Kamal Elgargni Wins 2023 Masters Olympia as Contest Returns After 11-12 months Hiatus

For the primary time since 2012, a Masters Olympia champion was topped.

Written by Chris Colucci Final up to date on August 27, 2023

On the weekend of Aug. 26-27, 2023, the Worldwide Federation of Bodybuilding and Health (IFBB) held its first Masters Olympia competitors in 11 years. The return of the competition noticed rivals seem in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and 51-year-old Kamal Elgargni captured the Males’s Open Masters Olympia championship.

Elgargni beforehand received the 2019 212 Olympia and has now grow to be the second-ever professional bodybuilder to win titles in two Olympia divisions, alongside 2008 Mr. Olympia and 2012 Masters Olympia winner Dexter Jackson.

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The 2023 Masters Olympia contest was additionally the primary time members in 10 physique divisions took the stage competing for a Masters Olympia title: Males’s Open, 212, Males’s Physique, Basic Physique, Ladies’s Bodybuilding, Ladies’s Physique, Determine, Health, Bikini, and Wellness. In prior Masters Olympia contests, solely rivals within the Males’s Open, Determine, Health, and Bikini divisions participated.

As a Masters competitors, all rivals had been not less than 40 years previous on the time of competitors, apart from the Males’s Open, 212, and Ladies’s Bodybuilding athletes who had been required to be 45 or older.

Along with their share of $229,000 — one of many largest prize purses within the sport — champions in every division additionally earned {qualifications} to compete within the Olympia contest on Nov. 3-5, 2023 in Orlando, FL. Right here’s how every division within the long-awaited contest turned out.

Males’s Open

Kamal Elgargni — $20,000
Maxx Charles — $10,000
Phil Clahar — $5,000
Fred Smalls — $3,000
Kenneth B. Jackson — $2,000

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212

Hidetada Yamagishi — $10,000
David Henry — $5,000
Anwar Darwish Ali Al Balushi — $3,000
Ahmed Fawzi — $2,000
Jonni Shreve — $1,000

Basic Physique

Alejandro Cambronero — $10,000
Kelvin Hinde — $5,000
Ross Caeser — $3,000
Luis Garcia Martinez — $2,000
Tom Connelly — $1,000

Males’s Physique

Arya Saffaie — $10,000
Sharif Reid — $5,000
Dajuan Rico Freeman — $3,000
Myron Griffin — $2,000
Andrea Mosti — $1,000

Ladies’s Bodybuilding

Reshanna Boswell — $10,000
Barbara Moojen — $5,000
Virginia B. Sanchez Macias — $3,000
Donna Salib — $2,000
Silvia Matta — $1,000

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Ladies’s Physique

Ivie Rhein — $10,000
Caroline Alves Dos Santos — $5,000
Heather Grace — $3,000
Joanna Romano — $2,000
Susan Graham — $1,000

Determine

Jessica Reyes Padilla — $10,000
Donya (Dee) Jackson — $5,000
Gina Palma — $3,000
Corrie Morales — $2,000
Zulfiya Bitiyeva — $1,000

Health

Minna Pajulahti — $10,000
Stephanie Jones — $5,000
Tamara Vahn — $3,000
Jenny Price — $2,000
Debbie Fowler — $1,000

Bikini

Jessica Wilson — $10,000
Janine Herrera — $5,000
Nucia Freitas Samo — $3,000
Kerryne Henich — $2,000
Elisangela Angell — $1,000

Wellness

Nerilde Garcia Strey — $10,000
Simara Walter — $5,000
Oana Marinescu — $3,000
Tania Isabel Cunha Viegas — $2,000
Casey DeLong — $1,000

The final Masters Olympia occurred in Miami, FL in 2012 when Dexter Jackson earned a victory in what was, on the time, the ultimate Masters Olympia competitors. The 2012 occasion was, itself, the competition’s return after not being held since 2003. On the time of this writing, the IFBB has not but formally introduced if the Masters Olympia will stay an annual competitors or if it should once more take an indefinite break from the competition calendar.

Regardless, the 2023 contest was a primary alternative for knowledgeable rivals to showcase their physiques as a method to doubtlessly inspire similar-aged spectators and supply present (youthful) rivals a have a look at their long-term potential within the sport.

Featured Picture: @mastersolympiaofficial / Instagram

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