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Graeme Lancefield is a retired Australian bodybuilder best known for winning the 1991 NABBA Masters Mr Universe and the 1978 Mr Australia. HE IS NO LONGER WITH NABBA International
He is the current President of WFF Australia and World President of WFF International. [1] [2]
The Universe Championships are annual worldwide bodybuilding events organised by the National Amateur Body-Builders' Association (NABBA). Originally promoted as the Mr. Universe contest, the event was expanded to include women's classes in 1968. Notable previous winners include bodybuilder, actor, and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, and bodybuilder and actor Steve Reeves (1926–2000).
Roy "Reg" Park was an English bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. His first title was Mr Britain in 1949. He then won the Mr Universe in 1951, 1958 and 1965. He also starred in five films, four featured as Hercules, and in one, Hercules in the Haunted World (1961), he co-starred with Christopher Lee. Besides his own career and titles, he is probably best known as an idol and mentor to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The National Amateur Body-Builders' Association, more commonly referred to as NABBA, was founded in 1950 by the Health & Strength League to promote bodybuilding. Although the original intention was to promote physique contests in the United Kingdom, the popularity of the Mr Universe contest, and later Ms Universe contest, drew interest from competitors around the world. Today NABBA International maintains affiliations with around 60 countries.
Serge Nubret was a French professional bodybuilder, actor and self published author. He won numerous bodybuilding competitions, including 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe (1976). Nubret was nicknamed "The Black Panther."
Lee Andrew McCutcheon is a competitive bodybuilder. He is a former International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) professional bodybuilder and a current National Amateur Body-Builders' Association (NABBA) professional athlete.
Dennis Tyron James is a German-American retired IFBB Pro bodybuilder.
Mustafa Mohammad is a retired IFBB professional bodybuilder.
Earl Maynard is a bodybuilder and professional wrestler as well as a film actor, producer and director from Barbados.
Ronny Rockel is a former IFBB professional bodybuilder from Germany.
John Lees was an English bodybuilder and later a professional wrestler who won Mr. Universe in 1957.
Oscar Frederick Heidenstam was a Cyprus-born British bodybuilding champion and physical culturist. He was president of the World Amateur Body Building Association (WABBA), the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA), and NABBA International. He is said to be 'The Father of British Bodybuilding'.
Dayo Audi is active in the sport of bodybuilding, not only as a competitor but also in training fitness enthusiasts and athletes up to national level. Dayo Audi achieved professional status in 1999, competing for the first time in the Masters Olympia in the US in August 2003, where he achieved 11th place.
Filippo Massaroni was an Italian bodybuilder. In his career he has won the championship title amateur NABBA, Mr Universe in 1981.
Jack Delinger was an American professional bodybuilder. He won the 1949 AAU Mr. America and the 1956 Mr. Universe.
Arthur Robin is a Guadeloupean-born French former professional bodybuilder. He won the 1957 Mr. Universe championship. He was the first Black winner of the competition.
The Mr. Australia contest, now known as the Australian Championships, is a bodybuilding contest for men and women organised by WFF Australia. It includes fitness, figure, bikini and sports model competitions. The Australian Championships is a National Qualifier for major international events.
Bodybuilding in Australia traces its early history to the 1940s. In 1947 the first large scale national bodybuilding contest was held, and since then bodybuilding has continued to grow within Australia. It has diversified from originally being largely male-dominated to having equal, or in some instances more, women competitors. Australia has both produced high performing bodybuilders, such as Lee Priest, and also hosted some historically significant events in the field, such as the IFBB Mr Olympia in 1980 where Arnold Schwarzenegger was the winner.
Connie Garner is a fitness competitor and NABBA Miss World Fitness. She won the Miss World Fitness title in 2000.
Calum von Moger is an Australian actor and bodybuilder.
Yaacov (Kobi) Ifrach is an Israeli bodybuilder. Kobi is the only Israeli to win Mr. Universe Junior on behalf of the NABBA Association. As of 2019, Kobi holds a professional card, and one of the few Israelis to hold that card, and the youngest of them to win it (22).
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