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NPC Worldwide Argentina Open Capital

April 12, 2026
NPCW

Years: 2026 2025
Divisions: MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE MEN'S BODYBUILDING MEN'S PHYSIQUE FIT MODEL WOMEN'S WELLNESS BIKINI

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Ariel Ricca
heavyweight
1 Hernan Villalba
middleweight
1 Ariel Ricca 2 Jose Dirocco 3 Nicolas Victorino 4 Damian Lema 5 Abelardo Manuel Gallo De La Cuesta
novice
1 Dante Barisone 2 Abelardo Manuel Gallo De La Cuesta 3 Walter Diaz
true novice
1 Walter Diaz 2 Jonathan Fossati
masters 35+
1 Jesus Aldana 2 Nicolas Victorino 3 Dante Barisone 4 Nahuel Gustavo Cortes
masters 40+
1 Damian Lema 2 Mario De La Cruz 3 Facundo Sabato
junior
1 Jose Dirocco
lightweight
1 Jesus Aldana 2 Dante Barisone 3 Walter Diaz 4 Facundo Sabato

BIKINI

overall winner
Franca Pesci
novice class a
1 Debora Santillan 2 Belen Rosales 3 Rocio Ogando 4 Julieta Garcia 5 Romina Martinez 6 Nadia Tortorella 7 Melisa Miranda 8 Raquel Sotomayor 9 Daria Malkina
novice class b
1 Franca Pesci 2 Wanda Andrea Salas 3 Valeria Soledad Silva Rodriguez
true novice class a
1 Debora Santillan 2 Belen Rosales 3 Rocio Ogando 4 Julieta Garcia 5 Nadia Ochoa 6 Gloria Pavez Ramirez 7 Fiorella Damico 8 Nadia Tortorella
true novice class b
1 Franca Pesci 2 Wanda Andrea Salas 3 Valeria Soledad Silva Rodriguez 4 Morena Fuentes Leone
masters 35+
1 Franca Pesci 2 Melina Iannuzzi 3 Wanda Andrea Salas 4 Romina Martinez 5 Valeria Soledad Silva Rodriguez 6 Fiorella Damico
masters 40+
1 Debora Santillan 2 Melina Iannuzzi 3 Romina Martinez 4 Raquel Sotomayor 5 Fernanda Garippo 6 Nadia Tortorella
masters 45+
1 Sabrina Anello 2 Melina Iannuzzi
masters 50+
1 Julia Fernandez
class a
1 Sabrina Anello 2 Romina Martinez 3 Nadia Tortorella
class b
1 Debora Santillan 2 Belen Rosales 3 Rocio Ogando 4 Fiorella Damico
class c
1 Julieta Garcia 2 Raquel Sotomayor 3 Nadia Ochoa 4 Melisa Miranda 5 Gloria Pavez Ramirez
class d
1 Franca Pesci 2 Melina Iannuzzi 3 Wanda Andrea Salas 4 Fernanda Garippo
junior
1 Gloria Pavez Ramirez
teenage
1 Morena Fuentes Leone

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Matias Peila
novice
1 Nicolas Gil 2 Luis Yeye Vargas 3 Franco Oliverio
true novice
1 Nicolas Gil 2 Franco Oliverio 3 Luis Yeye Vargas 4 Omar Gomez
masters 35+
1 Emanuel Ziscovich 2 Matias Lara
masters 40+
1 Nicolas Ponce
masters 50+
1 Omar Gomez
class a
1 Sebastian Schettino 2 Nicolas Gil 3 Franco Oliverio
class b
1 Esteban Diaz 2 Franco Nicolas Cuevas 3 Matias Lara
class c
1 Matias Peila 2 Emanuel Ziscovich 3 Javier Rivera 4 Santiago Blottner 5 Luis Yeye Vargas
junior
1 Esteban Diaz

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Ariel Ricca
novice
1 Luis Marval
true novice
1 Sebastian Collado 2 Jonathan Fossati
masters 35+
1 Saul Urbina 2 Nahuel Gustavo Cortes 3 Damian Giroldi
masters 40+
1 Luis Marval
class a
1 Leonel Hagemann 2 Damian Giroldi
class b
1 Ariel Ricca 2 Matias Antonio Aurea
class c
1 Jose Dirocco 2 Hernan Villalba
class d
1 Matias Peila 2 Facundo Isoardi 3 Luis Marval
junior
1 Sebastian Collado 2 Mateo Brizuela

WOMEN'S WELLNESS

overall winner
Karen Farina
novice
1 Karen Farina 2 Romina Zaide 3 Belia Silva 4 Debora Moreno
true novice
1 Karen Farina 2 Romina Zaide 3 Debora Moreno
masters 35+
1 Karen Farina 2 Adriana Marquez 3 Romina Zaide 4 Evelyn Uribe Acuna 5 Debora Moreno
masters 40+
1 Romina Zaide 2 Debora Moreno 3 Mercy Lenny Maldonado Fructuoso
class a
1 Adriana Marquez 2 Romina Zaide
class b
1 Karen Farina 2 Evelyn Uribe Acuna 3 Debora Moreno 4 Mercy Lenny Maldonado Fructuoso
class c
1 Belia Silva

FIT MODEL

open
1 Ana Jillyane Silva De Lima Moraes 2 Estefanella Parga 3 Veronica Guari
novice
1 Veronica Guari
true novice
1 Estefanella Parga 2 Veronica Guari
masters 45+
1 Ana Jillyane Silva De Lima Moraes
junior
1 Estefanella Parga

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