Universe 2018
Universe 2018 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Vlad Suhoruchko.
- Year
- 2018
- Date
- Nov 15, 2018
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NAC
- Divisions
- 12
- Competitors
- 165
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Vlad Suhoruchko | Majid Khamedov |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | Georgios Chardavellas | Jannick Schott |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall | Richard Kohari | Konstantin Bryukhanov |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Vinnie Rasu | Piotr Szczytko |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Bekzod Shukurov | Akmal Pasha |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Andrii Buzovetskyi | Carsten Heuer |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Thomas Van Coppenolle | Jüri Leinvald |
| Women's Figure | Jekaterina Übelacker , Claudia Heilmann | Monika Uvegas |
| Women's Figure - Pro | Jekaterina Übelacker | Lindsey Angel |
| Women's Figure - 40+ | Monique Broers | Nadine K Houaled |
| Other Divisions - Masters 40+ | Julio Pampin | Andreas Bosse |
| Other Divisions - Masters 50+ | Vytautas Sadauskas | Ioannis Leodis |
All Contests
Universe 2018
Vlad Suhoruchko
Champion
Universe 2018 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Vlad Suhoruchko.
Defending Physique champion Samantha Feenburg, who won in 2017, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
Universe 2018 contested 12 divisions across 165 athletes, 9 open and 3 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 6 countries. Vlad Suhoruchko took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 11 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 3
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vlad Suhoruchko First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Majid Khamedov | United States |
| 3rd | Pawel Roszkowski | United States |
| 4th | Rafal Jablonski | United States |
| 5th | Marcel Buddenberg | United States |
| 6th | Jan Winterscheid | United States |
| 7th | Richard Nagy | Hungary |
| 8th | Hector Antonanzas | United States |
| 9th | Bouba Diouf | United States |
| 10th | Luuk Olthuis | United States |
| participated | Wang Tianye | United States |
| participated | Dimble Pranav | United States |
| participated | Pandit Shriprasad | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Georgios Chardavellas First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jannick Schott | United States |
| 3rd | Igor Hlukhodid | United States |
| 4th | Tamas Zoboki | United States |
| 5th | Manuel Bauer | United States |
| 6th | Antonio Perez Garcia | United States |
| 7th | Alexej Schneider | Germany |
| 8th | Sagadat Salmanov | United States |
| 9th | David Kugler | United States |
| 10th | Juan Castillo Criado | United States |
| participated | Bunyod Akhmedov | United States |
| participated | Dean Edwards | United States |
| participated | Cedric Horcholle | United States |
| participated | Janmejaya Mohanty | United States |
| participated | Gangurde Pfarshant | United States |
| participated | Marek Sarama | United States |
| participated | Piotr Soszynski | United States |
| participated | Thierry Van Ongeval | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Richard Kohari First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Konstantin Bryukhanov | United States |
| 3rd | Balakrishna Gopala | United States |
| 4th | Ileskham Umaraliev | United States |
| 5th | Serdar Aktolga | United States |
| 6th | Pavlo Marakhovskyi | United States |
| 7th | Riccardo Dankwardt | United States |
| 8th | Boja Martinez Obama | United States |
| 9th | Afrem Afrem | United States |
| 10th | Gints Skenders | United States |
| participated | Efstathios Artinos | United States |
| participated | Agami Bhadore | United States |
| participated | Szymon Boryczko | United States |
| participated | Ertugrul Aydin Boyaci | United States |
| participated | Vincenzo Rosso | United States |
| participated | Maksym Pavlenko | United States |
| participated | Grazvydas Narusevicius | United States |
| participated | Manoj Kumar | United States |
| participated | Luca Silvestrini | United States |
| participated | Aristide Hountondji | United States |
| participated | René Harthun | United States |
| participated | Ibrahim Haraev | United States |
| participated | Cristihian Carillo | United States |
| participated | Geoffrey DeCoster | United States |
| participated | Zhang Detiang | United States |
| participated | Alexandre Gri | United States |
| participated | Yacine Fendali | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vinnie Rasu First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Piotr Szczytko | United States |
| 3rd | Istvan Andor Palhazy | United States |
| 4th | Didier Cappe | United States |
| 5th | Zoltan Szür | United States |
| 6th | Carlton Saint Rose | United States |
| 7th | Raul Quel Lopez | United States |
| 8th | Regis Fenetre | United States |
| 9th | Abdullquasim Usmani | United States |
| 10th | Wito Wegner | United States |
| participated | David Carta | United States |
| participated | Julien Halheuvre | United States |
| participated | Jun Wohn Ahn | United States |
| participated | Hadjouri Kadour | United States |
| participated | Gerald Lafont | United States |
| participated | Francisco Llepe | United States |
| participated | Murat Lutfi Özay | United States |
| participated | Sotirios Papadogiannis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bekzod Shukurov First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Akmal Pasha | United States |
| 3rd | Ravi Chandran | United States |
| 4th | Ivan Leri | United States |
| 5th | Jose Luis Alvaro Guerra | United States |
| 6th | Roy Surajit | United States |
| 7th | Aguy Boustoure | United States |
| 8th | Simone Martis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andrii Buzovetskyi | United States |
| 2nd | Carsten Heuer | United States |
| 3rd | Tobiasz Galazka | United States |
| 4th | Hector Alonso | United States |
| 5th | Serden Akşar | United States |
| 6th | Andreas Mirchel | United States |
| 7th | Peter Czink | United States |
| 8th | Robert Balog | United States |
| 9th | Alex Rogalski | United States |
| 10th | Simon Streber | United States |
| participated | Kenny DeWever | United States |
| participated | Pierre Havelange | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thomas Van Coppenolle Title defense, 3rd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Jüri Leinvald | United States |
| 3rd | Giuseppe Milazzo | United States |
| 4th | Youssef Daodu | United States |
| 5th | David Estarlich Gonzalez | United States |
| 6th | Daniil Agronov | United States |
| 7th | Murat Şenyiǧit | United States |
| 8th | Sascha Semak | United States |
| 9th | René Bäse | United States |
| 10th | Gert Gorsanov | United States |
| participated | Carlos Berride Garcia | 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 | Jekaterina Übelacker | United States |
| 1st | Claudia Heilmann | United States |
| 2nd | Patricia Mata | United States |
| 2nd | Monika Uvegas | United States |
| 3rd | Kirsty Fleming | United States |
| 3rd | Opre Alida | United States |
| 4th | Desire Sens | United States |
| 4th | Catherine Hosker-Brothers | United States |
| 5th | Judit Gyenis | United States |
| 5th | Sarka Hola | United States |
| 6th | Annaleah Melsted | United States |
| 6th | Linda Cassidy | United States |
| 7th | Yvonne Dittmer | United States |
| 8th | Anna Angelloni Wojcik | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Pro
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jekaterina Übelacker First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Lindsey Angel | United States |
| 3rd | Patricia Mata | 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 | Monique Broers First Universe title | Netherlands |
| 2nd | Nadine K Houaled | United States |
| 3rd | Judit Palecian | United States |
| 4th | Andrea Czink | United States |
| 5th | Agnes Sebestyen | United States |
| 6th | Christine Külzer | United States |
| 7th | Laurence Hahn | United States |
| 8th | Lena Frenkel | United States |
| 9th | Angelika Hüllenhagen | United States |
| 10th | Bärbel Bach | United States |
| participated | Cristina Simon | United States |
| participated | Josephine Perruzza | United States |
| participated | Ingrid Koot | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julio Pampin First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Andreas Bosse | United States |
| 3rd | Dirk Fischer | United States |
| 4th | Arnaud Bourgon | United States |
| 5th | Michael Prate | United States |
| 6th | Michal Púček | United States |
| 7th | Marko Tooming | United States |
| 8th | Markus Schönebeck | Germany |
| 9th | Jun Xu | United States |
| 10th | Arsenio Adamson | United States |
| participated | Juan Androver | United States |
| participated | Thierry Dieulot | United States |
| participated | Dong Jin Jang | United States |
| participated | Erik Kratochvil | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vytautas Sadauskas Title defense, 3rd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Ioannis Leodis | United States |
| 3rd | Claude Payon | France |
| 4th | Julian Grishajev | United States |
| 5th | Swen Meyerholt | United States |
| 6th | Roy McLean | United Kingdom |
| 7th | Thierry Tillieux | United States |
| 8th | Vladimir Hornjak | United States |
| 9th | Kevin Fraser | United Kingdom |
| 10th | Peter Liszka | United States |
| participated | Roland Brose | United States |
| participated | Ekrem Karamehmetoglu | United States |
| participated | Marius Leonavicius | United States |
| participated | Mahly Liptak | United States |
| participated | Davide Litterio | United States |
| participated | Abbas Samur | United Kingdom |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 165
- Divisions
- 12
- Size rank
- 13 of 55
The biggest field since 2017.
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 |
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.