Arnold Sports Festival

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox sports league 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 popularityTemplate:Citation needed 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=barrett>Template:Cite news</ref>

Curiosities

  • Arnold Classic Ohio is the largest multi-sport championship in the world, ahead of even the Olympics.Template:Citation needed
    • 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.Template:Citation needed
  • 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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 rowspan=20 colspan=2 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=22 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=23 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Jackie Paisley rowspan=11 colspan=2 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=5 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=14 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=22 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=25 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=26 colspan=2 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=29 colspan=2 align="center" Template:N/A
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 rowspan="8" Template:N/A rowspan="8" Template:N/A 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 rowspan=4 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=4 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Branch Warren Template:Flagicon Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Template:Flagicon Sonia Gonzales
2013 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson rowspan=3 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=3 colspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Iris Kyle Template:Flagicon Tanji Johnson Template:Flagicon Candice Keene Template:Flagicon India Paulino
2014 Template:Flagicon Dennis Wolf rowspan=12 colspan=3 align="center" Template:N/A 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<ref>2018 Arnold Classic USA Scorecards</ref> 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<ref>2019 Arnold Classic USA Scorecards</ref> Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry Template:Flagicon Joshua Lenartowicz Template:Flagicon William Bonac Template:Flagicon Ryall Graber Template:Flagicon Cydney Gillon Template:Flagicon Janet Layug rowspan=4 align="center" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Natalia Abraham Coelho Template:Flagicon George Peterson
2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>[1]</ref> Template:Flagicon Nicholas Walker Template:Flagicon Iain Valliere Template:Flagicon Steve Kucklo rowspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Jennifer Dorie rowspan=3 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=1 align="center" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Terrence Ruffin
2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Samson Dauda Template:Flagicon Andrew Jacked Template:Flagicon Nick Walker Template:Flagicon Ariel Khadr Template:Flagicon Ramón Rocha Queiroz
2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Hadi Choopan Template:Flagicon Samson Dauda Template:Flagicon Rafael Brandão Template:Flagicon Wesley Vissers
2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Derek Lunsford Template:Flagicon Samson Dauda Template:Flagicon Andrew Jacked Template:Flag iconMike Sommerfeld

Arnold Classic International

Arnold Classic branding is also used for:

  • Arnold Classic Europe in Spain (since 2011)<ref name="5 Continents">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Arnold Classic South America in Brazil (since 2013)<ref name="5 Continents"/>
  • Arnold Classic Australia in Australia (since 2015)<ref name="5 Continents"/>
  • Arnold Classic Africa in South Africa (since 2016)<ref name="5 Continents"/><ref name="6 total">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Arnold Classic Asia in Hong Kong (only 2016)<ref name="6 total"/>
  • Arnold Classic UK in England (since 2021)
  • Arnold Classic Russia in RussiaTemplate:Cn

Winners

Year Europe<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> South America<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Australia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Africa<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Asia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> UK
2011 Template:Flagicon Victor Martinez<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> rowspan=2 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=4 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=5 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=5 align="center" Template:N/A rowspan=9 align="center" Template:N/A
2012 Template:Flagicon Shawn Rhoden<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 Template:Flagicon Phil Heath<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 Template:Flagicon Dennis Wolf<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Steve Kuclo<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Elssbiay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Kai Greene<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Kai Greene<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Dexter Jackson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Justin Compton<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Elssbiay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Lukas Osladil<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Brandon Curry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Johnnie O. Jackson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> rowspan=3 align="center" Template:N/A
2018 Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Marcelo da Cruz<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Roelly Winklaar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Tomas Kaspar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Juan Morel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon William Bonac<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 colspan=6 align="center" Template:N/A
2021 Template:Flagicon Michal Krizanek<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Flagicon Nathan De Asha<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

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