The 2024 Alina Popa Classic Pro women’s bodybuilding show is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Cluj, Romania. Promoter and 2018 Rising Phoenix World Champion Alina Popa will host 10 athletes who will take the stage with intentions of qualifying for the 2024 Ms. Olympia competition, a part of the 2024 Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 10-13, 2024.
The contenders for this show are below, with names in alphabetical order.
2024 Alina Popa Classic Pro Roster
- Irene Andersen (Sweden)
- Reshanna Boswell (United States)
- Ivana Dvorakova (Germany)
- Julia Foery (Switzerland)
- Jacqueline Fuchs (Switzerland)
- Cris Goy (United States)
- Martina Lopez (Spain)
- Masoumeh Moharami (Iran)
- Alida Opre (Hungary)
- Orsi Trucza (Hungary)
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Athletes to Watch
This is the penultimate Olympia qualifier for this division before the Sept. 15, 2024, cutoff date. None of the athletes on this roster have qualified for the 2024 Olympia going into the contest. Any competitor can win this event, but the three below are the early favorites.
Reshanna Boswell
Reshanna Boswell was ninth at the 2023 Ms. Olympia but is coming off a 10th-place finish at the 2024 Rising Phoenix on Aug. 24, 2024, won by Angela Yeo. Boswell was the 2023 Masters Olympia champion and has won three pro shows in this division. She started her career in the Women’s Physique division but moved to Women’s Bodybuilding in 2020.
Jacqueline Fuchs
Jacqueline Fuchs of Switzerland will enter her second pro show of the 2024 season. Before this event, she ranked fourth at the 2024 Mr. Big Evolution Pro show.
Fuchs has not yet been on the Olympia stage but has had one pro win: the 2018 Lenda Murray Pro. Fuchs has been in the pro ranks since 2015 but took a three-year sabbatical from 2019 to 2021.
Martina Lopez
Martina Lopez is a rookie. She competed twice in the 2024 season. Her best finish was second at the 2024 Empro Pro.
Lopez earned her pro card at the 2023 Amateur Olympia in Orlando, FL. If she qualifies, some fans think she could be a potential podium contender at the Olympia.
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