MODEL FITNESS - WHAT IS IT?

20 YEARS OF W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. MODEL FITNESS CATEGORY.

MODEL FITNESS VERSUS MODEL BODYBUILDING.

20 years ago W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation)  created “Model Fitness” categories at the International and National Contests. Since that time most International federations copied W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. in many innovating activities. During the time “Model Fitness” competitors became muscular and there was no difference from bodybuilders.

At the 2014 W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. World Amateur Championship in Slovakia many competitors were not allowed to participate at the Model Fitness Contest. The reason was their muscularity. Every year more and more muscular competitors try to attend Model Fitness Contests. W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. understands Model Fitness Competitors as a sportsmen without sharp and competitively big “doping looking” muscles.

Step by step W.F.F. federation divorces with W.B.B.F. - fitness goes away from bodybuilding. Until now W.F.F. and W.B.B.F. contests are held together but we will start making them separately too. Fitness is not bodybuilding. Remember - in 1998 I.O.C. (International Olympic Committee)  refused to recognize bodybuilding as sport and the I.F.B.B. (International Federation of Body Builders)  federation was “thrown out” from the recognized federations list. From that time bodybuilding is no more sport. Until now only former National I.F.B.B. federations of former Socialist Countries fool their Ministries of Sport and use to get governmental financial support.  Soon the W.F.F. - International will sign the Contract with W.A.D.A. (World Anti Doping Agency).

MODEL FITNESS
World Championship Over All Winners
(2004-2024) 
Year, Competitor's Name, Country.
2024 Ivanova Jelena, Latvia

2023 Ivanova Jelena, Latvia

2022 Petrova Sabina, Latvia

2021 Ivanova Jelena, Latvia

2020 Kolesova Olga, Lithuania

2019 Leman Monika, Poland

2018 Lisickaja Elena, Uzbekistan

2017 Zykiene Jana, Lithuania
2016 Maskova Ksenia, Russia
2015 Usikova Zina, Belarus
2014 Sukaityte Agne, Lithuania
2013 Narbutaityte Kristina, Lithuania
2012 Martinkova Eva Slovakia
2011 Martinkova Eva, Slovakia
2010 Sidoruk Oksana, Russia
2009 Martinkova Eva, Slovakia
2008 Martinkova Eva, Slovakia
2007 Suchova Julija, Lithuania
2006 Sarka Hola, Czech
2005 Elksninia Rita, Latvia
2004 Ceciotkina Marina, Russia

INFORMATION.

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BREAKING SPORT NEWS.

FIRST FITNESS FEDERATION WITHOUT DOPING.

Some time ago a new national fitness organization was registered in Lithuania. That is the “Lithuania Sport Fitness Federation” (L.S.F.F., “Lietuvos sportinio fitneso federacija”). In the nearest future federation will join the World Anti Doping Agency (W.A.D.A.) World Anti Doping Code. Federation declares fitness sport without doping. Federation invites representatives of all possible non doping fitness activities to join it.

Federation stands on position that real fitness sport is without doping when bodybuilding at the same time means total doping. In order to fool the sport society all bodybuilding federations use to hide themselves behind “fitness” name. They present various “fitness categories” which in real are doping bodybuilding categories and could not survive without doping.

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ALL TRADITIONAL BODYBUILDING FEDERATIONS

WORLD AMATEUR RANKING LIST

(Since 1898, All Traditional Federations;

only first 40 places of 12000 Athletes;

Counting only Official Recognized Contests;

Results presented after 2024 "Olympia" and World Championship).

WOMEN

Competitor's Name, Country, Points Place.

ORIGUEN YAXENI GARCIA Venezuela 188 1

KYLE IRIS USA 188 1

LASZEWSKI DEBI USA 185 2

PUGACHEVA SVETLANA Russia 183 3

MURRAY LENDA USA 179 4

CREAVALLE LAURA USA 178 5

LEWIS NANCY USA 176 6

DEBATIN ANGELA USA 175 7

BERGMANN JULIETTE Holland 174 8

RAGANOT BRENDA USA 172 9

RICHARDSON DENISE USA 171 10

BUCK KIM USA 171 10

AUKLAND LISA USA 171 10

PARISO BETTY USA 169 11

LEGENZOVA MARINA Lithuania 169 11

CADEAU DAYANA USA 169 11

BLECK SHEILA USA 169 11

ROSA GIOVANNA Italy 168 12

FOSTER HEATHER USA 168 12

DUNLAP CARLA USA 167 13

COLOMB TAZZIE USA 167 13

LEFRANCOIS CATHY Canada 166 14

BUTLER CATHY USA 164 15

CHIZEVSKI KIM USA 162 16

EDWARDS ROXANNE USA 161 17

BRAMWELL DEBBIE USA 160 18

SKYTTA HANNA KRISTINA Finland 157 19

EVERSON CORINA USA 157 19

DENNIS DIANA USA 156 20

BREZOVAC BRIGITA Slovenia 155 21

MILERIUTE JOLANTA Lithuania 152 22

ANTONELLA LIZZA Italy 152 22

BELLO MARIA RITA USA 151 23

PEREZ SUSANNA Spain 150 24

MONIQUE JOHNES USA 150 24

MONER GAYLE USA 150 24

GROF BRIGITTA Hungary 150 24

WACHTER BETH USA 149 25

FLOYD CASSANDRA USA 149 25

LANKOWSKI JANEEN Canada 148 26

PAPPAS BINNIE USA 147 27

POVILIONIENE VILMA Lithuania 146 37

POPA ALINA USA-Greece 146 28

SLAYTON LINDA USA 143 29

CHEPIGA VALENTINA Ukraine 143 29

TOLEDO YAMILA VANESSA Argentina 138 30

OTTENAD LORA USA 137 31

GAILLARD JUDY USA 137 31

DEKSNE MARIA Latvia 137 31

SCOTT MARY UK 136 32

KOZLOVSKAJA VALENTINA Belarus 135 33

MARTINKOVA EVA Slovakia 134 34

BALL NICOLE Canada 134 34

VAN MARIS ELLEN Holland 133 35

SMITH SHERRY USA 133 35

KUKRES SOROKINA ALEKSANDRA Lithuania 129 36

ZIGALOVA MARIETTA Slovakia 126 37

URBANIAK AGNIESZKA Poland 126 37

PIGEONNEAU JOCELYN France 126 37

TICHONOVA OLGA Russia 125 38

SHPORTUN ELENA Russia 125 38

LINSEY ZOA Canada 125 38

PRIEST BONNIE USA 124 39

LOPULESA INA Holland 122 40

KAUFMAN JANET USA 122 40

JENNINGS ROSEMARY USA 122 40

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WORLD BODYBUILDING FEDERATION
(W.B.B.F. - International)
WORLD FITNESS FEDERATION
(W.F.F. - International)
(W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. Since 1968, 141 Country Members, 60 Annual International Events World Wide)
HISTORIC "AMBER PRIX INTERNATIONAL"
OVER ALL WINNERS 
(1968 - 2024) 
WOMEN
Year, Champion's Name, Country.
2024 IVANOVA JELENA, Latvia

2023 POVILONIENE VILMA, Lithuania

2022 SOBOLEWSKA KUCHARSKA ANNA, Poland

2021 SKYTTA HANNA, Finland

2020 SKYTTA HANNA, Finland

2019 MAZUMDER MOUMITA, India

2018 BROGGIA NERINA, Argentina
2017 HALAVEI HALINA, Cyprus
2016 TOLEDO YAMILA VANESSA, Argentina
2015 VLASOVA MARINA, Russia
2014 SOROKINA-KUKRES ALEKSANDRA, Lithuania
2013 TOLEDO YAMILA VANESSA, Argentina
2012 KOZLOVSKAJA VALENTINA, Belarus
2011 TOLEDO YAMILA VANESSA, Argentina
2010 VLASOVA VERA, Russia
2009 ISIDOROVA ALINA, Latvia
2008 TOLEDO YAMILA VANESSA, Argentina
2007 JELENA FRENKEL, Israel
2006 MILERIUTE JOLANTA, Lithuania
2005 JAKOVLEVA OLGA, Russia
2004 BORISOVA SVETLANA, Latvia
2003 PUGACHEVA SVETLANA, Russia
2002 DEGUTIENE LILIJA, Lithuania
2001 GLAGOLEVA VIKTORIA, Russia
2000 BURINSKAJA MARINA, Latvia
1999 MISEVICIENE SIMONA, Lithuania
1998 MISEVICIENE SIMONA, Lithuania
1997 MISEVICIENE SIMONA, Lithuania
1996 KAMINSKAITE IDALIJA, Lithuania
1995 KOVALKO TATJANA, Belarus
1994 KAMINSKAITE IDALIJA, Lithuania
1991 MURNIKOVIENE NATALIA, Lithuania
1990 MURNIKOVIENE NATALIA, Lithuania

MEN
Date, Name, Country
2024 RAHUL JOSHI, India

2023 ALEKSEJ LAPSHIN, Estonia

2022 VASILIJ BESPALENKO, Ukraine

2021 ARTUR KAMIENIAK, Poland

2020 MAROS KANASZ, Slovakia

2019 GOLAP RABHA,  India

2018 ALEKSANDR SACHAROV, Uzbekistan

2017 MAROS KANASZ, Slovakia
2016 JORG FUCHS, Germany
2015 AHMADI ARASH, Iran
2014 ANDREJ RUMIANCEV, Estonia
2013 ANDRZEJ BRZEZINSKI, Poland
2012 PIR SARANDIB MEHDI, Iran
2011 NAFTEJ SINGH, India
2010 DHARMENDER SINGH, India
2009 ALEKSANDR SCIOGOLEV, Russia
2008 DARIUS BUKSNAITIS, Lithuania
2007 ALEKSANDR SEVCOV, Estonia
2006 ALEXANDR LIUBOMIROV, Latvia
2005 IVAN SERGEJEV, Russia
2004 ALEKSANDR MASLOVSKIJ, Latvia
2003 AIVARS VISOCKIS, Latvia
2002 RADIK MANAFOV, Lithuania
2001 ALEKSANDR MASLOVSKIJ, Latvia
2000 RADIK MANAFOV, Lithuania
1999 DARIUS BUKSNAITIS, Lithuania
1998 RICARDAS GURSKAS, Lithuania
1997 ROLANDAS POCIUS, Lithuania
1996 ALGIRDAS KILCIAUSKAS, Lithuania
1995 SERGEJ OGORODNIKOV, Russia
1994 ALGIRDAS KILCIAUSKAS, Lithuania
1991 OLEGAS ZURAS, Lithuania
1990 OLEGAS ZURAS, Lithuania
1989 VIKTORAS JUCYS, Lithuania
1988 VIKTORAS JUCYS, Lithuania
1987 VIKTORAS JUCYS, Lithuania
1986 ROLANDAS BUCINSKAS, Lithuania
1985 ALGIRDAS IVANAUSKAS, Lithuania
1984 VINCAS DUBICKAS, Lithuania
1983 VINCAS DUBICKAS, Lithuania
1982 JEVGENIJ GORELIK, Lithuania
1981 SAULIUS MISEVICIUS, Lithuania
1980 VLADAS KAPCEVICIUS, Lithuania
1979 OLEV ANNUS, Estonia
1978 OLEV ANNUS, Estonia
1977 STASYS CUKANOVAS, Lithuania
1976 RISARDAS KRINICKIS, Lithuania
1975 RISARDAS KRINICKIS, Lithuania
1974 VYTAUTAS ZENKEVICIUS, Lithuania

1970 ANTANAS MINEIKIS, Lithuania
1969 ANTANAS MINEIKIS, Lithuania
1968 LEONAS PIVORIUNAS, Lithuania

International Secretary EDITA SENDRIENE

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2025. ONE SINGLE MONTH‘S  RECORD – OVER 200 000 INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SITE WWW.WFF.LT.

PLEASANT FACTS. POSITIVE RECOGNITION OF OUR LONG LASTING WORK DONE.

After March, 2025 we can underline the fact that the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International Internet Site www.wff.lt still is very popular among World bodybuilders. No one ever wrote such analytical articles about history of bodybuilding, about the contemporary situation. For example only today we counted 14 223 attendants who were reading our materials.

We have another record of the Individual Attendants of the month - the International Site had over 200 000 attendants in August. It means that so many sport lover are interested in the materials we present as no other International Bodybuilding and Fitness Site writes such actual facts and information as we do.

ONE SINGLE DAY RECORD – OVER 21 000 INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANTS OF THE INTERNET SITE WWW.WFF.LT.

It is not a surprise that so many sport lovers attend the Official Internet Site www.wff.lt of the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation) International every day. All over the World no any other Official Site of any International Sport Organization in different languages dares to publish actual articles on the urgent and important sport matters. Nobody else but we, nowhere else but on the www.wff.lt .

Not long ago the Official Internet Site of the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International www.wff.lt had a Record Day of Attendance – that were over 21 000 individual visitors per 24 hours.

OTHER INTERNATIONAL SPORT ORGANIZATIONS THOROUGHLY STUDY INTERNET SITE WWW.WFF.LT.

Not long ago N.A.B.B.A. (National Amateur Body Building Associoation) International copied our articles and suggested it‘s members to study thoroughly interesting information that is published on the Official Site of the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation)  International www.wff.lt .

Some time ago another International Bodybuilding Organization W.B.P.F. (World Bodybuilding and Physique Federation) also wrote on it‘s Official Internet Site the suggestion to study the information that is published on the Official Site of the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F.  International www.wff.lt :

WBPF Secretariat Global News (https://www.facebook.com/pages/WBPF-Secretariat-Global-News/168466259989236?fref=ts)

«BRAZILIAN JOURNALIST QUESTIONS AND EXPOSED THE IFBB. PLEASE CLICK www.wff.lt and read the article. SHOCKING NEWS, VERY INTERESTING».

INFORMATION.

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FIRST IN SPORT HISTORY OFFICIAL RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONAL BODYBUILDING FEDERATION WAS CREATED IN U.S.S.R..

HISTORIC F.I.H.C. BODYBUILDING „MR. UNIVERSE“ CONTESTS.

WORLD BODYBUILDING ENCYCLOPEDIA.

Today the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation)  International unites 141 Country – Members and organizes nearly 60 annual Amateur and Professional International Events World Wide. Looking from the juridical point of view the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International is no doubt the Real World Bodybuilding Leader.

Crowning it‘s 60 years of  International Bodybuilding activities, the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F.  works on the Unique Global International Bodybuilding Project -  the „World Bodybuilding  Encyclopedia“ («Энциклопедия всемирного культуризма», “Pasaulio kultūrizmo enciklopedija”).

HISTORIC F.I.H.C. BODYBUILDING „MR. UNIVERSE“ CONTESTS.

Since 1947 until 1969 a member of the I.O.C. (International Olympic Committee) International Weightlifting Federation F.I.H.C. (previor F.I.H., Federation Internationale Halterophile) ruled the World‘s official bodybuilding sport and organized International bodybuilding contests. The Over All Champions of the first F.I.H.C. „Mr. Universe“ competitions were pupils of BOB HOFFMAN (Robert Collins Hoffman, 1898-1985) Americans STEVE STANKO (1917 – 1978; 1947 F.I.H.C. „Mr. Universe“ in 1947 in Philadelphia, USA) and JOHN GRIMEK (John Carroll Grimek, 1910-1998; 1948 F.I.H.C. „Mr. Universe“ during the „Olympic Games“ in London, UK).

In 1963 following F.I.H.C. regulations the U.S.S.R. Sport Ministry (Goskomsport) set the first in the World‘s sport history International Bodybuilding Organization. International Sport Federation I.F.B.B. (International Federation of Body Builders) was established by General Secretary F.I.H.C. OSCAR STATE only in 1970 in Belgrade (Yugoslavia).

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WORLD BODYBUILDING HISTORY.

DIRTY BODYBUILDING IN ESTONIA.

WORLD BODYBUILDING ENCYCLOPEDIA.

Today the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation)  International unites 140 Country – Members and organizes nearly 60 annual Amateur and Professional International Events World Wide. Looking from the juridical point of view the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International is no doubt the Real World Bodybuilding Leader.

Crowning it‘s 60 years of  International Bodybuilding activities, the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F.  works on the Unique Global International Bodybuilding Project -  the „World Bodybuilding  Encyclopedia“ («Энциклопедия всемирного культуризма», “Pasaulio kultūrizmo enciklopedija”).

There will be four books of the Encyclopedia. The first book will cover period of time from the old times to 1973. The work on the Encyclopedia goes on.

DIRTY BODYBUILDING IN ESTONIA.

INNAR MARDO (1946-2002; Inaras Mardo, Иннар Мардо)  was the most important Estonia bodybuilding persons ever. Several days we were studying the thirty years lasting correspondence between the President of the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS (Др. Эдмундас Даубарас) and INNAR MARDO. INNAR MARDO was and still is the unique historical Estonia bodybuilding leader and the real soul of bodybuilding in Estonia. Twenty years ago INNAR MARDO presented to DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS historical documents on the Estonia International contest „Georg Tenno Memorial“ („Georgo Tenno Memorialas“, «Мемориал Георга Тенно», 1971 - 2025).

HAVING A WISH DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN DO IT.

Multiple letters of INNAR MARDO tell us about many unknown and forgotten facts and stories. We are surprised of the inner powewr of INNAR MARDO when his bodybuilders betrayed him and when many Estonian organizers treated him very badly. The reason is clear – they envyed him and his talent so much. We would like to underline that for several years best bodybuilders of the U.S.S.R. and Socialist countries were pupils of INNAR MARDO Estonians OLEV ANNUS  and INDREK OTSUS. Both bodybuilders were winners of the most important International U.S.S.R. competitions – the „Amber Prix International“ („Gintarinis prizas“, «Янтарный приз», is still running, 1968 - 2025) and the „Georg Tenno Memorial“ (organized in 1971-2025). Also under the guidance of INNAR MARDO both bodybuilders won several International competitions in various Socialist countries.

Think of this - who are those bodybuilders and organizers without INNAR MARDO? In some cases the enemies of INNAR MARDO were successful and INNAR MARDO had to leave the National Estonia bodybuilding federation. By the way, Lithuanians were not very happy of the strong Estonia bodybuilding and helped the enemies of INNAR MARDO in their dirty works. The Lithuanians were led by ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS and some official from Kaunas city. Especially big fight against IONNAR MARDO was after the tenth „Georg Tenno Memorial“ But after this no one Estonia bodybuilding organizer ever reached the highness of the work done by INNAR MARDO. The level and inside power was very low of them.

In the “World Bodybuilding Encyclopedia” year after year we will speak about the activities of those above mentioned “heroes”. It is a pity that at the end of his life INNAR MARDO had no enough power to reach the previous hights of the glory of Estonia bodybuilding. The glory that was created by him – INNAR MARDO.

About these details we will speak in the second book of the Encyclopedia.

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WORLD BODYBUILDING HISTORY.

FIRST „GEORG TENNO MEMORIAL“.

After the first in the Socialist World Traditional International Bodybuilding Contest – the „Amber Prix International“ (1968 – 2025, „Gintarinis prizas“, „Янтарный приз») Estonia also started a new tradition. It lasted twenty years and it was the “Georg Tenno Memorial” (1971 – 1925, “Georgo Tenno Memorialas”, “Мемориал Георга Тенно»). The organizer of the “Georg Tenno Memorial” was the first National President W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Bodybuilding Federation)  Estonia INNAR MARDO. Today they call him the “Heart of Estonia Bodybuilding”. The contest was organized in 1971 in the capital of Estonia City Tallinn.

In 1971 at the first  “Georg Tenno Memorial” participated athletes of four countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. The Winners in the Junior categories were Lithuanians KAZYS DAUGELA (Kaunas) and  VALDAS ALIUBAVICHUS (Vilnius); in the main categories Champions were VLADIMIR ZHITKOV (Владимир Житков, Russia), VIKTOR CHARKEVICH (Виктор Харкевич, Vilnius, Lithuania) and VLADIMIR DUBININ (Владимир Дубинин, Russia). The Over All Winners were VALDAS ALIUBAVICHUS and VLADIMIR DUBININ. VALDAS ALIUBAVICHUS and VIKTOR CHARKEVICH represented the only one in the Socialist Countries „Vilnius Bodybuilding School“ that was led by a talanted trainer CESLAV TAMULEVICH (Чеслав Тамулевич).

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WORLD BODYBUILDING HISTORY.

1991 “MR. URAL”.

BODYBUILDING TIMES OF CARPETS.

Before it started.

Time goes so fast and today in public often comes information which is far away from the truth. People who were not present at certain events are writing articles and books which are based on rumours. They pay no attention to the facts and opinion of the real participants of these events. For example, several years ago in Lithuania was issued a book “Lithuanian bodybuilding history” which carries facts that are not correct. Some time ago in Russia was issued a book about a famous Russia bodybuilder VLADIMIR DUBININ. For thirty  years VLADIMIR DUBININ  was the President of the National I.F.B.B. (International Federation of Body Builders)  Federation of  Russia. There are many not correct facts and interpretations on the history of the U.S.S.R. bodybuilding in the book.

Today after thirty years in internet appeared false information about the 1991 International “Mr. Ural” contest. The information is published by a former Russian bodybuilder OLEG ANDREJEV (Олег Андреев). People start discussing the angry letter of an U.S.S.R. official which he wrote on the background of rumours only.

Continuing our work on the unique International project of the “World Bodybuilding Encyclopedia” («Энциклопедия мирового культуризма», „Pasaulio kultūrizmo enciklopedija“)  in 2020 we plan to issue in various languages a book about the history of bodybuilding in the U.S.S.R.. There will be many historical documents, authentic stories and pictures and the reader will have a chance to see the historic happenings on different angle.

1991 “Mr. Ural” Contest

The organizer of the 1990-1991 “Mr. Ural” Contest in Ural Ufa City was ALTAF GALEJEV. For a number of years ALTAF GALEJEV  used to come with Ufa bodybuilding team to the  officially recognized World’s oldest traditional bodybuilding contest “Amber Prix International” (1968-2022, “Gintarinis prizas”, «Янтарный приз»). Participating at the 1991 “Mr. Ural” Contest contemporary President of the W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation) International DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS  and his wife were the invited personal guests of the organizer ALTAF GALEJEV.

Judges of the 1991 “Mr. Ural”.

Though at the 1991 “Mr. Ural” together with the U.S.S.R. bodybuilders participated teams of Germany, Holland and U.S.A. – the judges were only of the U.S.S.R. side. These judges in years were known one to another. To say more – these judges were trainers of the sportsmen, who participated at the 1991 “Mr. Ural” Contest and their personal interest in the competition results was very plain and clear. Even more: Lithuanian Judge ARVYDAS MILVYDAS some time before started working as the director of Vilnius sport centre. He had possibilities to offer money to bodybuilders. So he did. ARVYDAS MILVYDAS offered money to a number of known bodybuilders who were for many years trained by a famous U.S.S.R. trainer VITALIJ ASOVSKIJ. The bodybuilders of VITALIJ ASOVSKIJ without any hesitation left him and run to ARVYDAS MILVYDAS. Today when sport became totally commercial  it is nothing special about this, many athletes use to do this. But in the U.S.S.R. of 1991 it was a single unfair happening on the moral side. Having no trainer’s experience before it ARVYDAS MILVYDAS appeared at “Mr. Ural” Competition in Ufa with his team of known bodybuilders.

Judging

After the calculation of the 1991 “Mr. Ural” Contest results the awards ceremony started. Among the usual traditional awards for the winners were the carpets. To understand the situation now we should explain the situation of life in the U.S.S.R.. It is impossible to understand it easy for the contemporary people. Due to political situation for many years cars, carpets, spare parts for cars etc. were impossible to get in the U.S.S.R.. Only the trade unions of the U.S.S.R. were giving special licences for the best workers to buy these things. For German, Holland and U.S.A. participants of the 1991 “Mr. Ural” these carpets were of no value. But the representatives of the U.S.S.R. looked upon this differently. For them the carpets were of great value.  A scandal started during the award ceremony. German, Holland and the U.S.A. representatives did not agree with the judging and they insisted to cancel the judging results.

It was a break at the contest announced. Then the contest organizer ALTAF GALEJEV  collected official representatives of Germany, Holland and U.S.A. for a special meeting. The only one at the competition knowing well the English and the German languages DSc. EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS was present at the meeting too. The German team was led to Ufa by a famous National trainer of the German team. The team consisted of famous International athletes and among them AUREL HILLEBRAND – one of the winners of the 1991 Europe Championship. At the meeting the representatives spoke that “they came to a bodybuilding contest and not to the place of dividing carpets. Why ALTAF GALEJEV invited them to UFA if there is only the manipulation with carpets?” After the  discussion all of the representatives decided to change the results only in one category. They replaced Lithuanian OLEG ZUR with AUREL HILLEBRAND giving the first place to the German bodybuilder. Also OLEG ZUR had to give back to the German the carpets... AUREL HILLEBRAND  did not want to take the carpets saying he came to the bodybuilding competition and he does not need them. We would like to remind that later in 2004 Lithuanian OLEG ZUR was the over all I.F.B.B. World Champion in Moscow. By the way the 2004 I.F.B.B. World Championship was also full of intrigues. Any can find in various languages the historic documents, articles at the International Page www.wff.lt , read information on the main page and in the forum topics.

Scandal of carpets goes on.

Returned from 1991 “Mr. Ural” home the Lithuania bodybuilders were upset.  They told their story to the Secretary of the U.S.S.R. Bodybuilding Federation ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS. Hearing only one side and based only on words and rumours ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS wrote an angry letter to the President of the U.S.S.R. Bodybuilding Federation VLADIMIR DUBININ. Then a special Congress of the U.S.S.R. Bodybuilding Federation Council was announced. The Congress put punishment to the 1991 “Mr. Ural” organizer  ALTAF GALEJEV. Then ALTAF GALEJEV left the I.F.B.B. and started working with another International Federation.

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IMPRISONED WITH NOBEL PRIZE OWNER ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN.

GEORG TENNO – ESTONIA HEROE OF SOVIET TIMES.

SOCIALIST WORLD BODYBUILDING HISTORY.

In the sixties of the last century the greatest bodybuilding propaganda in the USSR was made by the Estonian weightlifter GEORG TENNO (Георгий Тэнно). GEORG TENNO was a former navy officer and participant of the Second World War. In 1948 due to a false accusement of spying against the USSR GEORG TENNO was arrested and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. It happened that GEORG TENNO was placed in the same prison cell together with the USSR disident ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN  (Александр Солженицын). During the imprisonment GEORG TENNO made five unsuccessfull attempts to run away. There is a story about GEORG TENNO in the famous book of ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN „Arkhipelag Gulag“ named „The Runaway“ “ («Убежденный беглец»). About GEORG TENNO ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN wrote: „He was the most stronger and the most brave of us...“. In 1970 Nobel Committee awarded ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN with the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Ending the fifties of the last century GEORGIJ TENNO was released from the prison. He started working at the USSR Institute of Scientific Studies of the Physical Culture (ВНИИФК, Всесоюзный научно исследовательский институт физической культуры).

In 1968 GEORG TENNO published his book „The Athletism“ («Атлетизм»). At once it became very popular. The book was full of information: training methods, recupperation after workouts and various diets. At that time this was a unique information. Though GEORG TENNO did not speak about the sources of his knowlidge but it was evident he used various foreign literature. The work at the institute gave him such opportunities. After imprisonment GEORG TENNO knew very well all political moments and he was carefull. Due to this in his book he wrote that „bodybuilding is not to stay in fron of a mirror. Bodybuilding is to strenthen the muscles that will serve to the country“.

Once VLADIMIR CIUDINOV in the USSR popular magazine „Sportivnaja žizn Rossii“ («Спортивная жизнь России») insisted that the USSR system of physical culture should accept the bodybuilding methods developed by GEORG TENNO. He speaks how GEORG TENNO translated information from the „West“ literature. Often he just copied the methodical information. GEORG TENNO never saw any diference between the bodybuilding and the „athletism“. Also GEORG TENNO thought that „everybody for himself is the advicer and the trainer“.

Suddenly when the prosecution of bodybuilding started GEORG TENNO  died in an accident. Who knows - maybe it was an accidental death.

To remember GEORG TENNO Estonians started organizing the „Georg Tenno Memorial“ («Мемориал Георга Тенно») contest in 1971. Fourteen Memorials were organized until 1989. For long years of the bodybuilding prohibition and prosecution in the Socialist Countries  „Georg Tenno Memorial“ and the historic „Amber Prix International“ („Gintarinis Prizas“, «Янтарный приз», 1968-2019) were the only one regular bodybuilding competitons in the Socialist Countries.

Remark: the documents of the „Georg Tenno Memorial“ collected by the President WFF-WBBF Estonia INNAR MARDO are kept in the archieves of the WFF-WBBF International Federation.

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