Universe 2017
Universe 2017 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Tomasz Giza.
- Year
- 2017
- Date
- Nov 15, 2017
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NGA
- Divisions
- 21
- Competitors
- 194
Results by Division
Universe 2017
Universe 2017 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Tomasz Giza.
Defending Bodybuilding champion Cemile Tarim, who won in 2016, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
Universe 2017 contested 21 divisions across 194 athletes, 16 open and 5 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 4 countries. Tomasz Giza took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 16 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
16 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 5
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tomasz Giza First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Reuven Pasai | United States |
| 3rd | András Fister | United States |
| 4th | Ben Zenou | United States |
| 5th | Sebastian Palaszewski | United States |
| 7th | Nizar Badran | United States |
| 8th | Peter Rakonczas | United States |
| 9th | Corvin Teichmann | United States |
| 10th | Bahman Sarwari | United States |
| participated | Guy Andy | United States |
| participated | Kirill Konoshenkov | United States |
| participated | Camara Mohamadou | United States |
| participated | Tamas Bogar | United States |
| participated | Ivan Silva | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rodney Addison | United States |
| 2nd | Alvis Vaughan | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michele Grupillo Title defense, 3rd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Max Maffuci | Canada |
| 3rd | Francesco Bruno | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sahar Kazes First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jānis Dručka | United States |
| 3rd | Kirill Turko | United States |
| 4th | Jayson Macaraeg | United States |
| 5th | Farkhod Maksudov | United States |
| 6th | Franck Ibba | United States |
| 7th | Karol Lesniak | United States |
| 8th | Sven Stürmlinger | United States |
| 9th | Vladyslav Sokolov | United States |
| 10th | Marek Sarama | United States |
| participated | Thierry Van Ongeval | United States |
| participated | Torsten Senger | United States |
| participated | Matt Lacey | United States |
| participated | Ji Kyunghoon | United States |
| participated | Gürkan Alkiliç | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ali Romdhani First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Richard Kohari | United States |
| 3rd | Konstantin Bryukhanov | United States |
| 4th | Kevin Brucher | United States |
| 5th | Sergii Babchuk | United States |
| 6th | Anthony Oosterlaag | United States |
| 7th | Aron Winnelinckx | United States |
| 8th | Alexander Mejuto | United States |
| 9th | Borja Martinez | United States |
| 10th | Sertac Coskun | United States |
| participated | Michele Bruno | United States |
| participated | Abraham Zalo | United States |
| participated | Cristian Duarte Martinez | United States |
| participated | Alvin Gold | United States |
| participated | Baxtiyor Ikramov | United States |
| participated | Robert Lamb | United States |
| participated | Park Jae Seon | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Francesco Pignatti First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Francisco Montalvo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Shmuel Matan Gad | United States |
| 3rd | Sven Kolodziej | United States |
| 4th | Adolfo Heredia | United States |
| 5th | Raul Quel Lopez | United States |
| 6th | Max Rotenstein | United States |
| 7th | Vinnie Rasu | United States |
| 8th | Francesco Spina | United States |
| 9th | Hajo Jäger | United States |
| 10th | Renaldo Muradin | Netherlands |
| participated | Lee Jae Sul | United States |
| participated | Arnfinn Benterud | United States |
| participated | Vincenzo Calise | United States |
| participated | Alexandre Depiesse | United States |
| participated | Michael Wehlte | United States |
| participated | Jacopo Sirangelo | United States |
| participated | Murat Ozay | United States |
| participated | Simone Martis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nikita Putilovs First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Yakup Cavusgil | United States |
| 3rd | Artem Negoda | United States |
| 4th | Gayrat Asatov | United States |
| 5th | Salvatore Castelli | United States |
| 6th | Aziz Yasanov | United States |
| 7th | Guy Doxiville | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thomas Van Coppenolle 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Lev Prager | United States |
| 3rd | Adam Szymczyk | United States |
| 4th | Nati Kriaf | United States |
| 5th | Serden Akşar | United States |
| 6th | Christos Sklaris | United States |
| 7th | Vitalijus Smackis | United States |
| 8th | Ivan Hernandez | United States |
| 9th | Samir El Fuqaha | United States |
| 10th | Ronny Sachau | United States |
| participated | Oleksandr Samoylenko | United States |
| participated | Raimund Megyeri | United States |
| participated | Pawel Lech | United States |
| participated | Michael König | United States |
| participated | Zoltan Gasparics | United States |
| participated | András Drávucz | United States |
| participated | Robert Balog | United States |
| participated | Maximilian Schäfer | United States |
| participated | Davronbek Tuygunov | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alexej Kauz Title defense, 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Fridjof McAdam Ten Berge | United States |
| 3rd | Ioannis Magkos | United States |
| 4th | Yoel Israeli | United States |
| 5th | Ivan Vashchenko | United States |
| 6th | Jurijs Gucans | United States |
| 7th | Johannes Luckas | United States |
| 8th | Jose Luiz Cobo | United States |
| 9th | Laurynas Burbas | United States |
| 10th | Danil Morozov | United States |
| participated | Valeri Frizler | United States |
| participated | Attila Krizsán | United States |
| participated | Francois Lamanna | United States |
| participated | Serkan Sacakli | United Kingdom |
| participated | Nicolay Shakun | United States |
| participated | Daniel Somogyi | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Classic Physique
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bryan Snyder First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jasmond Wimberly | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Junior
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 6th | Ashley O'Connell | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robin Palm First recorded win | United States |
| participated | Andrea Serpi | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Physique
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Samantha Feenburg | United States |
| 2nd | Rosemarie Brickman | United States |
| 3rd | Alissa Matechak | 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
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Amy Lademann | United States |
| 1st | Cheryl Nakanishi | United States |
| 1st | Gemma Lancaster | United States |
| 2nd | Jacquelyn Yelvington | United States |
| 2nd | Pinar Çoban | United States |
| 2nd | Lindsey Angel | United States |
| 3rd | Bing Saez | United States |
| 3rd | Kristine Möller | United States |
| 3rd | Lydia Gerrard | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Janice Schweinfurth | United States |
| 4th | Christina Hübe | United States |
| 4th | Karen Domingos | United States |
| 5th | Birthe Mack | United States |
| 5th | Rochelle Atengco | United States |
| 5th | Elodie Moore | United States |
| 6th | Tracey West | United States |
| 6th | Chantal Keimer | United States |
| 7th | Annelies Van Loon | United States |
| 8th | Helga Olafsdottir | United States |
| 9th | Anneke Gerdemann | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Pro
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Flora Conte 3rd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Gemma Lancaster | United States |
| 3rd | Carolina Bittencourt | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Women's Figure - 40+
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rose Stefan First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Mariann Czotter | United States |
| 3rd | Lena Frenkel | United States |
| 4th | Petra Klär | United States |
| 5th | Franciska Harkai | United States |
| 6th | Purificacion Lopez | United States |
| 7th | Jill Colak | United States |
| 8th | Sahar Adlouni | United States |
| 9th | Laurence Hahn | United States |
| 10th | Janine Haywood | United States |
| participated | Nicola Gilbert | United Kingdom |
| participated | Michelle Lancaster | United States |
| participated | Nicole Freitag | United States |
| participated | Ann Maria DeMeulenaere | United States |
| participated | Rebecca Bailey | United States |
| participated | Veronika Kormosova | United States |
| participated | Geraldine Riviere | United States |
| participated | Manuela Sauter | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Masters
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Amy Lademann First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Janice Schweinfurth | United States |
| 3rd | Maureen Condon | United States |
| 4th | Alissa Matechak | 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+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Francesco Bruno | United States |
| 1st | Andreas Bosse | United States |
| 2nd | André Dufrasnes | United States |
| 3rd | Serdar Aktolga | United States |
| 4th | Ioannis Leodis | United States |
| 5th | Jose Botet | United States |
| 6th | Michael Prate | United States |
| 7th | Marko Tooming | United States |
| 8th | Francis Fankem Ngandjong | United States |
| 9th | Matthias Müller | United States |
| 10th | Johan Florus | United States |
| participated | Ivan Piccolo | United States |
| participated | Marcel Hoekstra | United States |
| participated | Mauro Bottini | United States |
| participated | Clifford Cruz | United States |
| participated | Santo Floridia | 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 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Max Maffuci | Canada |
| 1st | Vytautas Sadauskas | United States |
| 2nd | Paul Lans | Netherlands |
| 2nd | Alvis Vaughan | United States |
| 3rd | Julian Grishajev | United States |
| 3rd | Francisco Montalvo | United States |
| 4th | Ian Wells | United Kingdom |
| 5th | Detlef Klär | United States |
| 6th | Oliver Köstler | United States |
| 7th | Ulrich Pabst | United States |
| 8th | Philippe Barthelet | United States |
| 9th | Udo Haase | United States |
| 10th | Freddy Van Puyenbroek | United States |
| participated | Raffaele Mazzeo | United States |
| participated | Jose Luis Canadas | United States |
| participated | Nicolas Cantemir | United States |
| participated | Fredi Damaschke | United States |
| participated | Isidro Delgado | United States |
| participated | Frederic Lomaline | United States |
| participated | Gillas Martin | United States |
| participated | Sernyi Synytsia | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alvis Vaughan Title defense, 2nd win here | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 194
- Divisions
- 21
- Size rank
- 12 of 55
The biggest field since 2016.
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.
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