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The World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships is an annual event held in cities around the world. This event, formerly known as IFBB Mr. Universe , is a male bodybuilding contest organised by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB) and first held in 1959.
Mr. World − World Bodybuilding Guild (WBBG; competition defunct) Mr. America. Mr. America − Amateur Athletic Union (AAU; previously) / INBF (previously) [2] Mr. America − IFBB − (competition defunct) Mr. Olympia − IFBB (previously) / IFBB Pro League; Mr. Universe − National Amateur Body-Builders' Association (NABBA) Miss Physique ...
IFBB Mr. Universe, now the World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships , a male bodybuilding contest organised by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB) NABBA Mr. Universe, a Pro/Am competition at the Universe Championships annual bodybuilding event.
The Arnold Sports Festival brings the world of professional bodybuilding and fitness to Columbus for this multi-sport fitness competition that will include 12,000-plus athletes from more than 80 ...
Women's bodybuilding classes were included from 1968 as Ms Physique and then divided in 1986 into Ms Physique and Ms Figure. The Ms Physique class was discontinued from 2010 at the Universe Championships, however Miss Trained, Athletic, and Toned Figures are now offered. In 1985, a Junior Mr Universe class was included for men under 21 years.
Wide World of Sports was the first U.S. television program to air coverage of – among events – Wimbledon (1961), the Indianapolis 500 (highlights starting in 1961; a longer-form version in 1965), the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1962), the Daytona 500 (1962), the U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1962), the Monaco Grand Prix (1962 ...
The National Amateur Body-Builders' Association, more commonly referred to as NABBA, was founded in the United Kingdom in 1950 by the Health & Strength League to promote bodybuilding. Although the original intention was to promote physique contests in the UK, the popularity of the Mr Universe contest, and later Ms Universe contest, drew ...
The International Fitness and BodyBuilding Federation (IFBB) is an international professional sports governing body for bodybuilding and fitness. Headquartered in Las Rozas de Madrid, it oversees many of the sport's major international events, notably the World and Continental Championships. [3] [4]