Canadas Best Chances to Win the 2022 Olympia - Figure
As we get closer to the 2022 Olympia Weekend on December 16th through 18th in Las Vegas, Nevada, Muscle Insider is exploring the best chances that Olympia titles could come to Canada. There are no Canadians in the Women’s Physique Olympia, but there are three in the Figure division, which has been dominated by Cydney Gillon in recent years. Can anyone from Canada contend for her title? Let’s check out the odds. The full roster of the lineup from the Olympia website is below.
- Anna Gasior (Poland)
- Cydney Gillon (USA)
- Natalia Soltero (Mexico)
- Stephanie Gibson (USA)
- Bojana Vasiljevic (USA)
- Jessica Reyes Padilla (Puerto Rico)
- Aksana Yukhno (Belarus)
- Maria Luisa Baeza Diaz (USA)
- Tereza Linhartova (Czech Republic)
- Jennifer Zienert (Germany)
- Felecia Harris (USA)
- Angelita Lopez (USA)
- Lola Montez (Canada)
- Nicole Zenobia Graham (USA)
- LaToyia Farley (USA)
- Shanice Abrams (USA)
- Jossie Nathali Alarcon Becerra (Mexico)
- Hanwool Park (South Korea)
- Shelace Shoemaker (USA)
- Samantha Jerring (USA)
- Michele Da Silva Pinto (Brazil)
- Lena Ramstiner (Germany)
- Karina Grau (Paraguay)
- Nadia Bradfort (USA)
- Wendy Fortino (USA)
- Valerie Ratelle (Canada)
- Julia Champlin (USA)
- Adela Ondrejovicova (Slovakia)
- Dajeong An (South Korea)
- Rhea Gayle (UK)
- Maude Exantus (USA)
- Nadine Claudia Huber (Germany)
- Maggie Watson (Canada)
- Autumn Cleveland (USA
- Julia V. Waring (USA)
- Paula Ranta (Finland)
- Rejoice Godwin (Spain)
- Gabriela Linhartova (Czech Republic)
- Ericka Morales Morgan (Guatemala)
- Zulfiya Bitiyeva (Kazakhstan)
Canada’s Chances
Lola Montez
Lola Montez won the 2022 Boston Pro and placed third at the Figure International. She was ninth in the 2021 Olympia, but there’s a good chance she will break into the top six this year. She’s gradually improved every year she’s been a pro since winning that status at the 2018 Arnold Amateur. She may not be able to defeat Gillon, but this could be the year she arrives as an elite competitor in the division.
Valerie Ratelle
Ratelle is a second-year pro that has one win and another top three finish this season. She won in Vancouver and placed third in the Toronto Pro to winner Hanwool Park. Ratelle can even the score with Park by placing higher at the Olympia, which will be her first. To have two Canadians in the top 15 at this contest would be a big feat, and Ratelle has that potential if her prep goes to her liking.
Maggie Watson
Watson’s victory at the 2022 Hurricane Pro was her first as a pro, and it also came with her first Olympia qualification. She was also third in Tampa, which was won by Jessica Reyes Padilla, who is a perennial Olympia contender. So, Watson knows what it’s like to share the stage with some of the best in her division. Now, it’s a matter of her proving she is one of them. A top 15 finish would be realistic, and she could even leave Las Vegas with a top ten finish if things go her way.
Keep checking back to Muscle Insider as we continue to preview each of the pro divisions leading up to the big weekend in Las Vegas. You can also order the pay-per-view at www.olympiaproductions.com so you can watch all the action as it unfolds at the 2022 Olympia weekend.
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