FRANCE’S Ghislain Ponticaccia was the star of the NABBA Universe 2026 at The Fed in Gateshead on Sunday, November 1, winning the Pro Men’s Bodybuilding title, the Class 3 Bodybuilding title and the Overall of the Day.
Britain’s Craig Madden finished runner-up to Ponticaccia in the Pro Men’s Bodybuilding, with Germany’s Carlo Meyer third.
Italy’s Flora Cante took the Overall of the Day for qwomen after winning Athletic Figure, while James Toure was the standout British performer, winning both the amateur and pro Men’s Physique titles and the Overall Fitness Men award.
Elsewhere, Elroy Sallie of South Africa claimed the amateur and pro Classic Bodybuilding titles and Daniela Jirak of the Czech Republic won both Bikini Open and Pro Miss Bikini, plus Overall Fitness Women.
Results are below.
AMATEUR CLASSES
Teens Bodybuilding
1 Jake Davis (UK)
2 Rio Walker (UK)
3 Matheo Esposito (France)
Under 23 Bodybuilding
1 Alfie Sergeant (UK)
Class 3 Bodybuilding
1 Ghislain Ponticaccia (France)
2 Ryan Gomes (UK)
3 Javier Alejandro Hernandez Jacobo (Mexico)
Class 2 Bodybuilding
1 Lee Dwayre (UK)
2 Miguel Angel Cortes Del Rio (Mexico)
3 Matt Steele (UK)
Class 1 Bodybuilding
1 Martynas Patalnis (Lithuania)
2 Branislav Stanojevic (Serbia)
3 Scott Gosling (UK)
Classic Bodybuilding
1 Elroy Sallie (South Africa)
2 Stepan Domorad (Czech Republic)
3 Ludek Jiracek (Czech Republic)
Over 45 Bodybuilding
1 Christian Martinez (Spain)
2 Jonathan Smith (UK)
3 Teddy Nicolello (France)
Over 55 Bodybuilding
1 Rafa de Pedro (Spain)
2 Neil Chapman (UK)
3 Gary Adamson (UK)
Over 60 Bodybuilding
1 Jan Nordlund (Sweden)
2 Vladimir Hornjak (Germany)
3 Ian Fitzmaurice (UK)
Toned Figure
1 Lana Dasilva (France)
2 Vaida Budriene (Lithuania)
3 Rachel Morgan (UK)
Athletic Figure
1 Flora Cante (Italy)
2 Heather Toman (UK)
3 Claudia Wood (UK)
Trained Figure
1 Sarah Lawson (UK)
2 Jenny Kay (UK)
3 Eva Hrbackova (UK)
Open Female Over 45
1 Carol Fowkes (UK)
2 Terri Frances James (UK)
3 Lara Castino (Italy)
Junior Men’s Physique
1 Jacey Barton (UK)
Men’s Physique Open
1 James Toure (UK)
2 Valentin Tomescu (UK)
3 Francisco Javier (Mexico)
Men’s Physique Over 45
1 Gregg Blundell (UK)
2 Shiraz Mirza (UK)
3 Asfat Bendwala Mirsas (South Africa)
Bikini Open
1 Daniela Jirak (Czech Republic)
2 Megan Delaney (Republic of Ireland)
3 Victoria Jager (Austria)
Bikini Over 35
1 Rhiannon Ahern (Wales)
2 Elaine Murphy (UK)
3 Agustina Acedo (Argentina)
Trained Bikini
1 Danielle Lloyd (UK)
2 Naomi Wardlaw (UK)
3 Shayda Aminzadeh (UK)
OVERALL WINNERS
Overall of the Day Men – Ghislain Ponticaccia (France) above
Overall of the Day Women – Flora Cante (Italy)
Overall Bodybuilding Men – Ghislain Ponticaccia (France)
Overall Fitness Men – James Toure (UK)
Overall Figure Female – Flora Cante (Italy)
Overall Fitness Women – Daniela Jirak (Czech Republic)
PRO LEAGUE
Pro Men’s Bodybuilding
Pro Men’s Bodybuilding
1 Ghislain Ponticaccia (France)
2 Craig Madden (UK)
3 Carlo Meyer (Germany)
Pro Men’s Classic
1 Elroy Sallie (South Africa)
2 Lewis Barker (UK)
3 Ko Kyeongjun (Korea)
Pro Men’s Physique
1 James Toure (UK)
2 Luis Pulido (Mexico)
3 Prince Affui (UK)
Pro Miss Bikini
1 Daniela Jirak (Czech Republic)
2 Rhiannon Ahern (Wales)
3 Giedre Banaitiene (Lithuania)
Pro Miss Trained Figure
1 Layla Allan (UK)
2 Sarah Lawson (UK)
3 Jade Broeren
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