WORLD AMATEUR RANKING LIST

(Since 1898, All Traditional Federations;

only first 100 places from over 12000 Athletes;

Counting only Official Recognized Contests;

Results presented after 2025 "Olympia" and World Championships).

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Competitor's Name Country Points Place

SCHWARCENEGGER ARNOLD USA-AUSTRIA 287 1

TAYLOR VINCE ANTHONY USA -GERMANY 286 2

JACKSON DEXTER USA 286 2

CUTLER JAY USA 285 3

PEARSON TONY USA 284 4

COLEMAN RONNIE USA 284 4

ROBINSON ROBBY USA 283 5

SARCEV MILOS USA -YUGOSLAVIA 282 6

RICHARDSON BILL UK 281 7

RHODEN SHAWN USA 281 7

CHARLES DARREM USA 280 8

CHRISTIAN MIKE USA 279 9

PASTEL THIERRY FRANCE 278 10

KANAS MAROSZ SLOVAKIA 275 11

PHILLIPS TERRY UK 271 12

OLIVA SERGIO USA-CUBA 270 13

LOVE RON USA 268 14

CLAIRMONTE CHARLES UK 266 15

DILLETT PAUL CANADA 264 16

DICKERSON CHRIS USA 264 16

SCHMIDT SONNY NEW ZEALAND 262 17

BANNOUT SAMIR LEBANON 261 18

ZANE FRANK USA 260 19

KAWAK EDUARDO FRANCE 260 19

COE BOYER USA 256 20

CURRY BRANDON USA 255 21

CITRONE JOHN UK 255 21

PAINE GEORGE USA 252 22

MALDONADO JOHNNY USA 252 22

HEATH PHIL USA 252 22

ANNUS OLEV ESTONIA-FINLAND 251 23

HANDLEY JAMES USA 249 24

GASPARI RICH USA 248 25

TINERINO DENNIS USA 247 26

KOSZEWSKI "ZABO" IRVIN USA 246 27

JOHNS DAVE USA 246 27

LABRADA LEE USA 244 28

LAWRENCE IAN SCOTLAND 242 29

GALLUCCI BOB USA 242 29

HANEY LEE USA 240 30

GRANT BILL USA 240 30

PARK REG UK 236 31

BIRDSONG BOB USA 236 31

WALLER KEN USA 235 32

BOOS JOHN USA 235 32

RAY SHAWN USA 234 33

LOPEZ ANIBAL USA 234 33

BESPALENKO VASILIJ UKRAINE 233 34

STRYDOM GARY USA 232 35

HALL KENNY USA 232 35

GULLIANI ED USA 232 35

DODD JOE USA 231 36

POOLE HAROLD USA 230 37

MAKKAWY MOHAMED EGYPT 230 37

FAUTZ CHARLES USA 230 37

PARIS BOB USA 229 38

COVINGTON KEN USA 229 38

BECKLES ALBERT UK 229 38

POLIAKOV STANISLAV LATVIA-ISRAEL 228 39

COLLRAS CHARLES USA 225 40

CORNEY ED USA 224 41

SANTIAGO ELMO USA 223 42

HOLIC ANTON CZECHOSLOVAKIA 223 42

FULLER JOHNNY UK 223 42

ROSS CLANCY USA 222 43

PETERS DON USA 219 44

PEACOCK ART USA 218 45

DE MEY BERRY HOLLAND 218 45

BROWN JOHN USA 218 45

GRYMKOWSKI PETE USA 217 46

BENAZIZA MOHAMMED ALGERIA-FRANCE 217 46

FREDERICK WARREN USA 213 47

BROWN LEON USA 213 47

DUBICKAS VINCAS LITHUANIA 212 48

RODRIGUEZ CARLOS USA-ARGENTINA 211 49

GUZMAN JOSE USA 211 49

DAYTON MICHAEL USA 211 49

CALLENDER ROY CANADA 209 50

WLODAREK JAN POLAND 208 51

JUCYS VIKTORAS LITHUANIA 208 51

SMOLANA REINHARD GERMANY 207 52

LEONARD GARY USA 207 52

VIATOR CASEY USA 206 53

VANDENSTEEN PIERRE BELGIUM 205 54

SIPES CHUCK USA 205 54

COOPER BERNIE UK 205 54

MARSH JJ USA 204 55

FRIEDLAND DION SOUTH AFRICA 204 55

VELIKOIVANENKO BORIS RUSSIA 203 56

ORRAO ERIC FRANCE 203 56

MICHALIK STEVE USA 203 56

HARRIS ARTHUR USA 202 57

FERRIGNO LOUIS USA-ITALY 202 57

MISEVICIUS SAULIUS LITHUANIA 201 58

YATES DORIAN UK 201 58

VRANICAR MARTY USA 200 59

KONO TOMMY USA 200 59

IVANAUSKAS ALGIRDAS LITHUANIA 200 59

EMMOTT TONY UK 200 59

DRAPER DAVE USA 200 59

SHANDOR FRED USA 199 60

RUDMAN JANKO SWEEDEN 199 60

MALAKAUSKAS VIDMANTAS LITHUANIA 199 60

KROGER RALPH USA 199 60

KEENE ALLEN USA 199 60

YOURTON CHESTER USA 199 60

DZIKEVICIUS DAINIUS LITHUANIA 199 60

KING JACK USA 198 61

KATZ MIKE USA 197 62

GORELIK JEVGENIJ LITHUANIA 196 63

DUVAL ROY UK 196 63

MENTZER MIKE USA 195 64

KUEHN KENT USA 195 64

HILLIGEN ROY USA-SOUTH AFRICA 195 64

NICOLETTI VICTOR USA 193 65

ROSS DON USA 192 66

QUINN MIKE USA 192 66

BUCHANAN BRIAN UK 191 67

PANDOLFO ANTHONY USA 190 68

MALEK MICHAIL RUSSIA 189 69

KOSENKO PAVEL ESTONIA 189 69

HARGITAY MICKEY USA 188 70

BESAKIRSKAS ALBERTAS LITHUANIA 188 70

BALDWIN RICHARD USA 188 70

JOHNSON WILLIE USA 186 71

DEIANA GIUSEPPE ITALY 186 71

BEAVER DOUGLAS USA 186 71

THIERRY DINO GUADELUPPE 185 72

PLUMANS HUBERT BELGIUM 184 73

MABROUK EL SHAHAT EGYPT 184 73

ST JOHN BILL USA 183 74

KAPCEVICIUS VLADAS LITHUANIA 183 74

MC DONOUGH EDDIE UK 182 75

KING JEFF USA 182 75

GILCHRIST ELLIOT USA 182 75

NORMUND JURANS LATVIA 180 76

MORRIS JIM USA 179 77

TEUFEL RON USA 178 78

MOLNAR PETER HUNGARY 178 78

LEES JOHN UK 178 78

GRANT PAUL UK 177 79

ROBINSON EDDIE USA 175 80

KILCIAUSKAS ALGIRDAS LITHUANIA 175 80

ASHLEY MIKE USA 175 80

PETRAITIS RAIMONDAS LITHUANIA 172 81

KEMPER JOHN USA 171 82

WALKER ROGER UK 170 83

LAZZARO JOE USA 170 83

DUPREE DAVE USA 170 83

DOWE IAN UK 170 83

ALEKSANDROVICH VLADIMIR BELARUS 170 83

POWERS LARRY USA 169 84

ZUR OLEG LITHUANIA 168 85

YATES BROWN MARTIN UK 168 85

GULIANI ED USA 168 85

BAGHERZADEH REZA IRAN 168 85

SMITH CARL USA 167 86

NEVE PAT USA 167 86

LONG GREG USA 167 86

O'MALLEY WALTER UK 165 87

HEMSWORTH BILL UK 165 87

BOSLAND LEN USA 165 87

BOGDANOVICH VALERIJ BELARUS 165 87

THOMPSON RON USA 164 88

NUBRET SERGE FRANCE 164 88

MC LEAN ROY UK 163 89

CICHERILLO BOB USA 163 89

VERNATI ASCANIO ITALY 162 90

ORTIZ FREDDY USA 162 90

KLISANIN STEVE DANIEL USA 162 90

COLUMBU FRANCESCO ITALY-USA 162 90

POLSHIN ROMAN ESTONIA 160 91

MIERCZUK GUY FRANCE 160 91

LISTER GARRY UK 160 91

VERGIANI ANTONIO ITALY 159 92

LEWIS REG USA 159 92

SEVCOV ALEKSANDR ESTONIA 158 93

FOX BERTIL UK 158 93

MATARAZZO MIKE USA 157 94

REEVES STEVE USA 156 95

MENTZER RAY USA 156 95

BUCINSKAS ROLANDAS LITHUANIA 156 95

PEARL BILL USA 155 96

HILL PAUL USA 155 96

ABBENDA JOE USA 155 96

VASIN ALEKSANDR RUSSIA 154 97

DAWSON BOB UK 154 97

JOHNSON HARRY USA 153 98

MOHAMMAD MUSTAFA JORDAN-AUSTRIA 152 99

KEMP NICOLAS BELGIUM 152 99

NOCOLETTI VICTOR USA 151 100.

More information is on International Site www.wff.lt

W.F.F. - WORLD FITNESS FEDERATION.

10 YEARS OF WFF-WBBF POLE DANCE FITNESS.

WE CREATE FIRST NON DOPING FEDERATION.

In 1998 International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) threw away I.F.B.B. (International Federation of Body Builders) federation. Since that time bodybuilding is no more recognized sport. The exception is only former Communist Countries and some Asia organizations. They still finance I.F.B.B. federation. All other multiple bodybuilding federations have nothing to do with sport. This way they fool athletes.

But bodybuilders do not disappear. International bodybuilding will be led by the W.B.B.F. (World Body Building Federation).

Declaring fitness as being totally without doping we go another way. The World Fitness Federation (W.F.F., W.F.F. - International) it’s activities started with the historic “Amber Prix International” (“Gintarinis prizas”) contest in 1968. For many decades fitness was understood as a part of bodybuilding. Now it is time to separate them and we will do it. Basing on the sixty years of our work we start totally new fitness concept. We seek to make fitness an officially recognized sport. We aim to be Olympic too. You can learn International fitness sport history on Global Site  www.wff.lt .

10 YEARS OF WFF-WBBF POLE DANCE FITNESS.

Today nobody is surprised when already more than thirty years W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International presents new nominations and new categories at it’s competitions. Other federations are following and copying us. One of them is „Pole Dance Fitness“. First time this category was presented at the 2016 W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International events in Kretinga (Lithuania). The first in sport history Over All World „Pole Dance Fitness“ Champion is International Level Judge GINTARE STALIULIONYTE (Klaipeda, Lithuania).

More information is on International Site www.wff.lt

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

WF.F. – W.B.B.F. International Since 1968; 141 Country-Members)
MODEL FITNESS
World Championship Over All Winners
(2004 - 2025)
Year, Competitor's Name, Country.
2025 Bogacz Olga, Poland

2024 Bitineva 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

Chairman W.F.F. – W.B.B.F. International Judges Council Edita Sendriene

 

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

The History of the “Amber Prix”. Albertas Besakirskas – a prize-winner whose journey began during the years of the ban.

During the socialist period, Albertas Besakirskas, a bodybuilder from Kaunas’s “Olimpas” sports club, was one of the most prominent Lithuanian bodybuilders of his generation. Between 1978 and 1985, he competed in 21 events and finished among the prize-winners in all of them. As many as 15 of these competitions were international.

A particularly significant part of Albertas Besakirskas’s career was his participation in the “Amber Prix” tournaments. He competed in this international event six times and finished among the prize-winners on every occasion. This is not merely impressive statistics; it is evidence of his skill and consistency at a time when every international appearance was a significant achievement for Lithuanian bodybuilders.

Victories that became career highlights

Among Albertas Besakirskas’s finest achievements were his victories in his respective qualifying categories in 1981. That year, he won his category at the “Komsomol Cup” Championships in Kaunas, and later that same year he also won his category at the Georg Tenno Memorial in Tallinn.

These victories were important not only because of the places he achieved. They demonstrated that Lithuanian athletes were already capable of competing successfully on the international bodybuilding stage. Besakirskas was among those athletes whose performances helped establish the reputation of Lithuanian bodybuilding.

A story that began when bodybuilding was still banned

Albertas Besakirskas’s story is particularly remarkable because the beginnings of his international sporting path date back to a period when bodybuilding was still officially banned in the USSR.

In 1978, Dr. Edmundas Daubaras, working together with the Czechoslovak bodybuilding federation, was preparing a project for joint international competitions. Albertas Besakirskas, together with several other leading bodybuilders of the time, was included in the planned USSR national team.

Two competitions were envisaged. One was to take place in Klaipėda in 1979, during the “Amber Prix” tournament, while the other was planned in Czechoslovakia, during that country’s national bodybuilding championships.

Considerable preparations had already been made. During several visits by Dr. Edmundas Daubaras to the Czechoslovak Ministry of Sport, approval was obtained for such international events to be organized. The Czechoslovak side even sent personal invitations to members of the USSR national team. This was particularly important at the time, as such official invitations were essential for athletes seeking permission to travel abroad from the USSR.

Everything appeared to be ready for the international exchange.

But the project ultimately collapsed.

According to accounts from the period, Roman Kalinauskas, secretary of the then formally operating USSR bodybuilding federation, undermined Dr. Edmundas Daubaras’s initiative by submitting complaints to various authorities. Personal and institutional disagreements reportedly played a role: the initiative had not originated with Kalinauskas, and he himself had not been included in the planned delegation.

Thus, a carefully prepared project for international cooperation never became a reality.

The “Amber Prix” – more than just a competition

Albertas Besakirskas’s story also reveals the broader significance of the “Amber Prix.” At that time, the tournament was more than simply a sporting competition. It became one of the venues where Lithuanian bodybuilders could meet athletes from abroad, gain international experience and demonstrate their abilities on a broader stage.

Besakirskas’s six prize-winning appearances at the “Amber Prix” are an important part of this history. His results show that Lithuanian bodybuilders were not merely enthusiasts operating on the margins of organized sport. They were ambitious athletes capable of competing successfully at an international level.

Conclusion

Albertas Besakirskas was one of the athletes whose achievements helped shape the history of Lithuanian bodybuilding. Twenty-one competitions and twenty-one finishes among the prize-winners, six prize-winning appearances at the “Amber Prix,” and category victories in 1981 demonstrate an exceptional level of consistency and sporting ability.

Yet another aspect of his story is equally important. Besakirskas’s career developed during a period when bodybuilding in the USSR was subject to bans and severe administrative restrictions. Consequently, every international appearance represented not only a sporting challenge but also an organizational and political one.

Looking back today, Albertas Besakirskas’s story reminds us that Lithuania’s international bodybuilding achievements did not emerge by themselves. They were built by athletes, coaches and organizers who, despite the circumstances of the time, sought ways to enter the international arena. The “Amber Prix” was one of the platforms that made this possible.

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Six Decades of the “Amber Prix”: What Remains in Sports History.

After many years have passed, it becomes surprisingly easy to evaluate events, people, and the work they accomplished. Time creates distance, and the past seems clearer: we can identify the key dates, name the winners, and highlight the most important events.

But sports history is not merely a list of victories and results.

An individual victory is an important event at a particular moment. That year, it excites the sporting community, receives media attention, and is remembered. But a year later, there are new victories, new champions, and new names. Sport moves forward.

History requires more than a moment. History requires continuity.

That is precisely why six decades of the “Amber Prix” represent an exceptional phenomenon, not only in the history of bodybuilding in Lithuania, but in the broader history of Lithuanian sport as well.

Not One Victory, but Six Decades

The first “Amber Prix” tournament was held in Klaipėda in 1967, shortly after the first historic international bodybuilding event in Vilnius in 1966. At that time, Kaunas-based organizers shared their organizational experience with their colleagues in Klaipėda. From that first tournament, a tradition began which, despite political, social, and sporting changes, has never been interrupted.

Therefore, today the “Amber Prix” should not be viewed simply as another bodybuilding competition. Its principal value lies in its six decades of continuity.

The tournaments of 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997, 2007, and 2017 became landmarks reflecting different periods in Lithuania's history.

1977 – When It Took More Than Sporting Courage

The tenth “Amber Prix” tournament, held in 1977, took place during a particularly difficult period – the years when bodybuilding was banned and persecuted. It was not a time when bodybuilding events could be organized freely and without risk. Nevertheless, the tournament was held at the Klaipėda Sea Port Culture Palace.

This is where Dr. Edmundas Daubaras deserves particular recognition. He took the risk of defying the restrictions of the time and organized the competition.

Therefore, today the 1977 “Amber Prix” should be regarded as more than a sporting event. It was an example of determination, organizational will, and the resolve to preserve the sport.

1987 – From the Thaw to Official Recognition

The twentieth “Amber Prix” tournament took place in 1987, in a very different political environment – during Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika and the period commonly described as the political thaw.

Soon afterwards, and with the efforts of Dr. Edmundas Daubaras dating back to 1986, an officially recognized USSR Bodybuilding Federation was established in Moscow in 1987.

This period reveals another important characteristic of the “Amber Prix”: the tournament did not simply exist alongside historical change – it was itself part of that change.

At that time, the organization of sport was closely connected with state policy, official recognition, and the very possibility of the sport's existence.

1997 – Sport in Independent Lithuania

The thirtieth “Amber Prix” tournament was held in 1997 at the Mažeikiai Nafta Culture Palace.

This was already the period of independent Lithuania. The country, political system, opportunities for organizing sport, and society's attitude had all changed. It is also significant that, at that time, the activities surrounding the “Amber Prix” were supported by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. This demonstrated that bodybuilding had become part of the country's broader sporting life.

Thus, the thirtieth tournament marks more than another anniversary. It symbolizes bodybuilding's transition from a period of bans and restrictions into the sporting system of an independent state.

An International Dimension

The fortieth “Amber Prix” tournament was held in the impressive hall of LCC International University in Klaipėda.

Almost 300 athletes from nine countries took part. The event was financed through a separate allocation in the budget of the Republic of Lithuania, approved by the Lithuanian Parliament.

This moment is important because the “Amber Prix” was no longer merely a local or regional event. Its scale, number of participants, and international character demonstrated growing organizational expertise and the integration of Lithuanian bodybuilding into the international sporting arena.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the “Amber Prize,” Professor Alfred Gerstl, President of the Austrian Parliament, sent to Klaipėda a collection of original photographs of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was Governor of California at the time, as well as a film about his life.

The photographs were displayed in the foyer of the LCC building, while the film was screened for the large crowd of Klaipėda residents who had gathered for the competition.

2017 – The “Amber Prix” on the World Stage

The fiftieth tournament, held in 2017, became another historic milestone.

Approximately 200 athletes from 17 countries participated in the competition in Klaipėda. Yet the most important aspect was not simply the statistics.

A report about the event was broadcast by the global CNN television network. As a result, the names of the “Amber Prix”, Klaipėda, and Lithuania reached an international audience. It was the moment when a long-standing Lithuanian bodybuilding tradition entered a much broader global information space.

From a local tournament to an event known to a worldwide audience – that is the journey of six decades.

2027 – Approaching the Sixtieth Tournament

The sixtieth “Amber Prix” tournament is planned for May 2027 in Klaipėda. It will not be merely another anniversary event. A three-day program is planned, with distinguished guests invited and bodybuilding veterans honored.

A particularly important part of the anniversary will be a historical book, to be published in several languages, which will seek to reveal the place of the “Amber Prix” in Lithuanian and world sports history, as well as its connections with broader political and social processes.

This matters because history must not only be remembered – it must be recorded and passed on to future generations.

What Is Significant – and What Is Not?

Looking back over six decades makes it easier to understand what is temporary in sports history and what endures. A single victory is temporary. One result. One champion. One competition. All of these are important to the athlete, the coach, and the audience of that particular time. But historically, the greatest value belongs to what has continuity, influence, and lasting consequences.

The history of the Amber Prize demonstrates precisely this kind of continuity.

1967 – the beginning of the tradition.

1977 – preserving the tradition under conditions of prohibition.

1987 – the era of political thaw and official recognition of bodybuilding.

1997 – bodybuilding within the sporting environment of independent Lithuania.

2007 – state support and international scale.

2017 – reaching the global information space.

2027 – giving meaning to sixty years of history.

Conclusion

Six decades of the “Amber Prix” allow us to draw a simple but very important conclusion: sports history is created not only by winners. It is also created by the people who preserve a tradition for decades, despite changing circumstances.

Therefore, the significance of the “Amber Prix” is not limited to the number of tournaments held or the collection of medals won at them. Its significance lies in its historical continuity.

The tournament has survived the prohibitions of the Soviet era, political transformations, the restoration of Lithuania's independence, changes in the country's sporting system, and the age of globalization. During that time, athletes, coaches, venues, organizational conditions, and bodybuilding itself have all changed.

Only one thing has remained unchanged – the tradition.

That is why the forthcoming sixtieth “Amber Prix” tournament is not merely an occasion for celebration. It is an opportunity to look back, evaluate what has been accomplished, and record it for future generations.

Because after sixty years, we can clearly distinguish between a moment and history.

A moment passes. History remains.

And the history of the “Amber Prix” is now six decades long.