World Natural Championships 2006 Results & Winners

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World Natural Championships 2006

World Natural Championships 2006 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Pierre Laubert.

Year: 2006
Date: Jan 1, 2006
Location: USA
Federation: UIBBN
Divisions: 14
Competitors: 95

Results by Division

Division	Winners	Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight	Pierre Laubert	Dominique Laredina
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight	Andrea Ghinassi	Josep Camats
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior	Andrea DeLuca (2)	Martin Hamp
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight	John Heaton , Felix Barrachina	–
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight	Andrew Merrifield	Igor Herc
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight	Raphael Dubouchez	Bernard Issogola
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight	Jean Pierre Breil	Umberto Copetti
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight	Patricia Amusan	Felisa Gonzalez
Women's Bodybuilding - Junior	–	–
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight	Dominique Dumas	–
Women's Figure	Laura Paganizza	Natalie Petillon
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight	Carlo Sardella	John David
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight	Jean Claude Lameche	Luciano Rossi
Other Divisions - Masters 50+	Koloman Toth	Lionel Sorin

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Defending BantamWeight champion Earl Snyder, who won in 2005, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

1st

Pierre Laubert

United States

2nd

Dominique Laredina

United States

3rd

Frank Montalbano

United States

World Natural Championships 2006 contested 13 divisions across 95 athletes, 10 open and 3 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 9 countries. Pierre Laubert took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 12 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (69) - United Kingdom (5) - Italy (5)

Masters divisions 3

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Pierre Laubert First recorded win	United States
2nd	Dominique Laredina	United States
3rd	Frank Montalbano	United States
4th	Launder Philogene	United States
5th	Moreno Ghidini	United States
6th	Michel Goffin	United States
7th	Jason Barnett	United Kingdom
8th	Marius Ichim	United States
9th	Thomas Smith	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Andrea Ghinassi First recorded win	United States
2nd	Josep Camats	United States
3rd	Eyinga Parfait Akono	United States
4th	Tony Martin	United Kingdom
5th	Juraj Kosorinsky	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Andrea DeLuca (2) First recorded win	United States
2nd	Martin Hamp	United States
3rd	Kurt Pascual	Australia
4th	Reagan Moses	United States
5th	Lee Bennett	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 - Lightheavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	John Heaton	United Kingdom
1st	Felix Barrachina	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Andrew Merrifield First recorded win	United States
2nd	Igor Herc	United States
2nd	Carol Steeter	United States
3rd	Michele Saggin	United States
4th	Riccardo Ferro	United States
5th	Angelo Rossi	Italy
6th	Jose Maria Garcia Lopez	United States
7th	Jules Damo	United States
8th	Frank Kaerger	United States
9th	Nabil Abbes	United States
10th	Antonion Piqueras	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Raphael Dubouchez First recorded win	United States
2nd	Bernard Issogola	United States
3rd	Lorenzo Vanham	United States
4th	Gastone Stecco	United States
5th	Fivos Averkiou	United States
6th	Roman Pericka	United States
7th	Errol Saayman	United States
8th	Alessandro Gagliardi	United States
9th	Victor Velasquez	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Jean Pierre Breil 3rd win here	United States
2nd	Umberto Copetti	United States
3rd	Rudi Houssiere	United States
4th	Joel Maison	United States
5th	Steven Boyer	United States
6th	Mirko Bertinato	United States
7th	Honza Sadek	Czech Republic
8th	Fortunato Lavinio	United States
9th	Edwin Swaim	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Patricia Amusan First recorded win	France
2nd	Felisa Gonzalez	Spain
3rd	Erica Trevisan	Italy
4th	Ann Gardner	United Kingdom
5th	Brenda Baliso	South Africa
6th	Johanna Venter	South Africa

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Junior

No placement data

Placement data for this division has not been recorded.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Dominique Dumas	France
3rd	Giorgia Caneva	Italy
4th	Catherine Carreras	United States
5th	Sandra Rensburg	South Africa

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Laura Paganizza First recorded win	Italy
2nd	Natalie Petillon	Belgium
3rd	Claire Cotter	United Kingdom
4th	Martyna Kulin	Spain
5th	Sonia Marot	France
6th	Jana Vodickova	Czech Republic
7th	Rene Gutierrez	United States
8th	Elisabet Penato	Spain
9th	Desiree Omaticus	South Africa

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

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

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Carlo Sardella First recorded win	United States
2nd	John David	United States
3rd	Peter Winkler	United States
4th	Claude Caceres	United States
5th	Peter Clarke	United States
6th	Milos Kabat	United States
7th	Andreas Müller	United States
8th	Rudy DeMiddel	United States
9th	Jason Kleinsmidt	United States
10th	Adrian O'Mahony	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Jean Claude Lameche Title defense, 3rd win here	United States
2nd	Luciano Rossi	Italy
3rd	Jiri Stepanek	United States
4th	Philippe Cartry	United States
5th	Dirk Krikilion	United States
6th	Vernon Fraser	United States
7th	Jochen Möhrstädt	United States
8th	Marco Pezzolato	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Koloman Toth First recorded win	United States
2nd	Lionel Sorin	France
3rd	Lloyd George Stewart	United States
4th	Milan Virag	United States
5th	Augustine Walsh	United States
6th	Christian Moine	Belgium
7th	Herbert Paduch	United States
8th	Dominique Pouillaude	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors: 95
Divisions: 13
Size rank: 7 of 18

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year	Winner	Division
2016	Sandra Rojo Garcia	Figure
2015	Ruben Leon Pedroche	Figure
2014	Montserrat Tello	Figure
2013	Oszi Denisa	Figure
2012	Yasmina DeHaro	Figure
2011	Jordana DeHaro	Figure
2010	Montserrat Tello	Figure
2009	Yasmina DeHaro	Figure
2008	Yasmina DeHaro	Figure
2007	Jennifer Garside	Figure
2006	Laura Paganizza	Figure

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