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Ernestine Shepherd (born June 16, 1936) is an American bodybuilder who is best known for being, at one point, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world, as declared by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 and 2011; [1] as of 2023, she is 88 years old and still an active, albeit no longer competitive, bodybuilder.
Tham "Thammy" Nguyen Gough (née Nguyen; / θj æ m w ɪ n /; Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thẩm, [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥˦ tʰaːm˧˩]; born 15 September 1996) is an Irish retired weightlifter who is known for being the first Irish weightlifter to win a senior medal at the European Weightlifting Championships.
Photo Credit: Ernestine Shepherd, Facebook. Yes, you read that right. 80 years old and still rocking. Ernestine has been dubbed the world's oldest body builder by Guinness Book of World Records ...
From 1944 to 1954, Stockton wrote a regular column on women's training, "Barbelles", in Strength & Health magazine, [5] [2] then the most influential fitness magazine in the world. She helped organize the first Amateur Athletic Union -sanctioned weightlifting competition for women, which was held in 1947.
Fast-forward eight years, and Joan MacDonald is a 78-year-old fitness influencer with 1.9 million followers who can hip thrust 235 pounds. A 70-year-old lost 70 pounds and got into weightlifting.
Edith Wilma Jean Conner [1] (September 5, 1935 – November 28, 2020), known as Edith Connor, was an American bodybuilder who was declared the oldest competitive female bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012, when she was 77, [2] breaking the record of Ernestine Shepherd.
This was the only bodybuilding competition of her career. She appeared in many magazines and on television talk shows, promoting bodybuilding for women. She also wrote a book on weight training for women titled Lisa Lyon's Body Magic (ISBN 0-553-01296-7), which was published in 1981. [2]
Rebecca Anne Lorch (February 20, 1990 – December 18, 2022) was an American competitive weightlifter and strongwoman. [1] She was a nutritionist and became interested in strength competitions after surviving a serious motorcycle accident.