1967 COMPETITIONS IN KLAIPĖDA.
THE BEGINNING OF THE “AMBER PRIX”.

In 1967, the first “Amber Prix” tournament held in Klaipėda became one of the most significant events in the history of bodybuilding sport. The competition marked the beginning of a tradition that has continued for six decades, making the “Amber Prix” one of the oldest bodybuilding tournaments in in the World today.

In Europe, only the National Amateur Body Building Association “Universe” contest, organized in England since 1950, has a longer history, while in the United States the “Mr. Olympia” contest has been held since 1965. Following these events, the Klaipėda-based “Amber Prix” continues its own distinguished history and traditions.

During the 1960s, a new sport emerged in Lithuania — bodybuilding. At that time, it was officially called “athletic gymnastics,” as the Western term “bodybuilding” was politically unacceptable in the Soviet Union. The sport rapidly gained popularity, and regular competitions began to be organized, including the “Amber Prix” tournaments. Viewed from today’s perspective, these events reflect not only the history of Lithuanian bodybuilding, but also that of the entire socialist world of the period. It was here that fitness later emerged as an independent sports discipline.

The first “Amber Prix” tournament took place in April 1967 at the Klaipėda Polytechnic School. The main organizer of the event was Antanas Jonuškutis (1942–2003). The competition consisted of two parts: in the first, athletes competed in strength exercises, while in the second they demonstrated muscular development and physical aesthetics.

A total of fourteen athletes participated in the inaugural tournament. Among them were already well-known competitors from Kaunas — Algimantas Ramanauskas (1944–2022), Primas Bieliūnas, Klemensas Alšauskas, and Gintautas Šiuolis. The winner of the first “Amber Prix” tournament was Klemensas Alšauskas.

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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
(1967 - 2026)

MEN
Date, Name, Country
2026 GRAZVYDAS NARUSEVICIUS, Lithuania

2025 SZYMON LUBECKI , Poland

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

1967 KLEMENSAS ALSAUSKAS, Lithuania

WOMEN
Year, Champion's Name, Country.
2026 NORGARD JASMIN, Kingdom of Denmark

2025 BOGACZ OLGA, Poland

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.

International Secretary UGNE RAUDYTE - DAUBARIENE

INFORMATION.
More detailed information on the Global International Site www.wff.lt, see forum topics.

Dr. Edmundas Daubaras Initiated the Establishment of the USSR Bodybuilding Federation in 1986.

Facts Known by Few.

During Mikhail Gorbachev’s period of “perestroika,” the persecution of bodybuilding in the Soviet Union became more formal than real. After the international “Amber Prix” tournament held in 1986, Dr. Edmundas Daubaras invited the most influential figures in Soviet bodybuilding of that time to his apartment. Among them were representatives of the RSFSR, Vladimir Subov and Vladimir Dubinin, as well as the representative of the Ukrainian SSR, Arkadij Kasanskij.

Vladimir Dubinin had been invited to the “Amber Prix” tournament by Dr. Edmundas Daubaras. Vladimir Dubinin after losing at the 1974 “Georg Tenno Memorial” competition, had withdrawn from sports activities for thirteen years and had almost completely disappeared from the bodybuilding community.

The main topic of the meeting was the necessity of establishing an official USSR Bodybuilding Federation. Dr. Edmundas Daubaras explained the existing situation to the RSFSR representatives and proposed initiating the federation’s creation. Preparatory work through the USSR Weightlifting Federation was to be carried out by the RSFSR representatives.

Why Was Romanas Kalinauskas Not Present at the Meeting?

There were several reasons for not inviting him. Earlier, Romanas Kalinauskas had not supported Dr. Edmundas Daubaras in his struggle against the ban on bodybuilding. According to witnesses, he had stated that he would not “risk his Communist Party membership card.” Moreover, he repeatedly obstructed Dr. Edmundas Daubaras’ initiatives. However, once the petition of Dr. EDmundas Daubaras defending bodybuilding succeeded and the situation changed, Romanas Kalinauskas stood beside those who had actively fought for the recognition of the sport.

Beginning in 1975, during university student exchange programs, Dr. Edmundas Daubaras visited Czechoslovakia several times. There he met with the President of the Czechoslovak SSR Bodybuilding Federation, Vojtech Fiala, and Vice President Professor František Bulva.

Under supervision of the sport ministry of the Czechoslovakian SSR it was agreed that the best Czechoslovak bodybuilders would be invited to Lithuania within the framework of the “Amber Prix” tournament, and later the strongest USSR athletes would travel to compete in Czechoslovakia. The first joint competition was scheduled for 1979.

However, seeing that Dr. Edmundas Daubaras’ plans were nearing implementation, Romanas Kalinauskas allegedly sabotaged the project, which had been prepared for several years, by filing complaints with various authorities. According to contemporaries, the primary reason was personal ambition and jealousy, as he himself had not contributed to what was then considered a unique international bodybuilding initiative.

History offers many examples of individuals who, lacking the courage or ability to act themselves, attempt to obstruct those who take initiative and strive for change.

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WORLD FITNESS FEDERATION (WFF-INTERNATIONAL)
WORLD BODYBUILDING FEDERATION (WBBF INTERNATIONAL)

SERIA INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2026

Nida, Lithuania, October 24–26, 2026

Over 300 international athletes gathered in Nida, Lithuania, for a series of prestigious international bodybuilding and fitness events.

FINAL RESULTS

OVERALL WINNERS

37th WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Diana Vasylijeva (Ukraine)
Iori Nishizawa (Japan)

Over All Women Aerobic Fitness Champion Amelia Idzikowska (Poland)

Over All Men Aerobic Fitness Champion Nazarii Sokolovskyi (Poland)

22nd WORLD PRO CHAMPIONSHIP
Marina Legenzova (Lithuania)
Piotr Sevcenko (Lithuania)

16th WORLD AMATEUR CUP
Eva Tejfalussy-Gesce (Hungary)
Piotr Soszynski (Poland)

16th WORLD PRO CUP
Iori Nishizawa (Japan)

41st AMATEUR WORLD GRAND PRIX
Jevgenija Stepanova (Lithuania)

19th PRO WORLD GRAND PRIX
Kamil Kowalczyk (Poland)

51st LITHUANIA CUP INTERNATIONAL
Ernestas Matukas (Lithuania)
Austeja Mazelyte (Lithuania)

3rd NERINGA MAYOR'S CUP
Dominika Volodina (Lithuania)

DIVISION AND CATEGORY WINNERS

Over All Fitness Dance Champion Ada Kurkowska (Poland)

Over All Fitness Show Champion Nina Kurkowska (Poland)

Over All Fitness Acrobatic Champion Lena Pankau  (Poland)

Over All Fitness Performance Champion Wiktoria Grabowska (Poland)

Over All Mini Trampoline Champion Katarzyna Malgorzata Rybak (Poland)

INTERNATIONAL JUDGES

General Judge Darius Daubaras (Lithuania)

Svetlana Pugacheva (Lithuania)

Aleksandra Kobielak (Poland)

Aleksej Filatov (Estonia)

Agata Pietrzyk (Poland)

Adele Guožerytė (Lithuania)

Kaoru Nagata (UK)

Alina Pelepko (Lithuania)

Anna Kwietniewska (Poland)

Iori Nishizawa (Japan)

Mantas Panavas (Lithuania)

Jelena Ivanova (Latvia)

Juzef Tamoševič Jakovič (Lithuania)

Meda Žemgulytė (Lithuania)

SECRETARIES
General Secretary Ugnė Raudytė Daubarienė (Lithuania)

Secretary Karolina Mlot (Poland)

Secretary Aneta Mucha (Poland)

BACKSTAGE JUDGES

Aistė Adomanskaitė

Vilius Rupeikis

David Melikov

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

Congratulations to all the champions and participants who contributed to the success of these international events!

Full results will be published soon.

For the latest updates, visit the official international website:
www.wff.lt

WORLD FITNESS FEDERATION (WFF-INTERNATIONAL)
WORLD BODYBUILDING FEDERATION (WBBF INTERNATIONAL)

SERIA INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2026

Nida, Lithuania, October 24–26, 2026

Over 300 international athletes gathered in Nida, Lithuania, for a series of prestigious international bodybuilding and fitness events.

FINAL RESULTS

OVERALL WINNERS

37th WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Diana Vasylijeva (Ukraine)
Iori Nishizawa (Japan)

22nd WORLD PRO CHAMPIONSHIP
Marina Legenzova (Lithuania)
Piotr Sevcenko (Lithuania)

16th WORLD AMATEUR CUP
Eva Tejfalussy-Gesce (Hungary)
Piotr Soszynski (Poland)

16th WORLD PRO CUP
Iori Nishizawa (Japan)

41st AMATEUR WORLD GRAND PRIX
Jevgenija Stepanova (Lithuania)

19th PRO WORLD GRAND PRIX
Kamil Kowalczyk (Poland)

51st LITHUANIA CUP INTERNATIONAL
Ernestas Matukas (Lithuania)
Austeja Mazelyte (Lithuania)

3rd NERINGA MAYOR'S CUP
Dominika Volodina (Lithuania)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

Congratulations to all the champions and participants who contributed to the success of these international events!

Full results will be published soon.

For the latest updates, visit the official international website:
www.wff.lt