The 2024 Chicago Pro will take place on the weekend of July 19-20, 2024, in Chicago, IL, featuring 130 pros across nine IFBB Pro League divisions. Contest Promoter Tim Gardner will award 2024 Olympia Weekend qualifications to the winners of those contests if they have not already qualified.
2024 Chicago Pro Rosters
The rosters for all nine divisions are below, with names in alphabetical order:
Men’s Open
- Slavoj Bednar (Czech Republic)
- Tim Budesheim (Germany)
- Phil Clahar (United States)
- Stan De Longeaux (United States)
- Anthony Dellaventura (United States)
- Nathan Epler (United States)
- Mohamed Foda (Egypt)
- Jordan Hutchinson (United States)
- Brady King (United States)
- Seungchul Lee (South Korea)
- Justin Maki (United States)
- Reece Mcdonald (United Kingdom)
- Hassan Mostafa (Egypt)
- Felix Norman (United States)
- Sarhan Sarhan (Palestine)
- Robin Strand (Canada)
- Vladyslav Sukhoruchko (United Arab Emirates)
- Liang Yan (China)
212 Bodybuilding
- Marcello Alfonsi (Brazil)
- Peter Burmester (United States)
- Peter Castella (United States)
- Mike Condell (United States)
- Bo Lewis (United States)
- Darryl Mayfield (United States)
- Gary Ullrich (United States)
- Christopher Vitro (United States)
- Morad Zahir (Morocco)
Classic Physique
- Filippe Abreu (United States)
- Angel Bajana (United States)
- Terrence Bonds (United States)
- Camilo Diaz (Colombia)
- Carlos Dommar (Venezuela)
- Rohan Duncan (United States)
- Jonathan Esparza (United States)
- Austin Espy (United States)
- Eddie Lusk III (United States)
- Aaron Owens (United States)
- Marcus Perry (United States)
- Denis Romanov (Russia)
- Hamzah Saeed (United States)
- Wil Vaughn (United States)
- Kellen Wilson (Canada)
Men’s Physique
- Jo Cho (United States)
- Brad Estadt (United States)
- Sadik Hadzovic (United States)
- Ben Iverson (United States)
- Melvin Keihn (United States)
- Jacques Lewis (United States)
- Abisai Pietersz (Netherlands)
- Frankie Rodriguez (United States)
- Ahmed Shokry (Egypt)
- Denny Singh (United States)
- Mario Stewart (United States)
- Anthony Sullivan (United States)
- Jacob Swisher (United States)
- Dawid Wachelka (Poland)
- Deke Walker (United Kingdom)
- Mike Wynn (United States)
Women’s Bodybuilding (Ms. International)
- Mayla Ash (United States)
- Patty Corbett (United States)
- Cris Goy (United States)
- Hunter Henderson (United States)
- Nidia Hermosilla Ocampos (Paraguay)
- Lisa Kudrey (Canada)
- Christina Nalley (United States)
- Sherry Priami (United States)
- Wendy Sanchez (United States)
- Kyna Squarey (Canada)
- Monica Vega (United States)
Figure
- Cierra Alexis (United States)
- Amanda Almodovar (United States)
- Danielle Barros (United States)
- Yukina Betz (United States)
- Zulfiya Bitiyeva (Kazakhstan)
- Caeleigh Bowman (United States)
- Thais Cabrices-Werner (United States)
- Delisa Davis (United States)
- Adela Diaz (United States)
- Peyton Dutcher (Canada)
- Nelly Gonzalez (Mexico)
- Barbara Kiss (United Kingdom)
- Andi Lampart (United States)
- Georgina Lona (Mexico)
- Marcel Mayfield (United States)
- Elizabeth Nieder (United States)
- Cherish Richardson (United States)
- Mayra Rocha (Mexico)
- Stacey Steiner (Australia)
- Chie Terui (United States)
- Tamika Tucker (United States)
Bikini
- Hope Castelli (United States)
- Nicole Cerrini (United States)
- April Conley (United States)
- Nina Di Tommaso (United States)
- Katiuska Gintili (United States)
- Reijuana Harley (United States)
- Lizzie Martinez (United States)
- Koa Robinson (United States)
- Jule Schwabe (Austria)
- Cindy Van Empel-Popowich (Canada)
- Tianna Weymouth (United States)
- Jessica Wilson (United States)
Women’s Physique
- Paloma Barba (Mexico)
- Sarah Bow (Canada)
- Sammica Cash (United States)
- Suzanne Davis (United States)
- Gioconda Diaz (United States)
- Tricia Downing (United States)
- Lenka Ferencukova (Czech Republic)
- Ana Harias (United States)
- Rachael Heffner (United States)
- Natalie Juron (United States)
- Christina Kremser (Austria)
- Ji Hye Lee (South Korea)
- Stacey Lewis (United States)
- Amanda Machado (United States)
- Evon Pennington (United States)
- Hayley Perry (United States)
- Xin Qi (China)
- Marcie Simmons (United States)
- Romana Skotzen (United Kingdom)
- Autumn Swansen (United States)
- Nadia Vandal (Canada)
Wellness
- Sunny Andrews (United States)
- Ruth Bentson (United States)
- Pierrette Ebami (Canada)
- Stephanie Jones (United States)
- Germier Morgane (France)
- Yami Partridge (United States)
- Cara Saunders (Bahamas)
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Men’s Open Athletes to Watch
The weekend’s main event is the Men’s Open show, which dates back to 1988. The Chicago Pro has had past champions such as Hunter Labrada, Akim Williams, and Roelly Winklaar.
2023 Chicago Pro champion Justin Shier is not attempting a title defense in 2024. None of the Men’s Open competitors in the 2024 lineup have qualified for the 2024 Olympia going into this contest. Below are three of the top contenders for Shier’s vacated throne:
Hassan Mostafa
Egypt’s Hassan Mostafa is coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2024 Toronto Pro Supershow. He was clearly off the mark compared to his other pro show appearances.
He ranked 11th at the 2023 Olympia and has won three pro shows. His most recent win came at the 2023 Vancouver Pro. He last competed at the Chicago Pro in 2021 to a sixth-place finish.
Tim Budesheim
This is Tim Budesheim’s fifth show of the calendar year. His most recent show was the 2024 Vancouver Pro, where he finished second to winner John Jewett.
Budesheim most recently competed in the Chicago Pro in 2022, finishing fourth overall behind champion Antoine Vaillant. Budesheim has been in the mix for the win in several competitions since turning pro in 2019 but has not yet won a pro show or qualified for the Olympia.
Nathan Epler
This is Nathan Epler’s second time competing in the Men’s Open division. The 2019 NPC Junior Nationals champion was in the 212 division before this season. His highlight in that category is his 2021 New York Pro win. He ranked fifth at that year’s Olympia.
How To Watch the 2024 Chicago Pro
The 2024 Chicago Pro pay-per-view livestream is available here . All nine divisions will be aired live. Replays of the events will be available after the show concludes.
Kristoffer Berner is still on the competitor list for this event. He passed away the week before the show at the age of 42. The cause of his death is still unknown at the time of this article’s publication.
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