Arnold Sports Festival

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The IFBB Pro Arnold Sports Festival, also known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival, is an annual multi-sport event consisting of professional bodybuilding (Arnold Classic), strongman (Arnold Strongman Classic), armlifting, fitness, figure, bikini and several others as a weekend expo. It was established in 1989 and is named after Arnold Schwarzenegger. The main event is held annually around late February or early March in Columbus, Ohio, by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Professional League (IFBB Pro League). It is considered the second-most-prestigious event in professional men's bodybuilding, physique, figure and bikini after Joe Weider's Olympia. When the Ms. International competition was hosted, until 2013, it was the second-most-prestigious event in professional female bodybuilding (after Ms. Olympia). Template:Arnold Schwarzenegger series

History

A lucrative sports competition, the ASF offers a number of large prizes. Most notably, first prize in bodybuilding consists of a $130,000 check, a Hummer vehicle, and an Audemars Piguet watch. Since the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding title pre-dates and offers higher prize money than the ASF, a rivalry in prestige and popularityScript error: No such module "Unsubst". has sprung up. The ASF is always hotly contested, often with one or two competition points separating the winners.

All-star cheerleading competitions span a two-day period (usually all day Saturday, and to midday Sunday). More than 4,000 competitors entered the cheerleading event in 2014. Each team (of 15–30 cheerleaders) prepares to perform a two and one-half minute routine. After the teams' routines are complete, they are scored by a panel of judges, each judge being an expert on one area of cheerleading (jumps, tumbling, stunting, etc.). Once scoring is complete, every team entered in the competition is called to the mat for awards, during which each team has a chance of winning multiple times. The ASF's awards consist of the following: National Champion jackets, trophies for every team, custom medals, limited edition patches and Grand Champion banners, and possible partial or full paid bid to Cheerleading World contests.[1]

On June 7, 2013, the ASF's event promoter, Jim Lorimer, announced that from 2014 on, the ASF's "212" (a professional, men's bodybuilding division) would permanently replace the Ms. International women's bodybuilding competition. Lorimer, in a statement, said "The Arnold Sports Festival was proud to support women's bodybuilding through the Ms. International for the past quarter century, but in keeping with demands of our fans, the time has come to introduce the Arnold Classic 212 beginning in 2014. We are excited to create a professional competitive platform for some of the IFBB Pro League's most popular competitors."[2]

On March 3, 2020 Ohio governor Mike DeWine cancelled most of the Arnold Sports Festival due to the oncoming COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, before any cases or deaths had been reported. The cancellation was widely regarded as 'radical' at the time.[3][4]

Curiosities

  • Arnold Classic Ohio is the largest multi-sport championship in the world, ahead of even the Olympics.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
    • There are around 20,000 athletes from more than 80 countries competing in 60 sports, while the 2024 Olympic Games brought almost 11,000 athletes in 32 sports and 48 disciplines. The Arnold is second only to the number of countries: 206 at the Olympics.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • The event also promotes several amateur sports for fans to learn about and practice.
  • The Arnold Classic Ohio is the second most prestigious event in professional bodybuilding, behind only the Mr. Olympia.
  • Jim Lorimer, who founded the Arnold Classic with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1989, was a special agent for the FBI.
  • Like Arnold, Lorimer ventured into politics, becoming mayor of Worthington, Ohio.
  • The biggest Arnold Classic Ohio champion is a woman, Iris Kyle (USA), with 7 titles (she is also the biggest Mr. Olympia winner, with 11 titles). Among men, Dexter Jackson (USA) is the biggest winner with 5 titles.[5]

Champions

Year Arnold Classic Ms. International Fitness International Figure International Bikini International 212 Women's Physique Men's Physique Classic Physique
Overall Best Poser Most Muscular Fan's Choice Award Most Entertaining Routine Overall Heavyweight Lightweight
1989 Template:Flagicon Rich Gaspari Template:Flagicon Jackie Paisley
1990 Template:Flagicon Mike Ashley Template:Flagicon Laura Creavalle
1991 Template:Flagicon Shawn Ray Template:Flagicon Tonya Knight
1992 Template:Flagicon Vince Taylor Template:Flagicon Anja Schreiner
1993 Template:Flagicon Flex Wheeler Template:Flagicon Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
1994 Template:Flagicon Kevin Levrone Template:Flagicon Laura Creavalle Template:Flagicon Carol Semple-Marzetta
1995 Template:Flagicon Mike Francois
1996 Template:Flagicon Kevin Levrone Template:Flagicon Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls Template:Flagicon Alexandra Béres
1997 Template:Flagicon Flex Wheeler Template:Flagicon Yolanda Hughes-Heying Template:Flagicon Carol Semple-Marzetta
1998 Template:Flagicon Susie Curry
1999 Template:Flagicon Nasser El Sonbaty Template:Flagicon Vickie Gates
2000 Template:Flagicon Flex Wheeler Template:Flagicon Vickie Gates Template:Flagicon Brenda Raganot Template:Flagicon Kelly Ryan
2001 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Coleman Template:Flagicon Dayana Cadeau Template:Flagicon Jenny Worth
2002 Template:Flagicon Jay Cutler Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Valentina Chepiga Template:Flagicon Susie Curry
2003 Template:Flagicon Cathy LeFrançois Template:Flagicon Jenny Lynn
2004 Template:Flagicon Iris Kyle Template:Flagicon Iris Kyle Template:Flagicon Dayana Cadeau Template:Flagicon Adela Garcia-Friedmansky
2005 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Brenda Raganot Template:Flagicon Jen Hendershott
2006 Template:Flagicon Iris Kyle Heavyweight category not held. Lightweight category not held. Template:Flagicon Adela Garcia-Friedmansky Template:Flagicon Mary Lado
2007 Template:Flagicon Víctor Martínez Template:Flagicon Kim Klein
2008 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Gina Aliotti
2009 Template:Flagicon Kai Greene Template:Flagicon Kai Greene Template:Flagicon Branch Warren Template:Flagicon Iris Kyle Template:Flagicon Jen Hendershott Template:Flagicon Živilė Raudonienė
2010 Template:Flagicon Adela Garcia-Friedmansky Template:Flagicon Nicole Wilkins-Lee
2011 Template:Flagicon Branch Warren Template:Flagicon Dennis Wolf Template:Flagicon Branch Warren Template:Flagicon Nicole Nagrani
2012 Best Poser category not held. Fan's Choice Award category not held. Template:Flagicon Branch Warren Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Sonia Gonzales
2013 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson Most Muscular category not held. Most Entertaining Routine category not held. Template:Flagicon Iris Kyle Template:Flagicon Tanji Johnson Template:Flagicon Candice Keene Template:Flagicon India Paulino
2014 Template:Flagicon Dennis Wolf Ms. International category not held. Template:Flagicon Oksana Grishina Template:Flagicon Ashley Kaltwasser Template:Flagicon James Lewis
2015 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson Template:Flagicon Camala Rodriguez-McClure Template:Flagicon Jose Raymond Template:Flagicon Juliana Malacarne Template:Flagicon Sadik Hadzovic
2016 Template:Flagicon Kai Greene Template:Flagicon Latorya Watts Template:Flagicon India Paulino Template:Flagicon Hidetada Yamagishi Template:Flagicon Autumn Swansen Template:Flagicon Brandon Hendrickson
2017 Template:Flagicon Cedric McMillan Template:Flagicon Candice Lewis-Carter Template:Flagicon Angelica Teixeira Template:Flagicon Ahmad Ashkanani Template:Flagicon Daniely Castilho Template:Flagicon Ryan Terry
2018[6] Template:Flagicon William Bonac Template:Flagicon Fred Smalls Template:Flagicon Roelly Winklaar Template:Flagicon Whitney Jones Template:Flagicon Kamal Elgargni Template:Flagicon Shanique Grant Template:Flagicon Andre Ferguson Template:Flagicon Breon Ansley
2019[7] Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry Template:Flagicon Joshua Lenartowicz Template:Flagicon William Bonac Template:Flagicon Ryall Graber Template:Flagicon Cydney Gillon Template:Flagicon Janet Layug 212 category not held. Template:Flagicon Natalia Abraham Coelho Template:Flagicon George Peterson
2020[8] Template:Flagicon William Bonac Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Elssbiay Template:Flagicon Missy Truscott Template:Flagicon Natalia Soltero Template:Flagicon Elisa Pecini Template:Flagicon Alex Cambronero
2021[9] Template:Flagicon Nicholas Walker Template:Flagicon Iain Valliere Template:Flagicon Steve Kucklo Figure International category not held. Template:Flagicon Jennifer Dorie Women's Physique category not held. Men's Physique category not held. Template:Flagicon Terrence Ruffin
2022[10] Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry Template:Flagicon William Bonac Template:Flagicon Ariel Khadr Template:Flagicon Cydney Gillon Template:Flagicon Lauralie Chapados Template:Flagicon Erin Banks
2023[11] Template:Flagicon Samson Dauda Template:Flagicon Andrew Jacked Template:Flagicon Nick Walker Template:Flagicon Ariel Khadr Template:Flagicon Ramón Rocha Queiroz
2024[12] Template:Flagicon Hadi Choopan Template:Flagicon Samson Dauda Template:Flagicon Rafael Brandão Template:Flagicon Wesley Vissers
2025[13] Template:Flagicon Derek Lunsford Template:Flagicon Samson Dauda Template:Flagicon Andrew Jacked GermanyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Mike Sommerfeld

Arnold Classic International

Arnold Classic branding is also used for:

  • Arnold Classic Europe in Spain (since 2011)[14]
  • Arnold Classic South America in Brazil (since 2013)[14]
  • Arnold Classic Australia in Australia (since 2015)[14]
  • Arnold Classic Africa in South Africa (since 2016)[14][15]
  • Arnold Classic Asia in Hong Kong (only 2016)[15]
  • Arnold Classic UK in England (since 2021)
  • Arnold Classic Russia in RussiaScript error: No such module "Unsubst".

Winners

Year Europe[16] South America[17] Australia[18] Africa[19] Asia[20] UK
2011 Template:Flagicon Victor Martinez[21] Event not held. Event not held. Event not held. Event not held. Event not held.
2012 Template:Flagicon Shawn Rhoden[22]
2013 Template:Flagicon Phil Heath[23] Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry[24]
2014 Template:Flagicon Dennis Wolf[25] Template:Flagicon Steve Kuclo[26]
2015 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson[27] Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Elssbiay[28] Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson[29]
2016 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson[30] Template:Flagicon Kai Greene[31] Template:Flagicon Kai Greene[32] Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson[33] Template:Flagicon Justin Compton[34]
2017 Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Elssbiay[35] Template:Flagicon Lukas Osladil[36] Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry[37] Template:Flagicon Johnnie O. Jackson[38] Event not held.
2018 Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek[39] Template:Flagicon Marcelo da Cruz[40] Template:Flagicon Roelly Winklaar[41] Template:Flagicon Tomas Kaspar[42]
2019 Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek[43] Template:Flagicon Juan Morel[44] Template:Flagicon William Bonac[45] Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek[46]
2020 Event not held.
2021 Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek[47] Template:Flagicon Nathan De Asha[48]

See also

References

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