Imre Vähi and Kristina Koroljak – the top bodybuilding athletes of 2013
The year’s top athletes were honored on December 30 at a joint year-end celebration hosted by the Estonian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation and Fitness.ee. Imre Vähi was named male athlete of the year, while Kristina Koroljak took the female athlete of the year title.
Imre Vähi (FitLife sports club) was named male athlete of the year. This autumn, Imre won the classic bodybuilding title at the Estonian Championships and finished II overall behind Kiivikas. He was also in excellent shape a week later at the Nordic Championships, where he took first place in both his height category and the overall classic bodybuilding competition from a field of 6 competitors. Imre ended his season with IV place at the World Championships in Austria. These outstanding results earned him the male athlete of the year title.
This year’s female athlete of the year was Kristina Koroljak (Reval-Sport). Kristina Koroljak’s final year in the junior category got off to a successful start, and that success continued throughout the season. In Estonia, Kristina won both the cup competition in spring and the Estonian Championships in autumn. She also won at the open championships in Latvia and performed well at the World Ladies Cup. This year, Koroljak won the overall title at the Junior European Championships and her category in women’s fitness at the European Championships. Kristina Koroljak also won silver medals at both the Junior World Championships and the Women’s Fitness World Championships this year!
People’s choice: Anastasija Žerdetskaja (Reval-Sport). A total of 527 people took part in the public vote. Anastasija Žerdetskaja, who competed in both bikini fitness and bodyfitness this year, received the most votes, with 97.
See all of EKFL’s top athletes for 2013
Male athlete of the year: Imre Vähi (FitLife)
Female athlete of the year: Kristina Koroljak (Reval-Sport)
Male junior athlete of the year: Siim Kelner (Reval-Sport)
Female junior athlete of the year: Kristiina Koroljak (Reval-Sport)
Youth athlete of the year: Marius Lemming (TÜ ASK)
Men’s athletic fitness athlete of the year: Imre Uibokand (TÜ ASK)
Men’s physique athlete of the year: Imre Uibokand (TÜ ASK)
Women’s athletic fitness athlete of the year: Esta Pilt (TÜ ASK)
Men’s fitness athlete of the year: Oleg Anissimov (Reval-Sport)
Women’s fitness athlete of the year: Kristina Koroljak (Reval-Sport)
Bodyfitness athlete of the year: Darola Kruusik (TÜ ASK)
Bikini fitness athlete of the year: Egle Eller-Nabi
Classic bodybuilding athlete of the year: Imre Vähi (Fit Life)
Bodybuilder of the year: Ott Kiivikas (Reval-Sport)
Coach of the year: Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas (Reval-Sport)
Youth coach of the year: Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas (Reval-Sport)
Masters athlete of the year: Esta Pilt (TÜ ASK)
Child athlete of the year: Olga Zubar
Club of the year: Reval-Sport sports club, Tallinn.
Promotional initiative of the year: “How bodybuilders walked from Tartu to Tallinn for a workout”
See photos from the awards ceremony:
Marius Lemming accepting the youth athlete of the year award.
Siim Kelner was named male junior athlete of the year.
Esta Pilt is this year’s masters athlete of the year, women’s athletic fitness athlete of the year and women’s physique athlete of the year.
Anastasia Žerdetskaja won the public vote, with 97 of the 527 voters choosing Anastasija.
Egle Eller-Nabi is bikini fitness athlete of the year.
Oleg Anissimov is men’s fitness athlete of the year.
Ott Kiivikas was deservedly named male bodybuilder of the year.
Aldur Partasjuk, head of Reval-Sport sports club, accepting the club of the year award.
Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas was named both youth coach of the year and overall coach of the year.
Imre Vähi is male athlete of the year for 2013.
Congratulations to all the athletes on this wonderful year!
Estonian bodybuilding and fitness in 2013, in numbers: bodybuilding athletes of 2013
Competitions in Estonia
Tallinn Open Championships (6.04, Tallinn) 30 competitors
Southern Estonia Cup (13.04, Tartu)
Estonian Cup (20.04, Tallinn) 56 competitors, including 12 youth / junior competitors
Baltic Match (20.04, Tallinn) Kristina Koroljak 1st place (fitness, 4 competitors), Imre Uibokand 1st place (men’s physique, 6 competitors), Egle Eller-Nabi 1st place (bikini fitness, 7 competitors), Janar Rückenberg 1st place (classic bodybuilding, 5 competitors), Raigo Kuusnõmm 2nd place (bodybuilding, 6 competitors), Endla Vaher 2nd place (fitness, 4 competitors), Rain Kuusnõmm 3rd place (classic bodybuilding, 5 competitors), Siim Kelner 3rd place (junior bodybuilding, 7 competitors), Darola Kruusik 4th place (bodyfitness, 7 competitors), Nikolai Kornõšev 4th place (bodybuilding, 6 competitors), Andres Valgma 5th place (junior bodybuilding, 7 competitors), Peep Reinart 5th place (classic bodybuilding, 5 competitors), Kristina Aleksejeva 5th place (bikini fitness, 7 competitors), Reet Reimets 6th place (bikini fitness, 7 competitors), Ahti Jakson 6th place (bodybuilding, 6 competitors), Rene Jaanus 6th place (junior bodybuilding, 7 competitors), Esta Pilt 6th place (bodyfitness, 7 competitors), Harri Indus 6th place (men’s physique, 6 competitors), Kaisa Metsla 7th place (bodyfitness, 7 competitors)
Estonian Championships / Innar Mardo Memorial (12.10, Tallinn) 55 competitors, including 19 youth / junior competitors
Nordic Championships (19.10, Tallinn) Imre Vähi 1st place (classic bodybuilding -180 cm, 7 competitors) and 1st place (classic bodybuilding, overall), Ott Kiivikas 1st place (men’s bodybuilding, 4 competitors), Egle Eller-Nabi 1st place (bikini fitness +168, 12 competitors) and 1st place (bikini fitness, overall), Imre Uibokand 2nd place (men’s athletic fitness, 7 competitors) and 3rd place (men’s physique, 5 competitors), Taavi Merisalu 2nd place (classic bodybuilding +180, 5 competitors), Peep Reinart 3rd place (classic bodybuilding -180, 7 competitors), Fred Vunk 4th place (men’s athletic fitness, 7 competitors), Kristina Aleksejeva 4th place (bikini fitness -163, 9 competitors), Olga Jakovleva 4th place (bikini fitness +168, 12 competitors), Allar Vaet 4th place (men’s bodybuilding, 4 competitors), Riina Solomonova 5th place (bikini fitness -163, 9 competitors), Darola Kruusik 5th place (bodyfitness, 8 competitors), Boris Blinov 5th place (men’s physique, 5 competitors), Sten-Erik Villup 5th place (classic bodybuilding +180, 5 competitors), Ants Varblane 6th place (men’s athletic fitness, 7 competitors), Johanna Lond 6th place (bodyfitness, 8 competitors), Esta Pilt 7th place (women’s athletic fitness, 10 competitors), Janika Aavamägi 7th place (bikini fitness -163, 9 competitors), Reet Reimets 7th place (bikini fitness +168, 12 competitors), Tatjana Kreit 8th place (bikini fitness -163, 9 competitors), Kaisa Metsla 8th place (bodyfitness, 8 competitors), Rete Jallai 8th place (women’s athletic fitness, 10 competitors), Sigrid Kont 9th place (bikini fitness -163, 9 competitors), Aleksandra Laer 10th place (bikini fitness +168, 12 competitors), Kristina Nuut 11th place (bikini fitness +168, 12 competitors), Liis Vahter 12th place (bikini fitness +168, 12 competitors)
International competitions
Ladies World Cup (12.04, Kyiv) Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas 1st place (fitness 163+, 6 competitors, and overall winner), Kristina Koroljak 3rd place (fitness -163), Egle Eller-Nabi 3rd place (bikini fitness 168+), Endla Vaher 5th place (fitness 163+, 6 competitors), Aleksandra Laer 5th place (bikini fitness 168+), Tatjana Kreit 7th place (bikini fitness -168)
European Junior / Masters Championships (1. – 6.05, Santa Susanna) Kristina Koroljak 1st place (junior fitness -163, 4 competitors, and overall winner), Endla Vaher 1st place (junior fitness 163+, 7 competitors), Esta Pilt 6th place (masters 45+ bodyfitness, 10 competitors)
European Fitness Championships (1. – 6.05, Santa Susanna) Kristina Koroljak 1st place (fitness -163, 12 competitors), Endla Vaher 2nd place (fitness 163+, 7 competitors), Esta Pilt 2nd place (women’s athletic fitness -163, 4 competitors), Kristo Kauder 5th place (men’s athletic fitness 175+, 6 competitors), Egle Eller-Nabi 7th place (bikini fitness 168+, 20 competitors), Reet Reimets 16th – 20th place (bikini fitness 168+, 20 competitors)
European Bodybuilding Championships (10. – 13.05, Chisinau) Raigo Kuusnõmm 3rd place (bodybuilding -75, 7 competitors), Rain Kuusnõmm 4th place (classic bodybuilding -168, 9 competitors), Ott Kiivikas 5th place (bodybuilding -90, 11 competitors), Janar Rückenberg 7th place (classic bodybuilding 180+, 15 competitors)
Latvian Open Championships (19.05, Riga) Kristina Koroljak 1st place (fitness), Olga Zubar 2nd place (children’s fitness, ages 10-11), Aleksandra Laer 2nd place (bikini fitness 168+), Olga Jakovleva 3rd place (bikini fitness 168+), Kristina Nuut 4th place (bikini fitness 168+), Kristina Aleksejeva 4th place (bikini fitness -168), Tatjana Kreit 5th place (bikini fitness -168), Anastasija Zerdetskaja 5th place (bikini fitness 168+)
Women’s World Championships and Men’s World Fitness Championships (14. – 15.09, Kyiv) Kristina Koroljak 2nd place (women’s fitness -163, 11 competitors), Oleg Anissimov 2nd place (men’s fitness, 10 competitors), Esta Pilt 2nd place (women’s athletic fitness -163, 3 competitors) and 7th place (women’s physique, 9 competitors), Endla Vaher 5th place (women’s fitness 163+, 11 competitors), Egla Eller-Nabi 9th place (bikini fitness 168+, 28 competitors), Reet Reimets 16th – 28th place (bikini fitness 168+, 28 competitors)
Riga Pearl 2013 (22.09, Riga) Kristina Koroljak 1st place (fitness, 3 competitors), Endla Vaher 2nd place (fitness, 3 competitors), Johanna Lond 3rd place (fitness, 3 competitors), Olga Zubar 3rd place (children’s fitness, ages 10-11, 5 competitors), Olga Jakovleva 3rd place (bikini fitness 168+, 6 competitors), Aleksandra Laer 4th place (bikini fitness 168+, 6 competitors), Anastasija Zerdetskaja 6th place (bodyfitness, 7 competitors), Liis Kristiin Vaher 7th place (bodyfitness, 7 competitors), Janika Aavamägi 7th place (bikini fitness -168, 14 competitors), Tatjana Kreit 8th place (bikini fitness -168, 14 competitors)
PEPA GP (5.10, Opava) Egle Eller-Nabi 1st place (bikini fitness, 30 competitors), Reet Reimets 2nd place (bikini fitness, 30 competitors), Ott Kiivikas 5th place (bodybuilding -90, 10 competitors)
World Junior / Masters Championships (24. – 26.10, Ulaanbaatar) Kristina Koroljak 2nd place (junior fitness -163, 4 competitors), Endla Vaher 2nd place (junior fitness 163+, 3 competitors)
World Men’s Bodybuilding Championships (3. – 8.11, Marrakech) Ott Kiivikas 6th place (-90, 23 competitors)
World Classic Bodybuilding Championships (15. – 18.11, St. Poelten) Imre Vähi 4th place (-180, 15 competitors), Peep Reinart 6th place (-171, 10 competitors), Taavi Merisalu 15th place (-180, 15 competitors)
Statistics
14 athletes competed at six major championships (European and World Championships). Five athletes brought home 11 medals for Estonia.
World Championships: silver for Kristina Koroljak, Oleg Anissimov and Esta Pilt.
World Junior / Masters Championships: silver for Kristina Koroljak and Endla Vaher
European Championships: gold for Kristina Koroljak, silver for Endla Vaher and Esta Pilt, bronze for Raigo Kuusnõmm.
European Junior / Masters Championships: gold for Kristina Koroljak and Endla Vaher
Specialist training courses for bodybuilding and fitness coaches (levels I and II) took place in Tallinn on 15. – 17. and 22. – 24.03. and 13. – 15. and 20. – 22.09.
Professional qualification exams for coaches were held on 30.03 and 5.10. In spring, 39 people took the exam, of whom 13 passed, or 33 %. (Level I 31/11, level II 5/1, level III 3/1) In autumn, 35 people took the exam, of whom 14 passed, or 40 %. (Level I 29/11, level II 4/2, level III 2/1).
The EKFL training camp took place in Orissaare on 15. – 21.07. A bikini fitness and men’s physique training course and the Saaremaa Open Cup competition were held.
Developing young athletes
Youth training groups ran at the Reval-Sport and
Sparta clubs in Tallinn and the FitLife club in Tartu.
Fighting doping
At EKFL’s request, AS Estonian Anti-Doping carried out 3 out-of-competition tests. Two athletes – Ahti and Nikolai – refused testing and received 2-year competition bans (12.06.2013 – 11.06.2015). Argo Väli’s doping test was negative. Siim Veri tested negative at the Estonian Championships, as did Imre Uibokand and Ott Kiivas at the Nordic Championships.
Author: EKFL
Source:Turg.Fitness.ee
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