September 19, 2026 · Södertälje, SWEDEN

2026 Better Bodies Challenge

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NPC

Titles & special awards

Overall winners

Timmy NilssonOverall Winner · MEN'S BODYBUILDING – Super Heavyweight

Mats HofstadOverall Winner · MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE – Class B

Gaute HaugenOverall Winner · MEN'S PHYSIQUE – Class D

Josefine GaliamoutsaOverall Winner · WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE – Class A

Viktoria SallerOverall Winner · FIGURE – Class C

Melina SjolanderOverall Winner · BIKINI – Class D

Sweden

Solveig Kjoren GjelstadOverall Winner · WOMEN'S WELLNESS – Class A

Ida KvesethOverall Winner · FIT MODEL – Class B

Results by category

MEN'S BODYBUILDING (9 divisions · 31 results)

Super Heavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Timmy Nilsson
2	Ludwig Haggstrom
3	Vetle Pedersen
4	Johan Nyberg

Heavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Jesper Jylhanlahti
2	Jonathan Persson
3	Simon Holm Ljungberg
4	Erik Sund
5	Albin Ekblom

Light Heavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Atal Sahar
2	Hilal Azeez
3	Keivan Gomanian	Sweden
4	Elias Wallstrom
5	Oskari Puhakka

Middleweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Sharif Alikhan
2	Pontus Hung

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Timmy Nilsson
2	Jesper Jylhanlahti
3	Jakub Zeleznak
4	Erik Sund
5	Elias Wallstrom
6	Albin Ekblom
7	Ali Alshiblawi
8	Jerry Poutanen

Masters 40+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Keivan Gomanian	Sweden

Masters 50+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Tom Landstrom
2	Joakim Bom
3	Sammy Zabel

Masters 60+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Sammy Zabel
2	Pentti Rosendahl

Junior

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Elias Wallstrom

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE (8 divisions · 38 results)

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Lasse Telnes
2	Andreas Kvamme
3	Morteza Moradi
4	Erik Sund
5	Hugo Forslund
6	Maciej Matysek
7	Ali Alshiblawi
8	Tiitus Rapila
9	Mikael Gustafsson
10	Isaac Olander
11	Tobia Del Stabile

Masters 40+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Maciej Matysek

Masters 50+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Tom Landstrom
2	Joakim Bom

Masters 60+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Pentti Rosendahl

Class B

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Mats Hofstad
2	Ahmad Alchhabi
3	Andreas Kvamme
4	Simon Lexell-Pedersen
5	Tom Landstrom
6	Joakim Bom

Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Lasse Telnes
2	Hamza Alkojak
3	Adrian Lonning
4	Morteza Moradi
5	Martin Berglund
6	Erik Sund

Class D

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Trej Jonuzi
2	Johan Nyberg
3	Jens Brock
4	Maciej Matysek
5	Hugo Forslund
6	Tiitus Rapila
7	Mikael Gustafsson

Junior

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Martin Berglund
2	Jerry Poutanen
3	Tobia Del Stabile
4	Max Lindberg

MEN'S PHYSIQUE (7 divisions · 38 results)

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Gaute Haugen
2	Nuur Khalil
3	Kristoffer Bjorndal
4	Mustafa Naseeb
5	Ole Marius Braarud
6	Shukrullah Amiri
7	Svein Harald Moerkve
8	Hugo Forslund
9	Daniel Jerome Leon Koroma-Garrett
10	Rasul Rezae

Masters 40+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	George Balan
2	Sven Gunnel

Masters 50+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Svein Harald Moerkve
2	Johan Beutler
3	Daniel Palo
4	Jan Petter Henriksen
5	Torbjorn Lithner
6	Goran Lindeberg

Masters 60+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Jan Petter Henriksen
2	Thomas Svensson
3	Agne Larsson
4	Goran Lindeberg

Class B

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Ahmad Shihab
2	Faik Faik
3	Shukrullah Amiri
4	Rasul Rezae

Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Nuur Khalil
2	Mustafa Naseeb

Class D

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Gaute Haugen
2	Trej Jonuzi
3	Henrik Olsson
4	Johan Nyberg
5	Kristoffer Bjorndal
6	Ole Marius Braarud
7	Amirmohammad Golahmadinia
8	Svein Harald Moerkve
9	Hugo Forslund
10	Daniel Jerome Leon Koroma-Garrett

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE (4 divisions · 5 results)

Masters 35+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Louise Kjeldsen Nielsen

Masters 45+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Josefine Galiamoutsa

Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Josefine Galiamoutsa
2	Louise Kjeldsen Nielsen

Class B

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Elisabeth Rastelen

FIGURE (7 divisions · 25 results)

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Viktoria Saller
2	Therese Kindblom
3	Brynhild Rena
4	Silje Henriksen
5	Pernilla Valsinger

Masters 35+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Josefin Pettersson
2	Frida Birgitte Espenes
3	Marika Bergkvist
4	Therese Kindblom

Masters 45+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Miriam Lindberg
2	Silje Henriksen
3	Pernilla Valsinger

Masters 55+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Krista Ronnberg
2	Carina Dahlin

Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Josefin Pettersson
2	Miriam Lindberg
3	Therese Kindblom
4	Brynhild Rena

Class B

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Anja Pollestad
2	Krista Ronnberg
3	Pernilla Valsinger

Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Viktoria Saller
2	Marika Bergkvist
3	Maria Isolauri
4	Silje Henriksen

BIKINI (9 divisions · 89 results)

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Simona Granqvist Ahlvik
2	Denise Isesward
3	Anna Lovland
4	Tintin Loven
5	Katarina Barmsnes
6	Hanna Hansen Westad
7	Tova Astrom
8	Jessica Reusing
9	Ozlem Sandimoglu
10	Benedicte Saue Jacobsen
11	Lill-Tordis Valle Eidshaug
12	Marjoriitta Kauppinen
13	Susanne Meling Malmin
14	Heidi Akselsen
15	Lotte Johansen
16	Angelica Abjorn
16	Armelie Sumbu
16	Birgitte Lunde
16	Eira Isacsson Aakeroien
16	Josephine Ottosson
16	Katherine Eliassen
16	Kazhal Fatahi
16	Munkhzaya Bayaraa
16	Rita Kvam
16	Sandra Andersson

Masters 35+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Johanna Delin
2	Michaela Glingestam
3	Anna Lovland
4	Cathrine Hausvik Morkve
5	Emy Fogelberg
6	Lill-Tordis Valle Eidshaug
7	Marjoriitta Kauppinen
8	Susanne Meling Malmin
9	Munkhzaya Bayaraa
10	Josephine Ottosson
11	Kazhal Fatahi
12	Angelica Abjorn
13	Rita Kvam
14	Cecilia Larsson

Masters 45+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Cecilia Larsson
2	Laura Simola
3	Marja Makela
4	Eva Tsialios
5	Manja Ahl Svensson
6	Christina Olavsdatter Sunde

Masters 55+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Laura Simola
2	Marja Makela
3	Manja Ahl Svensson

Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Johanna Delin
2	Lill-Tordis Valle Eidshaug
3	Munkhzaya Bayaraa
4	Kazhal Fatahi

Class B

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Sofie Krokstrand
2	Tintin Loven
3	Tova Astrom
4	Emmie Ragnesand
5	Katherine Eliassen
6	Birgitte Lunde
7	Josephine Ottosson

Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Celine Klodner
2	Hanna Nyman
3	Simona Granqvist Ahlvik
4	Anna Lovland
5	Hanna Hansen Westad
6	Jessica Reusing
7	Emy Fogelberg
8	Ozlem Sandimoglu
9	Eva Tsialios

Class D

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Melina Sjolander	Sweden
2	Amanda Berglund
3	Sanna Ljung
4	Michaela Glingestam
5	Frida Waernborg
6	Cathrine Hausvik Morkve
7	Katarina Barmsnes
8	Benedicte Saue Jacobsen
9	Marjoriitta Kauppinen
10	Susanne Meling Malmin
11	Heidi Akselsen
12	Lotte Johansen
13	Sandra Andersson
14	Eira Isacsson Aakeroien
15	Armelie Sumbu
16	Angelica Abjorn

Junior

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Melina Sjolander	Sweden
2	Denise Isesward
3	Sofie Krokstrand
4	Emmie Ragnesand
5	Eira Isacsson Aakeroien

WOMEN'S WELLNESS (4 divisions · 10 results)

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Solveig Kjoren Gjelstad
2	Ebba Bengtsson
3	Melissa Erdogan
4	Pamela Ramirez

Masters 35+

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Pamela Ramirez

Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Solveig Kjoren Gjelstad
2	Emmelie Lundberg
3	Ebba Bengtsson
4	Pamela Ramirez

Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Melissa Erdogan

FIT MODEL (4 divisions · 11 results)

Novice

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Ida Kveseth
2	Linnea Krantz
3	Emilie Torgersen
4	Enkh-Oyun Baatar

Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Mina Hovland
2	Enkh-Oyun Baatar

Class B

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Ida Kveseth
2	Vicky Degiovanni

Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1	Jenna Saarikoski
2	Linnea Krantz
3	Emilie Torgersen