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MESSAGE FROM IFBB

PRESIDENT

DR. RAFAEL SANTONJA

DEAR FRIENDS IN SPORT: expansion, stabilization and fulfilled of interesting meetings,
reduction periods, and that with new achievements and successful
You get in your hands the new IFBB adequate care, it will come to an end events.
book of the Year 2019/2020, a soon or later. I am sure that you will enjoy it
difficult period, with the Covid-19 With all this in mind, we decided and that this book will be part of
pandemic affecting the entire world, to follow with the organization of your personal library, as a collector
bringing a lot of sorrow, human loses some key events, following always issue that, along the years, will keep
and uncertainties, and, definitely, the decisions from the competent refreshing your memories on the
changing our lives, our way to authorities, and having as first IFBB history.
socialize, the way of education, the priority the aplicación of best health
way we work and the global protocols, to grant the integrity of BODYBUILDING & FITNESS ARE:
economy. athletes, officials and fans,
The world of sport has been also, celebrating with them in safe • Sports
drastically affected by these terrible environments our passion for sport • Successful complimentary
circumstances. and healthy lifestyle. training for other sports
In this situation, we must follow The IFBB Book of the Year is • Healthy lifestyle at all ages
the applicable national and already a traditional product
international regulations and the published in a yearly basis, As sport, the IFBB organizes more
advice from governments and compiling all the most significant than 8.000 competitions worldwide
sanitary authorities. IFBB activities and events from in a regular year, in which athletes
All this has to be done with each year. This year due to the from very young ages in children
positive energy and best spirit, whole situation the IFBB Calendar fitness categories to our master
maintaining our focus on the fact of Activities started later, but, in the bodybuilding champions, represent
that any epidemical situation has meantime, it has been a year the maximum expectation of human

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