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Southern Hemisphere 2006

Southern Hemisphere 2006 was held in Australia/New Zealand. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Michael Vecchio.

Year
2006
Date
Jan 1, 2006
Location
Australia/New Zealand
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
10
Competitors
29

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Southern Hemisphere 2006

Michael Vecchio Champion

2006 Australia/New Zealand Dec 31, 2005

Southern Hemisphere 2006 was held in Australia/New Zealand. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Michael Vecchio.

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

Defending Bodybuilding champion Christine Envall, who won in 2005, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

1st
Michael Vecchio
United States
2nd
Peter Lagerwey
Australia
3rd
Michael Abalhad
Australia

Southern Hemisphere 2006 contested 10 divisions across 29 athletes, 8 open and 2 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 2 countries. Michael Vecchio took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 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 Australia (26) - United States (3)

Masters divisions 2

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

Place Athlete Country
1st Michael Vecchio First recorded win United States
2nd Peter Lagerwey Australia
3rd Michael Abalhad Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st Mark Suttie Australia
2nd Jason Bednarz Australia
3rd Wadih Romanos Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Mike Holton Title defense, 2nd win here Australia
2nd Robert Overall Australia
3rd Julian Hamilton Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Jason Wren First recorded win Australia
2nd Jim Kotantonis Australia
3rd Aaron Ng Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Mark Taylor First recorded win United States
2nd Andrew Bishop Australia
3rd Nik Jovic Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Rosemary Doorey First recorded win Australia
2nd Annie Hewitt Australia
3rd Laura Clements Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Katherine Avramakis First recorded win Australia
2nd Linda Nix Australia
3rd Rosalina Michelle Johansen Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Vera Tomeski First recorded win Australia
2nd Diane Hunt Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

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

Women's Figure - Masters

Place Athlete Country
1st Susan Stewart First recorded win Australia
2nd Terri Freeman Australia
3rd Aleksandra Jovanovich Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Grand Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Bill Fazackerley Title defense, 2nd win here Australia
2nd Bernie Russon United States
3rd Claude Johnson Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
29
Divisions
10
Size rank
9 of 12

The biggest field since 2005.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2014 Carol Wilson Bodybuilding
2013 Shaz Campbell Bodybuilding
2012 Lisa Moreland Bodybuilding
2010 Taylor Young Bodybuilding
2009 Lily Casella Bodybuilding
2008 Taylor Young Bodybuilding
2007 Karen Rundell Bodybuilding
2006 Rosemary Doorey Bodybuilding
2005 Christine Envall Bodybuilding
2003 Natalie Brown Open
2002 Joanne Rogers Open

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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.
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