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2023 Toronto Pro SuperShow Updates

By: 
Roger “Rock” Lockridge

An annual Canadian tradition is upon us. The 2023 Toronto Pro SuperShow is set to happen on Sunday, June 4th in Toronto, ON. Ten IFBB Pro League divisions are set to hold contests with 2023 Olympia weekend qualifications on the line. There is a pro qualifier contest taking place on June 3rd. The Toronto International Pro Qualifier is the premiere international pro qualifying bodybuilding and fitness event in Canada! This event is open Worldwide for competitors looking to earn an IFBB Pro Card. The best amateurs in Canada and around the world will be competing for 20 IFBB Pro cards with a chance to compete the very next day as one of the newly crowned IFBB pros   For more details on the pro qualifier visit torontoproshow.com.

Promoter Ron Hache is as excited about this show as he’s been any contest that he was involved with for obvious reasons. Whether you’ve been a fan of bodybuilding for decades or are new to the sport, he wants to extend an invitation for you to join the festivities and action live or on the livestream of the show if you can’t make it out to Toronto.

“Once again, the Supplement King, York Barbell Toronto Pro SuperShow is the top pro qualifier and pro show in Canada, highlighting the best IFBB Pros in Canada and around the world qualifying to the Olympia. The best amateurs in Canada and around the world battling it out for 20 IFBB Pro cards with a chance to compete the very next day as one of our newest pros. Whether you’re there live or watching the pay-per-view livestream from your home, you’ll see the newest stars in the fitness industry rise to the top.”

The main event in the pro contests is the Men’s Open show, that has past champions which read like a Who’s Who of the sport, including Jon Delarosa, Juan Morel and Johnnie Jackson. Among the contestants in this show are Iain Valliere, Joe Seeman, Hassan Mostafa, and Ross Flanigan, who just won the California State Pro on May 27th. The full list for this division as well as the other nine contests  below with names in alphabetical order. Keep in mind that this is not a final list, and new pros will be eligible to compete in these contests immediately after earning their pro cards.

Men’s Open

  • Slavoj Bednar   
  • Ross Flanigan   
  • Eiren Gauley    
  • Mike Hulusi     
  • Sahar Kazes     
  • Jangmin Lee     
  • Jason Lowe      
  • Morgan MacDonald     
  • Hassan Mostafa
  • Joe Seeman
  • Robin Strand    
  • Iain Valliere

212

  • Chris Buhr        
  • Ming Chun Hon
  • Sung Yeop Jang
  • Hwang Shin     
  • Nate Telow

Classic Physique

  • Gregory Dawson          
  • Javier Duarte   
  • Ali Emre           
  • Carl Gauthier   
  • Farzad Ghotbi  
  • Shane Makan   
  • Tyler Okowinsky
  • Samuel Paquin
  • Josue Isai Cortes Vargas
  • Dimitri Williams

Men’s Physique

  • Austin Belanger
  • Maurice Burgess          
  • Bhuwan Chauhan         
  • Rodrigue Chesnier        
  • Julian Colley     
  • Gary Cooper    
  • Francisco Alberto de la Cruz      
  • Rory Gissing     
  • Mehdi Kabbadj
  • Clarence Lau    
  • Adair Libbrecht
  • Daniel Rabiela  
  • Jason Alan Robinson
  • Mario Stewart
  • Serge Victor

Men’s Wheelchair

  • Tim Caldwell
  • Jack McCann    
  • Bryan Williams

Women’s Bodybuilding

  • Tananarive Huie
  • Theresa Ivancik
  • Melina Perron  
  • Julia Whitesel

Women’s Physique

  • Josefa Paloma Barba Bedolla    
  • Alyssa Coppolino
  • Georgina D’Abreo        
  • Leona Lynn Gairy
  • Cara Kerluck    
  • Amandine Kolly
  • Wai Chun Virginia Kwok
  • Emilija Martic  
  • Angela Noury   
  • Renee Reefschlaeger    
  • Diana Schnaidt 
  • Romana Skotzen          
  • Kyna Squarey
  • Nathalee Thompson
  • Nadia Vandal

Figure

  • Dalila Alegria
  • Desiree Alferes
  • Jodi Boam        
  • Theresa A. Dekker        
  • Manon Dutilly  
  • Amanda Jessica Elliot
  • Sally Forse       
  • Nelly Gonzalez 
  • Lauren Martin-Stow
  • Taylor Mauro
  • Lola Montez
  • Nina Paulus
  • Carmen Garcia Penalver
  • Nora Prado      
  • Tamika Robinson
  • Paige Sabedra

Bikini

  • Brittany Gillespie         
  • Racquel Hutchinson     
  • Nikki Kiani       
  • Maritza Romano Pacheco         
  • Sophia So Wai Pik         
  • Ayleen Santander         
  • Maxine Somov
  • Courtney Ustrzycki

Wellness

  • Sandra Colorado Acal
  • Emily Azzarello
  • Lauren Barton
  • Claire Cochet
  • Anne-Marie Gobeil
  • Winglam Lee

Pay-Per-View

If you’re not going to be in attendance at the Delta Hotel f, you can watch both the amateur and pro shows this weekend thanks to the pay-per-view livestream available on the Toronto Pro website. Go to torontoproshow.com/livestream for more information.

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