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NPC Worldwide Better Bodies Challenge

September 19, 2026
NPCW

Years: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2021
Divisions: MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE MEN'S BODYBUILDING MEN'S PHYSIQUE WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE FIT MODEL WOMEN'S WELLNESS BIKINI FIGURE

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Timmy Nilsson
super heavyweight
1 Timmy Nilsson 2 Ludwig Haggstrom 3 Vetle Pedersen 4 Johan Nyberg
heavyweight
1 Jesper Jylhanlahti 2 Jonathan Persson 3 Simon Holm Ljungberg 4 Erik Sund 5 Albin Ekblom
light heavyweight
1 Atal Sahar 2 Hilal Azeez 3 Keivan Gomanian 4 Elias Wallstrom 5 Oskari Puhakka
middleweight
1 Shariff Alichan 2 Pontus Hung
novice
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+
1 Keivan Gomanian
masters 50+
1 Tom Landstrom 2 Joakim Bom 3 Sammy Zabel
masters 60+
1 Sammy Zabel 2 Pentti Rosendahl
junior
1 Elias Wallstrom

FIGURE

overall winner
Viktoria Saller
novice
1 Viktoria Saller 2 Therese Kindblom 3 Brynhild Rena 4 Silje Henriksen 5 Pernilla Valsinger
masters 35+
1 Josefin Pettersson 2 Frida Birgitte Espenes 3 Marika Bergkvist 4 Therese Kindblom
masters 45+
1 Miriam Lindberg 2 Silje Henriksen 3 Pernilla Valsinger
masters 55+
1 Krista Ronnberg 2 Carina Dahlin
class a
1 Josefin Pettersson 2 Miriam Lindberg 3 Therese Kindblom 4 Brynhild Rena
class b
1 Anja Pollestad 2 Krista Ronnberg 3 Pernilla Valsinger
class c
1 Viktoria Saller 2 Marika Bergkvist 3 Maria Isolauri 4 Silje Henriksen

BIKINI

overall winner
Melina Sjolander
novice
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+
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+
1 Cecilia Larsson 2 Laura Simola 3 Marja Makela 4 Eva Tsialios 5 Manja Ahl Svensson 6 Christina Olavsdatter Sunde
masters 55+
1 Laura Simola 2 Marja Makela 3 Manja Ahl Svensson
class a
1 Johanna Delin 2 Lill-Tordis Valle Eidshaug 3 Munkhzaya Bayaraa 4 Kazhal Fatahi
class b
1 Sofie Krokstrand 2 Tintin Loven 3 Tova Astrom 4 Emmie Ragnesand 5 Katherine Eliassen 6 Birgitte Lunde 7 Josephine Ottosson
class c
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
1 Melina Sjolander 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
1 Melina Sjolander 2 Denise Isesward 3 Sofie Krokstrand 4 Emmie Ragnesand 5 Eira Isacsson Aakeroien

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Gaute Haugen
novice
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+
1 George Balan 2 Sven Gunnel
masters 50+
1 Svein Harald Moerkve 2 Johan Beutler 3 Daniel Palo 4 Jan Petter Henriksen 5 Torbjorn Lithner 6 Goran Lindeberg
masters 60+
1 Jan Petter Henriksen 2 Thomas Svensson 3 Agne Larsson 4 Goran Lindeberg
class b
1 Ahmad Shihab 2 Faik Faik 3 Shukrullah Amiri 4 Rasul Rezae
class c
1 Nuur Khalil 2 Mustafa Naseeb
class d
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

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Mats Hofstad
novice
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+
1 Maciej Matysek
masters 50+
1 Tom Landstrom 2 Joakim Bom
masters 60+
1 Pentti Rosendahl
class b
1 Mats Hofstad 2 Ahmad Alchhabi 3 Andreas Kvamme 4 Simon Lexell-Pedersen 5 Tom Landstrom 6 Joakim Bom
class c
1 Lasse Telnes 2 Hamza Alkojak 3 Adrian Lonning 4 Morteza Moradi 5 Martin Berglund 6 Erik Sund
class d
1 Trej Jonuzi 2 Johan Nyberg 3 Jens Brock 4 Maciej Matysek 5 Hugo Forslund 6 Tiitus Rapila 7 Mikael Gustafsson
junior
1 Martin Berglund 2 Jerry Poutanen 3 Tobia Del Stabile 4 Max Lindberg

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Josefine Galiamoutsa
masters 35+
1 Louise Kjeldsen Nielsen
masters 45+
1 Josefine Galiamoutsa
class a
1 Josefine Galiamoutsa 2 Louise Kjeldsen Nielsen
class b
1 Elisabeth Rastelen

WOMEN'S WELLNESS

overall winner
Solveig Kjoren Gjelstad
novice
1 Solveig Kjoren Gjelstad 2 Ebba Bengtsson 3 Melissa Erdogan 4 Pamela Ramirez
masters 35+
1 Pamela Ramirez
class a
1 Solveig Kjoren Gjelstad 2 Emmelie Lundberg 3 Ebba Bengtsson 4 Pamela Ramirez
class c
1 Melissa Erdogan

FIT MODEL

overall winner
Ida Kveseth
novice
1 Ida Kveseth 2 Linnea Krantz 3 Emilie Torgersen 4 Enkh-Oyun Baatar
class a
1 Mina Hovland 2 Enkh-Oyun Baatar
class b
1 Ida Kveseth 2 Vicky Degiovanni
class c
1 Jenna Saarikoski 2 Linnea Krantz 3 Emilie Torgersen

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