Pavol Jablonický

Pavol Jablonický is a legendary Czechoslovakian bodybuilder, who participated in bodybuilding contests for more than twenty years.

His first success came in 1987, when in the span of a single year he won the Championship of Czechoslovakia, Championship of Europe and the World Championship in the under 90kg category. A year later he succeeded in winning the World Championship again – this time in the heaviest weight category. He then decided to change to the professional bodybuilding category. In 1999 he was successful at the final of the Cup Competitions and at the Holland Grand Prix he received a bronze medal. The same year at the Night of the Champions contest in New York City he placed second - right after the gigantic bodybuilder Paul Dilett. A few months later in Toronto he placed fourteenth in the Mr. Olympia contest – the most renowned and fiercely competitive event in the sport of bodybuilding.

Pavol Jablonicky reached the height of his professional career in 2003 and 2004, when he won the Hungary Gran Prix two years in a row, and stood second and fifth at the Night of the Champions.  In 2004 he placed 11th at the Mr. Olympia competition. During his professional career he stood first at three professional competitions and six times he stood on stage of Mr. Olympia.