Brigita Brezovac

Brigita Brezovac[1]
— Bodybuilder —
Personal info
Born (1979-09-24) September 24, 1979[1]
Ptuj, Socialist Republic of Slovenia[1]
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Weight In Season: 143 lb (65 kg)
Off-Season: 154 lb (70 kg)[2]
Professional career
Pro-debut IFBB Tampa Pro[3], 2010[3]
Best win IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow[3], 2011[3]
Predecessor None[3]
Successor Lisa Giesbrecht[3]
Active Retired 2013[4]

Brigita Brezovac (September 24, 1979) is a Slovenian professional bodybuilder.[5]

Early life and education

Brezovac grew up Ljutomer, Slovenia. She attended the SETUAŠ school in Murska Sobota, Slovenia and the University of Maribor.[1]

Bodybuilding career

Amateur

At the age of 14 years, 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 train for karate.[6][7]

In 2001, after only three months of preparations, Brezovac competed in the 2001 World championship in category Miss Bodybuilding and came in fourth place. After coming in fourth place at the 2001 World Championship she went into the Miss Fitness category due to an injury. In 2004, at the World Championship, the prejudging judges disqualified her from fitness class and put her into 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 here physique is more appropriate for it.[6][7]

In 2009, Brezovac competed in the IFBB, World Women's Championship. She placed second in bodybuilding heavy weight class and was awarded her IFBB pro card in December 2009.[6]

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 in third at the Tampa Pro and attended her second Ms. Olympia that year, and placed third in it. In 2012 and 2013, every Ms. International and Ms. Olympia competition she attended she placed within the top six every time.[3][8]

Retirement

After attending the 2013 Ms. Olympia, Brezovac retired from bodybuilding.[4][8]

Legacy

In 2013, the year she retired, Brezovac ranks as the 5th best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.[9]

Competition history

Fitness career

Contest history

Personal life

She has a trained as black belt in karate for eight years, was a national champion in fights for a few years, and competed up to 116 lb (53 kg). She also did taekwondo and boxing. Other professions of her include couching, economist, masseuse, and personal trainer. She speaks English, German, Croatian, and Serbian. She currently lives in Maribor, Slovenia. In 2010, she got married her husband, Zmago Karner, in Jamaica. She had been dating him since 2000.[1][4][6][7][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Some Info about Brigita:
  2. 1 2 11. Brigita Brezovac
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Competitions Archived August 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 3 "Brigita Brezovac". linkedin. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Foto: "Senzacija iz Slovenije" po Schwarzeneggerjevih stopinjah" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenia. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "GIRL POWER...LITERALLY! An Interview with IFBB PRO Female Bodybuilder Brigita Brezovac". RX Muscle. 30 June 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 About me Archived August 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Brigita Brezovac
  9. ↑ "IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List". getbig.com. September 1, 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Brigita Brezovac". Facebook. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

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