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World Championships 2002

World Championships 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Josepha Sanchez.

Year
2002
Location
USA
Federation
WABBA
Divisions
18
Competitors
201

Results by Division

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World Championships 2002 Results

2002 USA

World Championships 2002 was held in USA.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 3, 2026 Accurate?

About this show

The World Championships 2002 was held in USA. 18 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Tall, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall and more. 201 athletes from 14 countries competed.

14 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.

Masters divisions 4

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
5th Marjoleein Schilperoort Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

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
1st Josepha Sanchez First recorded win United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Christian Weiss First recorded win United States
2nd Thorsten Hala United States
3rd Albert N'Gangue United States
4th Andreas Frey United States
5th Bekoyev Mykhaylo United States
6th Herminio Deniz United States
7th Michael Bachhausen 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.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

Our source records 3 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

Place Athlete Country
1st Ricardo DaCosta United States
1st Omar Ciaburri United States
1st Michele Simeone United States
2nd James Addison United States
2nd Antonio Tarantini United States
2nd Nikos Michailidis United States
3rd Pablo Pozas United States
3rd Andreas Apostolakis United States
4th Tom DeGroof United States
5th Rene Schmidt United States
6th Vasilis Galatsis 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.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Our source records 4 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

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.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

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.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Our source records 4 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

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.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Our source records 4 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Gabriele Heidecker Title defense, 2nd win here United States
2nd Sandra Waterschoot United States
3rd Annette Trumpa United States
4th Joanne Rogers United States
6th Galina Podolneva 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 Bodybuilding

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

Place Athlete Country
1st Felisa Gonzalez Spain
1st Roberta Micheli United States
2nd Paola Florio United States
2nd Patrizio Triunfo United States
2nd Toni Carreras United States
3rd Fabiana Frank United States
3rd Chantal Pons United States
4th Lora Barbazza Italy
5th Rosa Dellabella Belgium
6th Tatiana Liehr Germany

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure

Place Athlete Country
1st Antonella Lizza United States
2nd Manuela Zignone United States
3rd Natalie Douc United States
4th Claudia DiRella United States
5th Nathalie Champion United States
6th Fabiola Coco 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

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

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

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

Place Athlete Country
1st Helen Thwaites United States
1st Patricia Mello United States
2nd Cora Cablitz United States
2nd Silvie Esmenjaud France
3rd Victoria Zabourdiaeva United States
3rd Larysa Pryshcepa United States
4th Lynn Harrison United States
4th Veronica Brojkovich United States
5th Christine Prange United States
5th Karen Reynolds Australia
6th Jane Pierre Ripert United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

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

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 Men

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

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

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

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

Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.

Place Athlete Country
1st Roland Otte United States
1st Domenico Lascari United States
2nd Gerard Olmeda United States
2nd Pasquale Vernati United States
3rd Pasquale Tocci Risorto United States
4th Nicola Gravina United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Ascanio Vernati 2nd win here United States
2nd Biagio Filizola United States
3rd Marcel Delange United States
4th Icaro Milocco United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
201
Divisions
18
Size rank
16 of 43

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2017 Danni Teresa Bodybuilding
1991 Rosana Marrone Figure
1988 Beate Plank Figure
1986 Marie Mahabir Open
1984 Thierry Pastel Open
1978 Bridget Pasquill Open
What this page holds

The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

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