The Men’s Open division headlines this event in Spain.

Last updated on June 14th, 2024

The 2024 Empro Classic Pro bodybuilding show is slated for Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Alicante, Spain. This is a 2024 Olympia Weekend qualifying event, meaning the winners of each of the seven contests featured qualify for the 2024 Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 10-13, 2024, if not already qualified via a previous 2024 season pro show win.

The main event is the Men’s Open contest. Six other divisions are also featured: Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Figure, Bikini, Women’s Physique, and Wellness.

2024 Empro Classic Pro Rosters

The rosters for all seven divisions are below:

Men’s Open

• William Bonac (Netherlands)
• Kuba Cielen (United Kingdom)
• Stanimir Etov (Bulgaria)
• Sasan Heirati (United Kingdom)
• Anthony Jehl (France)
• Pawel Kowalski (Poland)
• Michal Križánek (Slovakia)
• Pablo Llopis Munoz (Spain)
• Morteza Mashayekhkordkola (United States)
• Reece Mcdonald (United Kingdom)
• Justin Musiol (Germany)
• Pascal Schlegel (Germany)
• Behrooz Tabani (Iran)
• Dan Thomas (Germany)
• Samir Troudi (United Arab Emirates)

Classic Physique

• Yemi Adefioye (United Kingdom)
• Geoffroy Bloa (Belgium)
• Carlo Junior Campana (Italy)
• Shane Cullen (Ireland)
• Eduardo Duarte (Portugal)
• Valeri Frizler (Germany)
• Andre Gerstner (Germany)
• Florian Hartlage (Germany)
• Edgard John-Augustin (United Arab Emirates)
• Mohammad Mahmoudi (Iran)
• Nestor Martinez Carbonell (Spain)
• Ferran Minana (Spain)
• Jonathan Moreno (Spain)
• Jose Manuel Munoz Quiles (Spain)
• Jose Luis Parreno Martorell (Spain)
• German Pastor (Spain)
• Zhivko Petkov (Bulgaria)
• Luca Reger (Germany)
• Javi Senas (Spain)
• Terrance Teo Kok Hua (Malaysia)
• Edwin Underwood (Italy)
• Ladislav Vozar (Slovakia)
• Dominik Woywat (Germany)
• Mustafa Yildiz (Turkey)

Men’s Physique

• Miguel Abibe (Portugal)
• Mohammad Al Hababi (Kuwait)
• Saud Al Khamees (Kuwait)
• Andrea Amato (Italy)
• Mauro Azzolina (Italy)
• Mattia Ballarini (Italy)
• Alessandro Colacchi (Italy)
• Happy Edodo Ogieva (Spain)
• Ali El Khtabi (France)
• Fabian Feber (Germany)
• Mauro Fialho Sales (Spain)
• Sotirios Gkatsis (Greece)
• Enrique Gutierrez (Spain)
• Dan Ibrahim (United States)
• Adama Jammeh (United Kingdom)
• Badmos Lawal (United Kingdom)
• Mikael Lega (Belgium)
• Daniel Leone (Italy)
• Rui Liu (China)
• Ruben Marques (Portugal)
• Jaime Maso Lopez (Spain)
• Lenny Massouf (France)
• Ziya Mousavi (United Kingdom)
• Matheus Nery Oliveira (Brazil)
• Sidy Pouye (Spain)
• Tobey Rasheed (Germany)
• Alvaro Rios (Spain)
• Matthias Roth (Germany)
• Andrea Santoro (Italy)
• Alessio Sbizzera (Italy)
• Omar Suleiman (United Kingdom)
• Dawid Wachelka (Poland)

Women’s Bodybuilding

• Nadia Capotosto (Italy)
• Viktoriia Knysh (United Arab Emirates)
• Vanesa Lloria Santana (Spain)
• Martina Lopez (Spain)
• Rebeca Roa (Mexico)
• Annabell Serfling (Germany)
• Elizaveta Starchenko (Russia)

Figure

• Petronella Bihn (Spain)
• Zulfiya Bitiyeva (Kazakhstan)
• Irene Donet (Spain)
• Maria Espinosa (Spain)
• Carolina Fernandez (Spain)
• Nadine Claudia Huber (Germany)
• Jeanne Kassel (Germany)
• Heidi Tamara Keim (Germany)
• Jenny Kurth (Germany)
• Natalia Lavgud (Russia)
• Gabriela Linhartova (Czech Republic)
• Letizia Nicolosi (Germany)
• Laura Ortolan (Italy)
• Diana Petry (Germany)
• Lena Ramsteiner (Germany)
• Mira Roukala (Finland)
• Leeni Sajalahti (Finland)
• Victoria Tonnesen Persson (Sweden)
• Veronica Triani (Italy)
• Ornella Turturro (Argentina)
• Anny Ishbel Viga Smith (Spain)
• Vanessa Weissmann (Germany)
• Amanda Winston (United Kingdom)
• Aksana Yukhno (United States)
• Claretta Zanettin (Italy)
• Denise Zwinger-Tynek (Germany)

Bikini

• Ornella Angileri (Italy)
• Jasmi Aprile (Italy)
• Odett Bernath (Hungary)
• Anastazja Biedka (Poland)
• Kristina Brunauer (Austria)
• Alice Cocco (Italy)
• Noemi Cosentino (Italy)
• Lucy Edwards (United Kingdom)
• Andreia Gomes (Portugal)
• Stine Hansen (Denmark)
• Irene Iravedra (Spain)
• Doriana Kandeva (Bulgaria)
• Jiahui Liu (France)
• Lilian Lopez Alonso (Mexico)
• Roberta Mangraviti (Italy)
• Ines Neves (Portugal)
• Rosario Orihuela Hammadi (Spain)
• Antonia Pettersson (Sweden)
• Lisa Reith (Germany)
• Liliana Sakhanova (Sweden)
• Celina Schulz (Germany)
• Anna Setlak (Italy)
• Rukiye Solak (Turkey)
• Renata Souckova (Czech Republic)
• Kateryna Spievakova (Ukraine)
• Rania Stamatiadou (Greece)
• Nina Suette (Germany)
• Kirsty Taylor (United Kingdom)
• Allison Testu (France)
• Liliana Viana (Portugal)
• Leonie West (United Kingdom)

Women’s Physique

• Blue Agle (Italy)
• Sandra Luz Armenta Miranda (Mexico)
• Dayana Cano Molina (Costa Rica)
• Silvia Cuartero Martinez (Spain)
• Lenka Ferencukova (Czech Republic)
• Sandra Knezevic (Switzerland)
• Yaiza Miranda Gonzalez (Spain)
• Sanna Nupponen (Finland)
• Frida Palmell (Sweden)
• Paula Ranta (Finland)
• Vanessa Schnurpfeil (Germany)
• Julia Schrade (Germany)
• Orsolya Trucza (Hungary)

Wellness

• Ana Maria Amante Gregorio (Spain)
• Leonida Ciobu (Moldova)
• Tania Isabel Cunha Viegas (Portugal)
• Tracy Eden (United Kingdom)
• Anna Ercolano (Italy)
• Jessica Eurenius Lopez (Sweden)
• Giovanna Favero Taques Loyola (Brazil)
• Paula Fernandez Lopez (Spain)
• Natalia Gorska (Poland)
• Katia Hermes (Brazil)
• Anzhelika Ispodnikova (Estonia)
• Catia Moreira (Portugal)
• Sara Pereira (Spain)
• Mirtha Perez (Spain)
• Ruth Petizco (Spain)
• Anlly Saenz Colombia
• Davina Salaberry (Argentina)
• Vanessa Silva (Portugal)
• Catarina Sousa (Portugal)
• Danai Theodoropoulou (Greece)
• Carlotta Tonelli (Italy)

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Men’s Open Athletes to Watch

Below are three of the Men’s Open athletes likely to catch the favor of the judges:

William Bonac

Two-time Arnold Classic champion and 2019 Mr. Olympia runner-up WIlliam Bonac will compete for the first time since finishing seventh at the 2023 Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH. Bonac has never competed in this contest before. His last win came at the 2022 Boston Pro on March 12, 2022.

Bonac seeks his seventh career pro win in 12 seasons. If he wins this show, he will qualify for his 10th Mr. Olympia contest.

Michal “Krizo” Križánek

“Krizo” is the defending champion of this contest. His win in 2023 qualified him for the 2023 Mr. Olympia, where he placed eighth. After dominating the IFBB Elite Pro, he has become a top star in the IFBB Pro League.

This is Križánek’s 2024 season debut, and he is a favorite to defend the title. This will be the first time he and Bonac have shared a stage as opponents.

Behrooz Tabani

Behrooz Tabani qualified for the 2023 Olympia by winning the 2023 Arnold Classic South America contest. However, the Iranian athlete could not get an approved visa to travel to Orlando, FL, for the Olympia that year, which was won by Derek Lunsford.

If Tabani wins this show, he will have nearly four months to prepare for his Olympia debut in Las Vegas. If not, he would have until Sept. 15, 2024, to win a pro show to secure an Olympia roster spot.

Other Notes

This event also features NPC Worldwide amateur contests, which are IFBB Pro League qualifying events. The winners who earn pro cards in the amateur competitions will be eligible to compete in the pro shows that same weekend.

All competitions will be available via livestream, courtesy of IFBB Pro League Spain and Emilio Martinez TV. Details of that stream can be found on the promoter’s website: https://ifbbprospain-streaming.es/

Featured Image: @william_bonac on Instagram