N.A.B.B.A. WAS FIRST TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LITHUANIA.

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In 1991 DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS  visited Parliament of Republic Lithuania many times. Due to request of the President of Lithuania National Olympic Committee (L.T.O.K., Lietuvos Tautinis Olimpinis Komitetas) ARTURAS POVILIUNAS  DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS brought him official letter that International N.A.B.B.A. (National Amateur Body Building Association)  association recognizes Independent Lithuania and Lithuania National Olympic Committee. Among all International Federations of all sports N.A.B.B.A. was first to recognize independent Republic of Lithuania. There were several months until August overthrow in Moscow. Everybody was afraid to support Lithuania. First of all among non supporters was Vice President “U.S.S.R. Bodybuilding Federation” and also president national Bodybuilding federation of Lithuanian SSR ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS.

In order to support bodybuilding sport DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS addressed the Minister of Sport Republic Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos sporto ministras) ALGIMANTAS RASLANAS and the President of Lithuania National Olympic Committee ARTURAS POVILIUNAS. Both said that a new National Bodybuilding Organization of Independent Lithuania was needed. ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS with his federation of Lithuanian SSR was out of the game.

Minister of Sport Republic Lithuania ALGIRDAS RASLANAS gave order to assistant  ALGIMANTAS SALAMAKINAS to help DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS to prepare documents for registration of the new federation.  In few hours documents were ready and next day new National Bodybuilding Association was registered at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerija).

President of Lithuania National Olympic Committee ARTURAS POVILIUNAS often mentioned that no International Federations support him. During 1991 March visit to Republic Lithuania I.F.B.B. (International Federation of Body Builders) President BEN WEIDER refused to recognize Independent Lithuania and also he refused to take Lithuanians to the I.F.B.B. without permittion of the U.S.S.R.. At that time no one of Lithuania bodybuilding organizers dared to make a step against the U.S.S.R.. Everybody waited for something to happen - will Independent Lithuania stand against the U.S.S.R. or all Independence will be finished by Moscow. Again as it was in 1978 DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS was left alone with his own risky actions.

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World Fitness Federation (W.F.F. - International)

World Body Building Federation (W.B.B.F. - International)

Since 1968 141 Country Members Representing All Continents

58-th „AMBER PRIX INTERNATIONAL“

36-th WORLD AM-PRO CHAMPIONSHIP

31-st BALTIC CUP INTERNATIONAL

(May 10, 2025, Klaipeda, Lithuania).

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2025 WORLD SPORT NEWS.

W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. AUSTRALIA.

During the visit to W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation) International Headquarters in Lithuania Republic on February 11, 2025 MICHAEL KNOTT was nominated to the position of the President W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. Australia.

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1991 SOCIALIST BODYBUILDING NEWS.

1991 „AMBER PRIX INTERNATIONAL“.

At the competition participated athletes from Latvian SSR, Estonian SSR, Lithuanian Republic, R.S.F.S.R., Belorussian SSR, Ukrainian SSR and Poland. First places were awarded with prize money. Each Category Winner received money amount equal to five salaries at Republic Lithuania at that time. Money was collected after selling at that time very popular DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS bodybuilding magazines. All together were issued 37 different magazines. The first one was “Arnold Schwarzenegger Recommends” (1989, «Арнольд Шварценеггер рекомендует», ) and two million copies of only this magazine were sold in Socialist Countries.

RESULTS

Women Bodybuilding

Category Until 52 kgs.

BOGDANOVA ILONA (Lithuanian Republic)BELOVA IRINA (Latvian SSR)MOCKEVICIENE DIANA (Lithuanian Republic)

Category Over 52 kgs.

MURNIKOVIENE NATALIJA (Lithuanian Republic)MISEVICIENE IRINA (Lithuanian Republic)

KAMINSKAITE IDALIJA (Lithuanian Republic)

Over All Winner NATALIJA MURNIKOVIENE

Men’s Categories

Category Until 65 kgs.

CLEBORODOV VIACESLAV (Хлебородав Вячеслав, Lithuanian Republic)VOROBJOV ALEKSANDR (Воробьёв Александр, R.S.F.S.R.)VALANCIUS ALBINAS (Lithuanian Republic)

Category Until 70 kgs.

GORELIK JEVGENIJ (Горелик Евгений, Lithuanian Republic)BERKOVICH SEMION (Беркович Семён, Lithuanian Republic)BARTKEVICIUS ARVYDAS (Lithuanian Republic)Category Until 80 kgs.SRYVKIN VADIM (Срывкин Вадим, Lithuanian Republic)ZOLINAS DMITRIJUS (Золин Дмитрий, R.S.F.S.R.)ZUR OLEG (Жур Олег, Ukrainian SSR)

Category Until 90 kgs.

ZUR OLEG (Жур Олег, Lithuanian Republic)BURNEIKIS RAIMONDAS (Lithuanian Republic)BYTAUTAS GINTARAS (Lithuanian Republic)

Category Over 90 kgs.

REPSYS EDMUNDAS (Lithuanian Republic)MISEVICIUS SAULIUS (Lithuanian Republic)SVEIDUKS MARIS (Latvian SSR).

Over All Winner OLEG ZUR (Republic Lithuania)

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2026 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN SLOVAKIA.

PRELIMINARY WORK STARTED.

Today President W.F.F. (World Fitness Federation) DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS spoke about the possibilities to organize the 37-th World Fitness Championship with our representatives in Republic Slovakia. In the nearest future meetings with high Governmental officials of Republic Slovakia are planned.

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