Universe 2002
Universe 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Julio Serrano.
- Year
- 2002
- Date
- Nov 15, 2002
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NAC
- Divisions
- 13
- Competitors
- 113
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | – | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | – | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Julio Serrano | Jesus Abellon |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | Ingo Bolz | Florian Maier |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall | Juan Antonio Beitia | Sergio Garcia |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Francisco Mula | Vincente Santamaria |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Thorsten Hala | Andreas Frey |
| Women's Bodybuilding | Claudia Bianchi | Sandra Waterschoot |
| Women's Bodybuilding | Josepha Sanchez (2) | Popi Tripodi |
| Women's Figure - Short | Ingeberg Babel , Tatiana Kovalenko | Anna Maria Mautino |
| Women's Figure - Tall | Lidia Miralpeix Baez , Giovanna Rosa | Tracey Thompson |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Brian Connolly | Peter Gal |
| Other Divisions - Masters 50+ | Roland Otte | Rainer Ollgren |
Universe 2002
Universe 2002 was held in USA.
Defending Bodybuilding champion Anja Timmer, who won in 2001, did not return.
Universe 2002 contested 12 divisions across 113 athletes, 10 open and 2 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 6 countries. Julio Serrano took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 9 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 2
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Desiree Dümpel | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
No placement data
Placement data for this division has not been recorded.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julio Serrano First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jesus Abellon | United States |
| 3rd | Michele Simeone | United States |
| 4th | Antonio Manuel | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ingo Bolz First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Florian Maier | Germany |
| 3rd | Manuel Gutierrez | United States |
| 4th | Julio Portet | United States |
| 5th | Logan Jensen | United States |
| 6th | Rodrig Bermejo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Juan Antonio Beitia First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Sergio Garcia | United States |
| 3rd | Paul Longfield | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Flavio Beresio | United States |
| 5th | Stefan Martens | United States |
| 6th | Markus Rohde | United States |
| 7th | Tamer Galal | United States |
| 8th | Miguel Benter | United States |
| 9th | Noe Rodriguez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Francisco Mula First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Vincente Santamaria | United States |
| 3rd | Paul Sutton | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Stephen Lloyd | United Kingdom |
| 5th | Michael Feuchter | United States |
| 6th | Fernando Jesus | United States |
| 7th | Jorge Linarejus | United States |
| 8th | Roshan Ferrao | United States |
| 9th | Artartan Pradhan | United States |
| 10th | Stephan Eddahan | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thorsten Hala First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Andreas Frey | United States |
| 3rd | Jens Kruger | United States |
| 4th | Hermino Kruger | United States |
| 5th | Kevin Alder | United States |
| 6th | Sapene Kwadno | United States |
| 7th | Jamel Elgharbi | United States |
| 8th | Dimitris Zois | United States |
| 9th | Mark Birch | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Claudia Bianchi | United States |
| 2nd | Sandra Waterschoot | United States |
| 3rd | Maryse Manios | United States |
| 5th | Galina Podolneva | United States |
| 6th | Sandra-Lee Jose | Australia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Josepha Sanchez (2) First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Popi Tripodi | 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.
Women's Figure - Short
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.
Women's Figure - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lidia Miralpeix Baez | United States |
| 1st | Giovanna Rosa | United States |
| 2nd | Popi Tsimari | United States |
| 2nd | Tracey Thompson | United States |
| 3rd | Larysa Pryshcepa | United States |
| 3rd | Claudia Casalini | United States |
| 4th | Tanja Arnold | Germany |
| 4th | Victoria Zabourdiaeva | United States |
| 5th | Helen Thwaites | United States |
| 5th | Patricia Mello | United States |
| 6th | Deborah Zalewski | United States |
| 6th | Cherie Loomes | United States |
| 7th | Lorraine March | United States |
| 8th | Luanne Hart | United States |
| participated | Karen Bricklebank | United States |
| participated | Amber DeLuca | United States |
| participated | Sandra Foubert | United States |
| participated | Lynn Harrison | United States |
| participated | Amanda Kay | United States |
| participated | Jolanda Mol | Netherlands |
| participated | Marie-Pierre Ripert | United States |
| participated | Elaine Thorpe | United States |
| participated | Nicola Griffiths | United States |
| participated | Olga Vasina | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Connolly First Universe title | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Peter Gal | United States |
| 3rd | Massimo Venturelli | United States |
| 4th | Enrico Lückemann | Netherlands |
| 5th | Maximo Lechan | United States |
| 6th | Thomas Fernandez | Canada |
| 7th | Benjamin Alonso | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roland Otte First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Rainer Ollgren | United States |
| 3rd | Don Mahoney | United States |
| 4th | Eduardo DeLaAsuncion | United States |
| 5th | Wolfgang Sperling | United States |
| 6th | Gerard Olmeda | United States |
| 7th | Biagio Filizola | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 113
- Divisions
- 12
- Size rank
- 15 of 55
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Samantha Feenburg | Physique |
| 2016 | Cemile Tarim | Bodybuilding |
| 2015 | Franca Cal | Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | Enza Cordio | Bodybuilding |
| 2000 | Olga Tikhonova | Bodybuilding |
| 1999 | Taylor Young | Bodybuilding |
| 1998 | Julia Abel | Open |
| 1989 | Tatjana Scholl | Bodybuilding |
| 1988 | Lisa Campbell | Bodybuilding |
| 1987 | Connie McCloskey | Bodybuilding |
| 1986 | Monika Steiner | Bodybuilding |
| 1979 | Karen Griffiths | Open |
| 1978 | Sandra Kong | Open |
| 1968 | Frank Zane | 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.
- 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.