Michal Krizanek wins 2026 Pittsburgh Pro

Michal Krizanek’s win at the 2026 Pittsburgh Pro answers the first question around one of bodybuilding’s deepest May lineups: who left Pittsburgh with the Men’s Open title. The IFBB Pro League lists Krizanek among the competitors for the May 16-17 Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival, and multiple event result reports published on May 17 said the Slovak bodybuilder won Men’s Open at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Fitness Volt’s results page listed Krizanek first in Men’s Open, ahead of Tonio Burton and Brandon Curry. NPC News Online also posted an interview with “Men’s Bodybuilding Winner Michal Krizanek” after Saturday’s show. ### How was Krizanek’s victory verified? NPC News Online, the official site of the National Physique Committee and NPC Worldwide, published event coverage on May 16-17 that included “2026 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Official Saturday Score Cards” and a post-show interview naming Krizanek as the Men’s Bodybuilding winner. The IFBB Pro League’s event page also shows the Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival as a completed contest with Men’s Bodybuilding among the listed divisions. (ifbbpro.com) Fitness Volt’s May 17 results page matched that outcome and placed Krizanek ahead of Tonio Burton in second and Brandon Curry in third. Generation Iron’s May 17 live results page also said “Michal Krizo is Men’s Open Champion,” reinforcing the same result across separate outlets covering the show. ### Who else was in the Men’s Open field? (npcnewsonline.com) The IFBB Pro League’s competitor list for Pittsburgh included Blessing Awodibu, Rafael Brandao, Tonio Burton, Brandon Curry, Ronald Gordon, Sasan Heirati, Michal Krizanek and Patrick Moore among the Men’s Open entrants. That made the class one of the stronger early-season Olympia qualifying fields on the 2026 schedule. (fitnessvolt.com) Fitness Volt’s published placings put Burton second, Curry third, Sasan Heirati fourth and Blessing Awodibu fifth behind Krizanek. The same report noted that Burton and Krizanek arrived in Pittsburgh after meeting the previous weekend at the New York Pro. ### What exactly was at stake in Pittsburgh? The 2026 Pittsburgh Pro was part of the Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival, held May 16-17 at the David L. (ifbbpro.com) Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fitness Volt described the contest as a major 2026 Olympia qualifier, with winners in each division earning qualification for the 2026 Olympia Weekend. (fitnessvolt.com) WPXI reported on May 18 that the festival’s Pittsburgh Pro offered $416,000 in prize money and included the NPC Worldwide Pittsburgh Natural Pro Qualifier. The David L. Lawrence Convention Center’s event listing said the festival was expected to draw more than 10,000 attendees and was organized by Jim Manion of the IFBB Pro League and Tyler Manion of the NPC. (fitnessvolt.com) ### Which other divisions crowned winners? Fitness Volt listed eight pro division winners from the weekend. Niall Darwen won Classic Physique, Kyron Holden won Men’s Physique, Paula Ranta won Women’s Physique, Daniele Mendonca won Wellness, Natalia Soltero won Figure, Lauralie Chapados won Bikini and Shealynn Burnett won Fit Model. (wpxi.com) The IFBB Pro League event page matches those eight divisions as part of the festival program: Open Men’s Bodybuilding, Open Men’s Classic Physique, Open Men’s Physique, Open Women’s Figure, Open Women’s Bikini, Open Women’s Physique, Open Women’s Wellness and Open Women’s Fit Model. ### When did the competition unfold? (fitnessvolt.com) May 16 was the first day of pro competition, and NPC News Online posted Saturday candid photos, prejudging coverage and official Saturday scorecards that day. Fitness Volt said Men’s Open, Men’s Physique and Wellness competed on Saturday, while the remaining pro divisions closed the schedule on Sunday, May 17. (ifbbpro.com) May 15 was the festival’s athlete check-in day, according to NPC News Online’s site coverage of Pittsburgh weekend activities. The convention center listing confirms the public event itself ran May 16-17 at 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd. ### Where can readers track what comes next? The IFBB Pro League’s results page now lists the 2026 Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival among completed contests, and the event page remains live with competitor and division information. (npcnewsonline.com) NPC News Online has also posted galleries, interviews and official scorecard items tied to the May 16-17 show. The next step for Krizanek is the 2026 Olympia qualification attached to his Pittsburgh win, as reported by Fitness Volt. Readers looking for follow-up can monitor the IFBB Pro League results pages and NPC News Online’s contest archive for additional scorecards, interviews and Olympia-qualified athlete updates. (fitnessvolt.com) (ifbbpro.com)