In 2019 calisthenics athlete and coach Daniel Flefil organised the first edition of the Beast of the Barzz and this year the 4th edition (2020 there was no competition organised) will take place in Stockholm. We will be there to shoot content for our YouTube channel, so make sure to subscribe to not miss out on any raw competition battle video’s or the Beast of the Barz after-movie! We’ll also be posting content on our Instagram as well, so if you really want to be up to date, follow us there as well.
1. Beast of the Barz: General information
- Website: Beast Of The Barz
- YouTube
- Date: 1-3 December
- Location: Stockholmsmässan Mässvägen 1, 125 30 Älvsjö, Sweden.
- The competition took place at the Nordics Biggest Fitness Expo (Booth number A20:26).
2.1 Day 1 (Beast Wars)
Beast Wars is a specific competition category (within Beast Of The Barz) that is 100% focussed on Strength Endurance. Below you can find a list of all the participants their names, Instagram accounts and nationality. It was an epic day and the battles were on fire. There were some amazing judges present to judge the calisthenics athletes their performance, which are mentioned below as well!
2.2 Beast Wars Aftermovie | Beast Of The Barz 2023
2.3 Athletes that will be competing
- Bruno Zgela from Croatia??(First place)
- Maksim Trukhanavets from Belarus??(2023 second place, 2022 winner)
- Uroš Ašković from Serbia??(Third place)
- Ivan Čačić from Croatia??(Fourth place)
- Jacob Juul Hansen from Denmark?? (last year second place)
- Kacper Nowak from Norway??
- Love Andersson from Norway??
- Emil Rajala from Sweden??
- Lauri Reppo from Estonia??
- Arian Kadiri from Austria??
- Phil Hülsdonk from Germany??
- Nicolai Zander from Germany??
2.4 Judges
- Dejan Stipke Stipić from Serbia??
- Ruslan Saibov from Ukraine??
- Dana J. Star from Sweden??
3. Schedule | Day 2
On day 2 the freestyle competition was held for both male and female calisthenics athletes (Battle Of The Barz rules). It was an amazing competition with a very high level. All the battles can be found below, but you can also watch all of them in our Beast Of The Barz 2023 YouTube playlist!
3.1 Judges
- Static Judge, Viktor Kamenov from Bulgaria?? (also in 2022)
- Dynamics Judge, Mika Herzog from Switzerland??
- Power Dynamics Judge, Leevan from France??
- Combo Judge, Daniel Hristov from Bulgaria?? (last year winner in Alien Category)
3.2 Gentlemen
Round 1
- Tomas Ansotte from Belgium?? VS Goku Nsudoh from England??
- Yair Drory from Israel?? VS Radoslav Radev from Bulgaria??
- Damián Rebro from Slovakia?? VS Stefan Eroteev from Bulgaria?? (last year second place)
- Julián Mazzei from Argentina?? VS Yehor Khudoshyn from Ukraine??
- Pauls Pakalniņš from Latvia?? VS Adrien Delplace from France??
- Ram Zardav from Israel?? VS Demchenko Roman from Ukraine??
- Samu Könönen from Finland?? VS Julian Pagel from Switserland??
- Ilay Bardugo from Israel?? VS Daniels Laizans from Latvia??
- Tomáš Pospíšil from Czech Republic?? (last year winner in Beast Category) VS Pauls Jemeļjanovs from Latvia??
- Simon Imhäuser from Sweden?? VS Janick Brunner from Switzerland??
- Ismail Moro from Morocco?? VS Auris Simkus from Sweden??
- Yvan Delbecque from Belgium?? VS Patryk Musielak from Poland??
Round 2
- Goku Nsudoh from England?? VS Radoslav Radev from Bulgaria??
- Stefan Eroteev from Bulgaria?? (last year second place) VS Julián Mazzei from Argentina??
- Adrien Delplace from France?? VS Ram Zardav from Israel??
- Samu Könönen from Finland?? VS Daniels Laizans from Latvia??
- Tomáš Pospíšil from Czech Republic?? (last year winner in Beast Category) VS Simon Imhäuser from Sweden??
- Patryk Musielak from Poland?? VS Ismail Moro from Morocco??
Round 3
- Radoslav Radev from Bulgaria?? VS Stefan Eroteev from Bulgaria?? (last year second place)
- Adrien Delplace from France?? VS Ismail Moro from Morocco??
- Tomáš Pospíšil from Czech Republic?? VS Daniels Laizans from Latvia??
Finals
- Radoslav Radev from Bulgaria?? won first place
- Daniels Laizans from Latvia?? won second place
- Adrien Delplace from France?? won third place
3.3 Ladies
Round 1
- Agathe Collet from Belgium?? VS Julia Laszczyk from Poland??
- Marie Hammerbak-Andersen from Denmark?? VS Emily Putti from Italy / San Marina????
- Alicia Larsten from Sweden?? VS Adrienn Vachter from Hungary??
- Lea Depagneux from France?? VS –
- Alisia Persa from Romania?? (last year winner) VS –
- Malin Malle Jansson from Sweden?? (2019 champion): VS –
Round 2
- Lea Depagneux from France?? VS Emily Putti from Italy / San Marina????
- Adrienn Vachter from Hungary?? VS Alisia Persa from Romania?? (last year winner)
- Julia Laszczyk from Poland?? VS Malin Malle Jansson from Sweden?? (2019 champion)
Finals
- Malin Malle Jansson from Sweden?? (2019 champion) won first place
- Alisia Persa from Romania?? (last year winner) won second place
- Lea Depagneux from France?? won third place
4. Schedule | Day 3
On sunday community competitions took place where you could win nice prizes and create great memories with other calisthenics practitioners and athletes. There was a handstand challenge, bar hang challenge, muscle up & pull up challenge by Ruslan Saibov. Also there was a static challenge by Daniel Hristov, where athletes had to try to copy his combo’s. Also Gornation came up with a lot of different challenges, like the front lever hold challenge, 360 competition and dips battle. Patryk Musielak from Poland won the front lever hold (39 seconds), Romashka Boy did 16 swing 360’s in a row and Bruno did 573 dips in 26 minutes beating almost 20 people together. Also Max true battled Jakob Fogelklou, Simon Imhauser and Paul Jemeljanov doing 60 muscle up’s in 6 minutes and 50 seconds, while his 3 competitors did a 100 muscle ups; it was quite the spectacle!
5. Beast Of The Barz Competition
Beast Of The Barz is working together with Team Bioco, the organisers of SWUB (Street Workout Ultimate Battles). The winners of Female Category in freestyle and the Alien Category in freestyle qualified directly to one of the biggest calisthenics competitions in Europe next year, namely SWUB 6 in 2024. Daniel Flefil thinks this collaboration is a great step for the calisthenics community, which we agree with!
With athletes from Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Argentina, Ukraine, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, England, France, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Morocco, Denmark, Italy/San Marino, Hungary, Germany and Romania it’s a very international competition. With 12 men competing in the Strength Endurance Beast Wars and 24 men and 9 women competing in the Beast Of The Bars Freestyle Competition, it’s a huge competition with both male and female athletes competing!
6. Where will we go next?
We, Calisthenics Worldwide, are planning to go to each and every calisthenics competition in Europe to support the community. We are going with our YouTube production team and we’ll capture all the battles, so you’ll never miss the highlights of a European calisthenics competition.
Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe to support our YouTube channel and make it even more likely that we’ll join the Beast of the Barz in 2024 again or even travel overseas for competitions outside of Europe!
Next competition we’re planning to go to is the Barbenders Static Cup in Mechelen, Belgium on the 18th of February 2024. Where else should we be going?
