The 2023 Prague Pro is slated for Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Prague, Czech Republic. It may be one of the most anticipated editions of the contest in recent memory. Several big names from multiple divisions are a part of this lineup, including 2023 Arnold Classic champion Samson Dauda in Men’s Open and Urs Kalecinski in Classic Physique.
The winners of each contest in Prague earn qualifications for the 2024 Olympia Weekend on Oct. 10-13, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV, if they hadn’t qualified prior to this show.
2023 Prague Pro Rosters
The full lineups for all six contests scheduled for this show are below:
Men’s Open
- Horse Marcello De Angelis (Brazil)
- Nathan De Asha (United Kingdom)
- Pavel Beran (Czech Republic)
- Anton Bippus (Denmark)
- Kevin Brucher (Germany)
- Roberto Buonomo (Italy)
- Rob Cannon (United Kingdom)
- Pavel Cervinka (Czech Republic)
- Samson Dauda (United Kingdom)
- Dennis Friedrich!(Germany)
- Roman Fritz (Germany)
- Hameed Juma (Bahrain)
- Ahmet Kocak (Turkey)
- Michal Krizanek (Slovakia)
- Gianluca Di Lorenzo (Italy)
- Sultan Raydan (Saudi Arabia)
- Sarhan Sarhan (Palestine)
- Pavel Szotkowski (Czech Republic)
- Jan Turek (Czech Republic)
- Liang Yan (China)
- Morad Zahir (Morocco)
- Peter Zembjak (Slovakia)
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- Giorgi Adikashvili (Georgia)
- Vincent Alliot (France)
- Ahmad Ali Ashkanai (Kuwait)
- Dawid Cnota (Poland)
- Lucas Goncalez (Brazil)
- Damian Kryszpin (Poland)
- Daniel Vasilica (Romania)
- Giuseppe Zagarella (Italy)
Classic Physique
- George Acheampong (Denmark)
- Karar Aljalabi (Belgium)
- Michael Daboul (United Kingdom)
- Jeffrey Darko (United Kingdom)
- Sebastian Guncik (Czech Republic)
- Matthias Hollweck (Germany)
- Urs Kalecinski (Germany)
- Ali Khan (Afghanistan)
- Ruben Lopez Reyes (Spain)
- Fernando Gornals Margol (Spain)
- Jordi Romero Marsal (Spain)
- Alberto Milani (Italy)
- Manuel Moisel (Germany)
- German Pastor (Spain)
- Miroslav Priban (Czech Republic)
- Karol Rogaczewski (Poland)
- Manuel Santalucia (Italy)
- Tunde Chris Taylor (Germany)
- Sebastien Theurel (France)
- Alexander Westermeier (Germany)
Men’s Physique
- Panek Alexandru (Romania)
- Aryan Ali (Germany)
- Mohammad Almutawah (Kuwait)
- Andrea Amato (Italy)
- Adeyemi Awoyani (United Kingdom)
- Alessandro Cavagnola (Italy)
- Dylan Crane (France)
- Furkan Er (Turkey)
- Miroslav Juricek (Czech Republic)
- Ondrej Kmostak (Czech Republic)
- Viachaslau Tarasevich (Belarus)
- Oskar Tchorzewski (Poland)
- Dawid Wachelka (Poland)
Figure
- Luciana Alves (Brazil)
- Behnaz Nasrollahi Azar (Germany)
- Zulfya Bitiyeva (Kazakhstan)
- Pamela Colombo (Italy)
- Maria Luisa Diaz (USA)
- Veronica Gallego Garcia (Spain)
- Rejoice Godwin (Spain)
- Kamara Graham (United Kingdom)
- Karine Hajjar (Qatar)
- Vanessa Happle (Germany)
- Gabriela Hejna (Czech Republic)
- Anna Kohckar (Ukraine)
- Gabriela Linhartova (Czech Republic)
- Tereza Linhartova (Czech Republic)
- Paula Ranta (Finland)
- Jennifer Reece (Canada)
- Stefana Sandu (Romania)
- Natalia Sharapova (Russia)
- Tamires Silva (Brazil)
Bikini
- Mara Carro (Germany)
- Irene Iravedra Cunarro (Spain)
- Johanna Durr (Germany)
- Valerya Fedorenko (Ukraine)
- Olivia Pohankova Kovac (Slovakia)
- Ka’Tai Luca (Hungary)
- Alice Marchisio (Italy)
- Renata Nowak (Poland)
- Violeta Palamarchuk (Ukraine)
- Lisa Reith (Germany)
- Sara Lujza Rogacsi (Hungary)
- Andrina Scharlin(Switzerland)
- Dorottya Zoe Toth (Hungary)
- Petra Voldanova (United Kingdom)
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Men’s Open Athletes to Watch
Below are the Men’s Open contenders most likely to battle in the first callout:
Samson Dauda
Dauda is coming off a win at the 2023 Romania Muscle Fest Pro, as well as a third-place finish at the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest. He’s already qualified for the 2024 Olympia thanks to his top three finish in Orlando, FL, and his win in Romania. Hence, his incentive is to win more prize money and keep rivals in this show out of the 2024 Olympia.
Nathan De Asha
Nathan De Asha won two pro shows in 2023 but didn’t compete in the 2023 Olympia due to travel issues. De Asha tried to qualify for the 2024 Olympia early, but Dauda derailed those plans in Romania. Fans in Prague likely expect this highly anticipated rematch between the two United Kingdom superstars to be a memorable one.
Roman Fritz
Roman Fritz has competed in eight shows in the 2023 calendar year, including his Olympia debut, where he ranked 14th. He won in the 2023 Bigman Weekend Pro. Fritz will likely be in the first callout with Dauda and De Asha, but Fritz will need to showcase his traditional definition to stand a chance against the two favorites who have a size advantage.
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