Bodybuilders strut their stuff

***image1***The Air Force won seven of nine divisions and captured the overall categories to highlight the annual U.S. Forces Europe Bodybuilding, Physique and Figure Contests Sept. 13. 

Spangdahlem’s Alejando Goncalves and Ramstein’s Justin Houston were the overall best female and male winners in the Figure and Bodybuilding contests.
In the women’s figure short class (5’5” and under), Goncalves edged out Mannheim’s Victoria O’Neil, the reigning queen. The difference, according to the Swiss judge, was a “slight difference in muscle thickness and symmetry between the two competitors.” 

Twenty-four-year-old Justin Houston of Ramstein has been training for five years and won Best Overall Male.  Placing second as Best Male was Stuttgart Military Policeman Moses Henry, assigned to Patch Barracks. 

Miesau’s Sherri Kay Ribbing, a spry 50-year-old mom, placed second in the women’s physique contest. This was her first competition. 
 
***image2***It was a night of entertainment for the fans. Two-time World Boxing Champion and Olympic Super Heavyweight silver medalist, Riddick Bowe, was in attendance.
Senior Master Sgt. (select) Troy Saunders of Ramstein, a former winner of the U.S. Forces, Europe contest, and now a professional was the guest poser. This past year in St. Louis, Mo., Saunders set U.S. Master’s Powerlifting Raw Man records in the squat, bench and deadlift competitions.

The 2009 championships are slated for Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 12.

(Courtesy of IMCOM-E MWR)