Natural Bodybuilder Melanie Pfeifer Is Ecstatic to Train Again Post Breast Cancer Surgery

Natural Olympia Pro Women’s Physique Open champion Melanie Pfeifer is ecstatic to start training for the upcoming 2022 natural bodybuilding season after successful breast cancer surgery. 

The 2022 INBA PNBA season is approaching! The INBA PNBA Workshop competition plans to kickoff the INBA PNBA season in 2022, on Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Corona, CA. With less than a month underway before the first INBA PNBA natural bodybuilding competition, many competitors have put it into high gear! Including Melanie Pfeifer, who is a 2021 Natural Olympia champion that’s undergone a recent successful post-surgery breast cancer recovery. 

Melanie Pfeifer is inspirational and has a true heart of a champion. After receiving news of a breast cancer diagnosis two months before Natural Olympia 2021, Pfeifer stood firm and dominated the pro Women’s Physique Open division with a first-place finish. Moreover, she did this within 24 hours of winning the amateur Women’s Physique class. 

Pfeifer’s surgery for breast cancer took place this past January. Her recovery has gone great, and she’s excited to start training again. The International Natural Bodybuilding Association (INBA)/Professional Natural Bodybuilding Association (PNBA) released a complete statement on Instagram (IG). The INBA PNBA stated:

“Two months prior to the Natural Olympia Melanie was diagnosed with breast cancer and her surgery was scheduled for January 2022. @inbapnbaglobal_official and our global family are elated to hear that Melanie’s recovery has gone well and that she can’t wait to start training again.⁠”

You can see the INBA PNBA’s complete statement below. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVjON-vffu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Melanie Pfeifer Plans to Compete in 2022

It’s safe to say that Melanie Pfeifer made her country proud after taking back a gold medal and $1,000 prize. Natural Olympia 2021 was Melanie Pfeifer’s first Natural Olympia. So, of course, she traveled overseas from Italy to make this win happen. 

Melanie Pfeifer’s glory doesn’t end in there though. The Natural Bodybuilding Federation Italy (NBFI) will be hosting the INBA PNBA World Championships on June 24-26th, where Pfeifer plans to compete. And as a reigning Natural Olympia gold medalist, that automatically qualifies her for 2022 Natural Olympia. 

The INBA has the top natural physiques from all over the world who meet at Natural Olympia for a chance to win gold medals, cash, and prizes. This past year Natural Olympia represented athletes from over 15 countries, including champions from Britain (Claire Burton – Women’s Physique Masters), (Mexico (Arely Ayala – Bikini Angels), Germany (Mirco Burger – Men’s Bodybuilding Masters), and America (Rebekah Rasmussen – Bikini Divas Masters). 

Women’s Physique Division

The Women’s Physique division is the class Melanie Pfeifer competes in. To place well in the Women’s Physique division, its critical competitors have a considerable amount of muscle mass. Judges will score them on symmetry, muscularity, definition (conditioning), and stage presence. Muscularity is essential in other divisions, such as Bikini Divas; however, Bikini athletes won’t need as much muscle to win. Although, the Women’s Bodybuilding division has the most muscular physiques in the women’s division. 

Generation Iron is happy to hear Melanie Pfeifer’s post-surgery recovery has gone well. We look forward to seeing you in 2022!

Here you can find INBA PNBA’s initial schedule for the 2022 season! 

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