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Nataliya Kuznetsova, also spelled Natalia (née Trukhina; born July 1, 1991), is a Russian professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. Kuznetsova began powerlifting at fourteen years of age in an attempt to gain muscle mass. [2] [3]
At the age of 25 (she turned 25 a week before the USA) and after only two years competing, she was one of the top heavyweight bodybuilders in the US. In 2006, she won the overall and heavyweight at the USA Championships, thus winning her pro card. [1] [7]
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
Iris Floyd Kyle (born Mildred Carter; [25] August 22, 1974) is an African-Indian American professional female bodybuilder. [26] [27] She is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever.
This is a list of female professional bodybuilders. All people listed here have an IFBB pro card. This list is incomplete; you can ...
Lisa was born in Rochdale in 1978. [8] She had eating problems that began while studying for her GCSEs.Around the age of 15 she became anorexic.She gained all As and A*s in her GCSEs and then achieved four A-Levels which allowed her to take a degree in Russian and Politics at Birmingham University.
Nikki Fuller (born January 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilder. At her largest, Fuller weighed 200 lb (91 kg). In competition, her height was listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and her biceps measured 18 in (457 mm). Some of her best lifts are 315 lb (143 kg) for a max on bench press and 1100 lbs for multiple reps on leg press
In a posthumous interview published by Female Bodybuilding and Weight Training, Baxter claimed a competitor came up to her in tears, saying, "That's not what a female bodybuilder should look like!" Muscle & Fitness' contest coverage estimated Baxter gained 8 pounds of muscle, an amazing amount back then for a 5-3 female bodybuilder.