Germany |
| 8th | Sahar Adlouni | United States |
| 9th | Jolanta Dubikaltyte | Lithuania |
| 10th | Natalie Petillon | Belgium |
| 11th | Alicia Santos Perez | United States |
| 12th | Jeannique Silie | Netherlands Antilles |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Men's Physique - Masters
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Antonello Secchi First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Cosimo Termidoro | - |
| 3rd | Sandor Sere | United States |
| 4th | Claudio Barone | United States |
| 5th | Natalio Pisanu | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Grand Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Werner Höh 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Guy Alain Damour | United States |
| 3rd | Tibor Medek | United States |
| 4th | Wolfgang Kallenborn | - |
| 5th | Genadij Gucans | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thierry Tillieux First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Lorenzo Gallo | United States |
| 3rd | Didier Marcel DeSchryver | United States |
| 4th | Jean Paul Broglia | United States |
| 5th | Rui Almeida | - |
| 6th | Michael Rau | United States |
| 7th | Stephan Peter Hover | - |
| 8th | Heinz Holbach | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Franck Pellen First recorded win | France |
| 2nd | Stefano Venturi | - |
| 3rd | Pascal Vercammen | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rudy Bufnot First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Philippe Omethynk | United States |
| 3rd | Antonio Milo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 45+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eric Orrao | United States |
| 2nd | Roberto Fedeli | United States |
| 3rd | Shane Kelly | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ludger Bangder First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Thomas Lehmann | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 55+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martyn Yates-Brown First recorded win | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Enrico Della Rosa | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 65+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eugenio Capasso | United States |
| 2nd | Roger Vanden Broeck | United States |
| 3rd | Ted Clifton | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 143
- Divisions
- 23
- Size rank
- 6 of 36
The biggest field since 2006.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Erika Kocsis-Kajati | Figure |
| 2016 | Borbala Szokol | Figure |
| 2015 | Tatiana Chica | Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | Borbala Szokol | Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | Elena Oana Hreapca | Bodybuilding |
| 2010 | Stavros Trioulidis | Athletic Physique |
| 2008 | Nina Midling | Bodybuilding |
| 2007 | Esther Hoyler | Bodybuilding |
| 2006 | Brigita Brezovac | Bodybuilding |
| 2005 | Anke Luth | Bodybuilding |
| 2004 | Saskia Salemink (2) | Bodybuilding |
| 2001 | Marina Gusmini (2) | Bodybuilding |
| 1999 | Julia Abel | Open |
| 1997 | Evelyne Beauzil | Open |
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.
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