The 2024 Balkan Grand Prix Pro is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The show will be a 2025 Olympia qualifying event for the IFBB Pro League’s 212, Figure, and Wellness divisions. Over 35 pros across divisions will compete in this show.
2024 Balkan Grand Prix Rosters
The full lineup for all three divisions is below, courtesy of the IFBB Pro League:
212 Bodybuilding
- Radoslav Angelov (Bulgaria)
- Jamal Changezi (United Kingdom)
- Francisco Navarro (Spain)
- Luca Pola United Kingdom)
- Lee Powell United Kingdom)
- Michael Schneider (Austria)
- Giuseppe Zagarella (Italy)
Figure
- Behnaz Azar (Iran)
- Grace Diliso (Italy)
- Michele Gasser (Austria)
- Svitlana Ivanina (Ukraine)
- Krisztina Meleg (Hungary)
- Sylwia Olszewska (Poland)
- Adela Ondrejovicova (Slovakia)
- Magui Alejandra Parra Tamayo (Spain)
- Hannah Prause (Germany)
- Elena Rakcheeva (Russia)
- Elin Sellgren Sweden
- Snezhana Vlahova (Bulgaria)
- Karolina Wojcik (Poland)
Wellness
- Suzanna Altunjan (Estonia)
- Rosa Benadero Munoz (Spain)
- Paula Dominguez (Spain)
- Catalina Dumitran (Romania)
- Belova Ekaterina (Russia)
- Nerilde Garcia Strey (Brazil)
- Anna Guseva (Russia)
- Houda Hmini (France)
- Shana Laugel (France)
- Mariia Morozova (Ukraine)
- Lexy Oliver (Italy)
- Maria Paulette (Spain)
- Alicia Romero (Spain)
- Susy Rosero (Colombia)
- Lisa Steele (Italy)
- Kristina Zdorikova (Russia)
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Wellness Athletes to Watch
Several fans of the Wellness division will be following this competition. These three competitors are likely to be contending for the win.
Lexy Oliver
Lexy Oliver has been a pro since 2022 and placed third at the 2024 Europa Pro. Experts see her as a future Olympia contender, but she has yet to win her first pro show and Olympia qualification. With many of the top stars entering the 2024 Wellness Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 11-12, 2024, this could be her opportunity.
Maria Paulette
Maria Paulette was one of the competitors in the first Wellness Olympia in 2021, tying for 16th place, but she has yet to return to the Olympia stage. A win here could lock her into the 2025 Olympia and give her significant time to prepare for that contest. Paulette’s last contest was the 2024 Sin City Showdown, and she finished in sixth place.
Kristina Zdorikova
Kristina Zdorikova will make her IFBB Pro League debut at this event. She earned her pro status at the 2024 NPC Worldwide Oksana Grishina International Classic Pro Qualifier, where she won the overall Wellness title.
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