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North American Championships 2001

North American Championships 2001 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Normand Vezina.

Year
2001
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
12
Competitors
74

Results by Division

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North American Championships 2001 Results

Normand Vezina Champion

2001 Pittsburgh, PA, USA

North American Championships 2001 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Normand Vezina.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 1, 2026 Accurate?

Defending BantamWeight champion Jim King, who won in 1999, did not return.

About this show

The North American Championships 2001 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 12 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Bantamweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight and more. 74 athletes from 3 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

1st
Normand Vezina
Canada
2nd
Thomas Fernandez
Canada
3rd
Mark Loo
Mark Loo
Canada
Masters divisions 2

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Normand Vezina First recorded win Canada
2nd Thomas Fernandez Canada
3rd Mark Loo Canada
4th Richard Gauthier Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Gary Dalton First recorded win United States
2nd Guillermo Celis Canada
3rd Jean-Joel Pierre Canada
4th Jerry Proz United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight

Women's Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

No placement data

Placement data for this division has not been recorded.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Lisa Aukland First North American Championships title United States
2nd Colette Nelson United States
3rd Carmen Brady United States
4th Tatianna Butler United States
5th Maribeth Rossi United States
6th Camillia Lipscomb United States
7th Sheila Burgess (2) -
8th Tonia Williams (2) United States
9th Marylynne MacKenzie (2) -
10th Shelly Yakimchuk Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Patricia Lehner First recorded win United States
2nd Kristina Goldring Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Cynthia Gonzales First recorded win United States
2nd Sherry Aguis Canada
3rd Debra Gorski United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

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

Women's Bodybuilding - Masters

Place Athlete Country
1st Carmen Brady First North American Championships title United States
2nd Sherry Aguis Canada
3rd Marylynne MacKenzie (2) -
4th Debra Gorski United States
5th Regina Raine United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters Men

No placement data

Placement data for this division has not been recorded.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
74
Divisions
10
Size rank
18 of 40

The biggest field since 1999.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2010 Lisa Kelchner Bodybuilding
2007 Emanuella Silvagni Open
2004 Cathy Wood Bodybuilding
1972 Warren Frederick Open
1962 Yves Lafontaine Open
1949 Clarence Ross Open
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