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Gay Games 2006

Gay Games 2006 was held in International. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joseph Justin.

Year
2006
Date
Jan 1, 2006
Location
International
Divisions
13
Competitors
64

Results by Division

Division Winners Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Joseph Justin Guillermo Pavon (2)
Women's Bodybuilding Jennifer Cowen Cynthia Ambert
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 40+ Melissa Kelly Sandi Forrest
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 50+ Deborah Bixler Janis Veruso
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 60+ Elizabeth Ashburn
Other Divisions - Masters 40+
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Chris Filippelli Ron Coleman (3)
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Luis Henriquez , Greg Eder Michael Ferero
Other Divisions - Masters 50+
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Heavyweight Earl Pledger John Sullivan
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Lightweight William Henson Daniel Donahue
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ David Woerner Tom Bianchi
Other Divisions - Masters 70+ Fredric Hefter Paul Mart
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Gay Games 2006

Joseph Justin Champion

2006 International Dec 31, 2005

Gay Games 2006 was held in International. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joseph Justin.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Open champion Cristina Laureta, who won in 2002, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Joseph Justin
United States
2nd
Guillermo Pavon (2)
United States

Gay Games 2006 contested 11 divisions across 64 athletes, 2 open and 9 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 2 countries. Joseph Justin took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 10 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (62) - United Kingdom (1)

Masters divisions 11

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Joseph Justin Title defense, 3rd win here United States
2nd Guillermo Pavon (2) United States
3rd Chet Pourciau (2) -
4th Manuel Urquiza United States
5th Adam Neal United States
6th Darrick Jackson United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Jennifer Cowen First recorded win United States
2nd Cynthia Ambert United States
3rd Marcetta Jamison United States
4th Brandi Kirk United States
5th Debby Rijos United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

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

Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 40+

Place Athlete Country
1st Melissa Kelly First recorded win United States
2nd Sandi Forrest United States
3rd Melody Roth (2) United States
4th Angela Motter United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 50+

Place Athlete Country
1st Deborah Bixler First recorded win United States
2nd Janis Veruso United States
3rd Kyle Wade (f) United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 60+

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
1st Elizabeth Ashburn Title defense, 2nd win here United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men

No placement data

Placement data for this division has not been recorded.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Chris Filippelli United States
2nd Ron Coleman (3) United States
3rd Brian Mooney United States
4th Gene Hendricks United States
5th Frank DiPalmerno United States
6th David Moore United States
7th Charles Burks United States
8th Mark O'Conner United States
9th Alan Bender 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.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Greg Eder United States
1st Luis Henriquez United States
2nd Michael Ferero United States
3rd Scott Nelson (2) United States
4th Steve Clarke United Kingdom
6th Brian Dohner United States
7th Will Gibson United States
8th Marc Deshaies United States
9th Armando Luna United States
10th Jon DeLeon United States
11th Shane Hurley United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men

No placement data

Placement data for this division has not been recorded.

Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Heavyweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Earl Pledger 2nd win here United States
2nd John Sullivan United States
3rd Bruce Ayers United States
4th Steve Caylor United States
5th Kile Ozier United States
6th David Oakes United States
7th Ronn Enzweiler United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Lightweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st William Henson First recorded win United States
2nd Daniel Donahue United States
3rd Douglas Bates United States
4th Rona Lewis United States
5th Stephen Perkins United States
6th Robert Morley United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men

Place Athlete Country
1st David Woerner First recorded win United States
2nd Tom Bianchi United States
3rd Arden Johnson United States
4th Michel Jacq-Hergoualch United States
5th Thomas Seamon United States
6th Robert Pinto United States
6th Norman Abrahmson United States
8th Martin Weber United States
9th Alan Szfraniec United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 70+ Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Fredric Hefter United States
2nd Paul Mart United States
3rd Paul Coluccio United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
64
Divisions
11
Size rank
2 of 4

The biggest field since 2002.

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What this page holds

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.