Fitness International

Two-time defending champion Oksana Grishina and 2013 winner Tanji Johnson headline a field of 12 in 2016 Fitness International.
Grishina also finished first in the Arnold Classic Europe in 2014 and 2015 and has won seven straight IFBB Pro League contests. Arnold Amateur champion Giorgia Fiorini earned an automatic invitation to her first Fitness International.
Grishina, of North Hollywood, Calif., won the prestigious Fitness International for the second straight year in 2015. She received $25,000, a Tony Nowak Official Champions Jackson, the champion’s trophy and congratulations from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Second went to 2013 Fitness International champ Tanji Johnson of Renton, Wash., who earned $13,000. Regiana Da Silva of Germany was third and earned $8,000.
Also in the top six were fourth place Bethany Wagner Cisternino of Bound Brook, N.J., who earned $5,000, fifth-place Michelle Blank of Simon’s Island, Ga., who earned $3,000; and sixth-place Myriam Capes of Canada, who earned $2,000.
The 2016 Fitness International will be held Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Prejudging for the Arnold Classic 212, Fitness International and Figure International will be held at 11 a.m. on the Arnold Fitness EXPO Stage at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Finals will be held at 7 p.m.
Fitness International Champions

1994: Carol Lynn Semple
1995: Carol Lynn Semple
1996: Alexandra Beres
1997: Carol Semple-Marzetta
1998: Susie Curry
1999: Susie Curry
2000: Kelly Ryan
2001: Jenny Worth
2002: Susie Curry
2003: Susie Curry
2004: Adela Garcia
2005: Jen Hendershott
2006: Adela Garcia
2007: Kimberly Klein
2008: Kimberly Klein
2009: Jen Hendershott
2010: Adela Garcia
2011: Adela Garcia
2012: Adela Garcia
2013: Tanji Johnson
2014: Oksana Grishina
2015: Oksana Grishina

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Need To Know
Oksana Grishina, who won the Arnold Fitness Europe in 2012, won the Fitness International for the second straight year in 2015.

2016 Payouts
1st: $25,000
2nd: $13,000
3rd: $8,000
4th: $5,000
5th: $3,000
6th: $2,000

2016 Competitors
Michelle Blank
Myriam Capes
Regiane da Silva
Giorgia Foroni
Ryall Graber
Oksana Grishina
Tanji Johnson
Whitney Jones
Piia Pajunen
Ashley Sebera
Missy Terwilliger
Bethany Wagner
Schedule
Friday, March 4, 2016

Prejudging
11 a.m.-Noon

COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER
Arnold Fitness EXPO Stage

Finals
7 p.m.

COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER
Battelle Grand


Contact
Event Chair
Bob Lorimer
bob@arnoldexpo.com

Media Brent LaLonde
brent@arnoldexpo.com