Warsaw, Poland, will host the 2023 Fitness Authority Poland Muscle Fest Pro bodybuilding show on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. This show will feature Men’s Physique and Bikini division contests, with the winners awarded 2024 Olympia qualifications for their respective divisions. Twenty-nine athletes will face the judges and fans in Warsaw.
023 Fitness Authority Poland Muscle Fest Pro Rosters
The rosters for both divisions are below:
Men’s Physique
- Andrea Amato (Italy)
- Omer Bahamed (Qatar)
- Alessandro Colacchi (Italy)
- Riccardo Croci (Italy)
- Youcef Djoudi (France)
- Mauro Fialho (Spain)
- Nuno Gomes (Portugal)
- Gabriel Ogunmakin (United Kingdom)
- Ireneusz Ptucha (Poland)
- Tyler Smith (United Kingdom)
- Viachaslau Tarasevich (Belarus)
- Oskar Tchorzewski (Poland)
- Dawid Wachelka (Poland)
- Rafal Zabawa (Poland)
Bikini
- Kristina Brunauer (Austria)
- Irene Iravedra Cunarro (Spain)
- Johanna Durr (Germany)
- Natasha Espin (United Kingdom)
- Valerya Fedorenko (Ukraine)
- Jessica Feeney (Ireland)
- Cassie Hunter (United Kingdom)
- Olivia Pohankova Kovac (Slovakia)
- Noemi Lavacca (Italy)
- Heather McDonald (United Kingdom)
- Zsofia Reka Molnar (Hungary)
- Renata Nowak (Poland)
- Sara Lujza Rogacsi (Hungary)
- Rania Stamatiadou (Greece)
- Dorottya Zoe Toth (Hungary)
- Babett Vongsanti (Hungary)
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Men’s Physique Athletes to Watch
Below are Men’s Physique athletes likely to reach first callouts:
Riccardo Croci
Riccardo Croci has won three pro shows in 2023. He will compete in the 2023 Men’s Physique Olympia in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5 thanks to his wins at the Tropicarium Budapest Pro and the Mile High Pro. Furthermore, his win at the 2023 British Championships Pro earned him a 2024 Olympia spot. So, this show allows him to gauge his progress leading to the 2023 Olympia while gaining momentum if he wins with nothing to lose.
Youcef Djoudi
Youcef Djoudi was on the Olympia stage in 2022 when he placed outside the top 15. His last showing overall was at the 2023 Masters Olympia, and he finished that show in 11th place. He is looking to redeem himself, and this could be a show that he does it.
Alessandro Colacchi
Alessandro Colacchi raised eyebrows when he finished the 2023 Italian Olympus Pro in sixth place. That was a seven-place jump for the rookie compared to his 13th-place finish at the Sheru Classic Italian Pro. His trajectory is going in the right direction, and he could continue rising up the ranks if he were to make a first callout in this show.
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Bikini Division Athletes to Watch
Below are three Bikini athletes likely to contend for the podium:
Kristina Brunauer
Like Croci, Kristina Brunauer will also be in Orlando for the 2023 Olympia, but she will be competing in the Bikini Olympia. The Sheru Classic France Pro winner will be in her ninth show since May 2023. If she wins this competition, she can take an extended offseason after the big show in November.
Valerya Fedorenko
Valerya Fedorenko has also had a busy year. This will be her seventh show of 2023, and she goes into it with two wins as well as her own 2023 and 2024 Olympia spots. She won the Europa Pro to take her 2023 qualification, and her Fitparade Pro win gave her a 2024 ticket.
Zsofia Reka Molnar
Another 2023 Olympia athlete is in this lineup. Zsofia Reka Molnar won the Tropicarium Budapest Pro show to earn that ticket to Orlando, but she would like to win a 2024 qualifying show to gain momentum as well.
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