115 IFBB Pro League athletes competed at the 2025 Empro Pro in Alicante, Spain, on June 14-15. This show, led by promoter Emilio Martinez, hosted nine divisions in contests that served as 2025 Olympia Weekend qualifiers. The winners of each show would be eligible to compete for their divisions at the Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 9-12. If the winner had already qualified, then no other qualification was awarded.
2025 Empro Pro Results
The main event was the Men’s Open contest, won by Sasan Heirati of the United Kingdom. The final results for all nine shows are below:
Men’s Open
- Sasan Heirati (UK)
- Angel Calderon Frias (Spain)
- Justin Musiol (Germany)
- Kasozi Brian Drago (Netherlands)
- Antoine Loth (Spain)
- Stef Bruggink (Belgium)
- Kemal Topaloglu (UK)
- Dennis Friedrich (Germany)
- Dmitrij Anisimov (Switzerland)
- Oleksandr Bohdanov (Spain)
- Giulio Albi (Italy)
- Claudio Sergio (UK)
Classic Physique
- Mustafa Yildiz (Turkey)
- German Pastor (Spain)
- Valeri Enchev (Bulgaria)
- Johnpaul Lusana (Denmark)
- Julian Castano (Colombia)
- Yousef Aldosary (Saudi Arabia)
- Reiner Stimmler (Germany)
- Francesco Della Vedova (Italy)
- Patryk Jaskiewicz (Poland)
- Tamas Fustos (Hungary)
- Kevin Stutz (Austria)
- Zach Persson (Sweden)
- Daniel Foster (Austria)
- Momo Soumahoro (Italy)
Men’s Physique
- Mauro Fialho (Spain)
- Matheus Oliveira (Brazil)
- Igor Williams (Spain)
- Alvaro Rios (Spain)
- Mahmood Almaghrabi (Bahrain)
- Elton Pinto Mota (Portugal)
- Paul Gustave (France)
- Tamas Godo (UK)
- Jorge Corona (Mexico)
- Lenny Massouf (France)
- Fabian Kalin (Switzerland)
- Simo Idrissi (Morocco)
- De Mouta Moutaouafir (Spain)
- Andrea Amato (Italy)
- Marco Pinelli (Italy)
Tied for 16th
- Gerardo Cosimato (Italy)
- Michael Kent (UK)
Men’s Wheelchair
- Gabriele Andriulli (Italy)
- Blake Colleton (Australia)
- Oscar Gonzalez Gil (Spain)
- Jan Povysil (Czech Republic)
Women’s Bodybuilding
- Martina Lopez (Spain)
- Romana Skotzen (UK)
- Elizaveta Starchenko (Russia)
- Jozeffa Alajahji (Sweden)
Figure
- Denise Zwinger-Tynek (Germany)
- Vanessa Happle (Germany)
- Anna Koka (Ukraine)
- Celia Tunon (Spain)
- Snezhana Vlahova (Bulgaria)
- Adela Ondrejovicova (Slovakia)
- Kristina Zafirova (Slovenia)
- Gabriela Linhartova (Czech Republic)
- Diana Petry (Germany)
- Saionara Rebelo (Brazil)
- Karolina Wojcik (Poland)
- Anna Oblomova (Ukraine)
- Olena Mykhailiuk (Ukraine)
- Sara Pozzer (Italy)
- Montse Gil Segura (Spain)
Tied for 16th
- Svitlana Ivanina (Ukraine)
- Aleksandra Kucharska (Poland)
- Mira Roukala (Finland)
- Marina Zimmermann (Germany)
Bikini
- Ivi Escandar (USA)
- Lisa Reith (Germany)
- Gulsah Gorgulu (Turkey)
- Rukiye Solak (Turkey)
- Kirsty Taylor (UK)
- Carina Helander (UK)
- Ester Sala (Spain)
- Kateryna Spievakova (Ukraine)
- Aneta Szoltysek (Poland)
- Liliana Sakhanova (Sweden)
- Miriam Colmenero (Spain)
- Evelina Lahteenmaki (Sweden)
- Kaisa Kuusnomm (Estonia)
- Raphaela Rafisa Santos Costa (Italy)
- Lucia Rivero (Spain)
- Lubova Saponenko (Spain)
Women’s Physique
- Birgit Andersch (Austria)
- Julia Glazycheva (Russia)
- Paula Ranta (Finland)
- Sanna Nupponen (Finland)
- Kerstin Telker (Germany)
- Yasmina Gouaich (France)
- Marina Kassinopoullou (Cyprus)
- Mar Ruiz (Spain)
- Anshul Bhardwaj (India)
Wellness
- Danai Theodoropoulou (Australia)
- Catarina De Sousa (Portugal)
- Chery Figueroa Calix (Spain)
- Sara Pereira (Spain)
- Ana Maria Amante Gregorio (Spain)
- Mirtha Perez (Spain)
- Sara Bianca (Brazil)
- Catia Moreira (Portugal)
- Davina Salaberry (Spain)
- Paula Fernandez (Spain)
- Anlly Saenz (Spain)
- Lisa Beck (Germany)
- Lara Fernandez (Spain)
- Carolina Santana (Brazil)
- Yolanda Garcia De San Felipe (Spain)
Tied for 16th
- Kerry Mcmanus (UK)
- Chloe Salter (UK)
- Nadina Schaniel (Switzerland)
- Sirke Virkkunen (Finland)
- Dalila Keity Rocha De Almeida (Spain)
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Men’s Open Winner — Sasan Heirati
Heirati fought for his Olympia qualification all season before winning the 2025 Toronto Pro Supershow. His win here prevented other athletes from qualifying.
This is Heirati’s second consecutive pro win. After pre-judging, he and runner-up Angel Calderon Frias were separated by one point, but Heirati clinched the final victory.
Classic Physique Winner — Mustafa Yildiz
Mustafa Yildiz and German Pastor previously qualified for the 2025 Classic Physique Olympia before this event, making this a bragging rights matchup. Yildiz took gold this time around. Despite finishing second, Pastor’s Olympia qualification was unaffected.
Men’s Physique Winner — Mauro Fialho
Mauro Fialho was the lone male champion from the host country, winning the Men’s Physique championship with a perfect score to secure his spot on the Olympia stage in Las Vegas.
Men’s Wheelchair Winner — Gabriele Andruilli
Former Arnold Classic Pro Wheelchair winner Gabriele Andriulli went into the Men’s Wheelchair event as the favorite, and he left with gold over three opponents. Andruilli had led the Olympia Qualifying Points standings, which remains for this category. He is now off that list with his Wheelchair Olympia qualification secured thanks to his win.
Women’s Bodybuilding Winner — Martina Lopez
Martina Lopez is the eighth woman to qualify for the 2025 Ms. Olympia after her victory in Alicante. This was a significant win after she finished second in this contest one year ago.
Figure Winner — Denise Zwinger-Tynek
Germany claimed the top two spots in the Figure division show: Denise Zwinger-Tynek held off Vanessa Happle to earn her first pro win and Olympia qualification. Zwinger-Tynek ranked fifth in this contest in 2024; her pro debut.
Bikini Winner — Ivi Escandar
There were 16 athletes in the Bikini division show. Ivi Escandar held center stage at the end of the event. She and runner-up Lisa Reith were qualified for the 2025 Bikini Olympia before this contest.
Third-place finisher Gulash Gorgulu and the rest of the field have until Sept. 14, 2025, to win a pro show to punch their tickets to Las Vegas.
Women’s Physique Winner — Birgit Andersch
Birgit Andersch was on the Masters Olympia stage in 2023, but this is her first pro win and Women’s Physique Olympia qualification. The judges gave her a perfect score, and fans in attendance reported this was her best package since joining the pro ranks in 2022.
Wellness Winner — Danai Theodoropoulou
Danai Theodoropoulou was the runner-up in the 2024 Empro Pro Wellness show, but took the final step to the top in 2025. She can compete at the Wellness Olympia for the third consecutive year.
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