Brigita Brezovac (September 24, 1979) is a retired Slovenian professional bodybuilder.
Early life and education Brezovac grew up in Ljutomer, Slovenia. She attended the SETUAŠ school in Murska Sobota, Slovenia, and the University of Maribor.
Bodybuilding career
Amateur At the age of 14, Brezovac had a boyfriend who had a small gym at his home. When she saw the photos of Cory Everson and Anja Langer, she decided she wanted to be a bodybuilder and lift weights, along with training for karate.About me
In 2001, after only three months of preparations, Brezovac competed in the 2001 World championship in the category Miss Bodybuilding and stood fourth. Later, she went into the Miss Fitness category due to an injury. In 2004, at the World Championship, the prejudgers disqualified her from the fitness class and put her into the bodybuilding category because she was too muscular. She went on to win the bodybuilding class. After that, she was told that she should compete in bodybuilding because her physique was more appropriate for it.
In 2009, Brezovac competed at the IFBB, World Women's Championship. She placed second in the bodybuilding heavy weight class and was awarded her IFBB pro card in December 2009.
Professional In 2010, the year of her pro-debut, she won the IFBB bodybuilding competitions of Tampa Pro and Europa Battle of Champions. She qualified for her first Ms. Olympia that year, and placed tenth in it. In 2011, she won the Toronto Pro Super Show and came third at the Tampa Pro and attended her second Ms. Olympia that year and placed third. In 2012 and 2013, every Ms. International and Ms. Olympia competition she attended she placed within the top six every time.
Retirement After attending the 2013 Ms. Olympia, Brezovac retired from bodybuilding.
Legacy In 2013, the year she retired, Brezovac ranked as the 5th best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.
Competition history 2001 World championship IBFA Koper, Slovenia (Miss Body Building) - 4th 2004 World championship IBFA Koper, Slovenia (Miss Body Building) - 1st 2004 Grand Prix Trofeo Athenas Venezia, Italy (Miss Body Building) - 2nd 2005 European championship NABBA Solingen, Germany (Miss Physique) - 2nd 2005 European championship IBFA Sapri, Italy (Miss Physique) - 1st 2006 World championship Universe WPF Le Grande Motte, France (Miss Physique) - 1st 2006 Slovenian Open IBFA Maribor, Slovenia (Miss Bodybuilding) - 1st 2006 World championship IBFA Las Vegas, USA (Miss Bodybuilding) - 1st and overall 2006 World championship IBFA Las Vegas, USA (Mixed pairs) - 1st 2006 World championship Universe NAC Cuxhaven, Germany (Miss Body) - 1st 2007 World championship Universe NABBA Southport, UK (Miss Physique) - 2nd 2007 Grand Prix Dionysopolis Balchik, Bolgaria (Miss bodybuilding) - 1st and overall 2007 Grand Prix Due Torri Bologna, Italy (Miss hard) - 3rd 2007 World championship Universe NAC Hamburg, Germany (Miss Body) - 1st 2009 Grand Prix Dionysopolis Balchik, Bolgaria (Miss bodybuilding) - 1st and overall 2009 World's Women Championship Como, Italy (Bodybuilding, heavy weight) - 2nd 2010 IFBB Tampa Pro - 1st 2010 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions - 1st 2010 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 10th 2011 IFBB Toronto Pro Super Show - 1st 2011 IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships - 3rd 2011 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 3rd 2012 IFBB Ms. International - 6th 2012 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5th 2013 IFBB Ms. International - 4th 2013 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5thCompetitions
Fitness career
Contest history 2001 International Miss Fitness Kitzbuehl (Austria) - 3rd 2002 Slovenian Open IBFA Koper, Slovenia (Miss Fitness) - 1st 2002 World championship IBFA Taranto, Italy (Miss Fitness) - 4th 2003 Slovenian Open IBFA Koper, Slovenia (Miss Fitness) - 3rd 2003 World championship IBFA Auxerre, France (Mixed Pairs) - 1st 2004 World championship WABBA Bangalore, India (Miss Fitness) - 3rd 2004 World championship WFF Vilnius, Lithuania (Extreme Body) - 4th
Personal life She trained as black belt in karate for eight years, was a national champion in fights for a few years and competed up to . She also did taekwondo and boxing. Other professions of her included coaching, economist, masseuse and personal trainer. She spoke English, German, Croatian and Serbian. She currently lives in Maribor, Slovenia.
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