{"id":2390,"date":"2014-02-15T16:24:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T00:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2014-02-15T16:25:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T00:25:10","slug":"2014-arnold-classic-usa-competitor-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/2014\/02\/2014-arnold-classic-usa-competitor-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Arnold Classic USA Competitor Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Rhoden, Victor Martinez and Brandon Curry, who have each won an Arnold Classic international title in the past three years, lead a deep field of 13 men\u2019s professional bodybuilders who will battle in the 2014 Arnold Classic.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n The Arnold Sports Festival and the IFBB Pro League announced the invited athletes who will compete in the Arnold Classic, Arnold Classic 212, Fitness International, Figure International and Bikini International contests Feb. 28 &#038; March 1 at the 2014 Arnold Sports Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden, 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champ, and Martinez, who won the Arnold Classic in 2007 and the inaugural Arnold Classic Europe in 2011, will lead a field that also includes two-time Arnold Classic winner Branch Warren, Cedric MacMillan and Dennis Wolf. Curry won the inaugural Arnold Classic Brasil in April. Ben Pakulski, second in the Arnold Classic in 2013, and Toney Freeman, third last year, will also compete.<\/p>\n<p>Flex Lewis, David Henry and Tricky Jackson headline a field of 10 in the first-ever Arnold Classic 212 contest. Arnold Classic 212 competitor Quincy Winklaar is the brother of Roelly Winklaar, who will compete in the Arnold Classic.<\/p>\n<p>The Arnold Classic 212, Fitness International, and Figure International will be held on Friday, February 28. Prejudging will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Finals will be at Veterans Memorial. Prejudging and Finals for the Arnold Classic and Bikini International, and final event for the Arnold Strongman will be held on Saturday, March 1 at Veterans Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>2014 Arnold Classic, Arnold Classic 212, Fitness International, Figure International and Bikini International Official Invite Lists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arnold Classic (13)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\nEvan Centopani<br \/>\nBrandon Curry<br \/>\nToney Freeman<br \/>\nCedric MacMillan<br \/>\nVictor Martinez<br \/>\nEdward Nunn<br \/>\nBen Pakulski<br \/>\nShawn Rhoden<br \/>\nFred Smalls<br \/>\nBranch Warren<br \/>\nRoelly Winklaar<br \/>\nDennis Wolf<br \/>\nHidetada Yamagish<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Arnold Classic 212 (10)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\nAaron Clark<br \/>\nCharles Dixon<br \/>\nDavid Henry<br \/>\nRichard \u201cTricky\u201d Jackson<br \/>\nJames \u201cFlex\u201d Lewis<br \/>\nStan McQuay<br \/>\nJose Raymond<br \/>\nMarco Rivera<br \/>\nAngel Rangel Vargas<br \/>\nQuincy Winklaar<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fitness International (15)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\nMichelle Blank<br \/>\nMyriam Capes<br \/>\nBethany Cisternino<br \/>\nRegiane DaSilva<br \/>\nAllison Ethier<br \/>\nRyall Graber<br \/>\nOksana Grishina<br \/>\nAmanda Hatfield<br \/>\nTanji Johnson<br \/>\nWhitney Jones<br \/>\nBabette Mulford<br \/>\nDanielle Ruban<br \/>\nKizzy Vaines<br \/>\nTrish Warren<br \/>\nMelinda Szabo<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Figure International (16)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\nKati Alander<br \/>\nDana Ambrose<br \/>\nAlicia Coates<br \/>\nAva Cowan<br \/>\nHeather Dees<br \/>\nAmanda Doherty<br \/>\nAllison Frahn<br \/>\nCandice Keene<br \/>\nCandice Lewis<br \/>\nElissa Martis<br \/>\nLarissa Reis<br \/>\nCamala Rodriguez-McClure<br \/>\nGiadi Simari<br \/>\nGennifer Strobo<br \/>\nAnn Titone<br \/>\nNatalie Waples<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u2028\u2028Bikini International (16)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\nNoy Alexander<br \/>\nStacey Alexander<br \/>\nJennifer Andrews<br \/>\nJuliana Daniell<br \/>\nMargret Gnarr<br \/>\nAshley Kaltwasser<br \/>\nCourtney King<br \/>\nAmanda Latona<br \/>\nJanet Layug<br \/>\nNathalia Melo<br \/>\nJessica Mone<br \/>\nJustine Munro<br \/>\nIndia Paulino<br \/>\nYeshaira Robles<br \/>\nAnna Starodubtseva<br \/>\nAnna Virmajoki<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Rhoden, Victor Martinez and Brandon Curry, who have each won an Arnold Classic international title in the past three years, lead a deep field of 13 men\u2019s professional bodybuilders who will battle in the 2014 Arnold Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}