After reading this article, you will learn about the victories and the fate of women, who can be called the most powerful on the planet.
Different people have different attitudes towards female muscle building, but no one can argue that some ladies have achieved very impressive results in power sports. It is always the result of long, exhausting work.
10. Abby (Paji) Stockton
Abby was born in 1917 and died in the mid-00s. This American rightfully won the title of Queen of bodybuilding.
After school, the girl became the dispatcher: she answered the phone. The work was sedentary, Abby did not move much, and very soon she realized that she was rapidly getting fat. Then the girl went in for weightlifting.
Even when the girl was a schoolgirl, she really liked the Stockton Forest. Her lover was also an athlete, but he was engaged in gymnastics and wrestling. Athletes got married in 1941. After some time, the husband and wife created a tandem: they performed with acrobatic numbers together.
The girl quite easily held her husband over her head, weighing about 84 kilograms. Abby was one of the first to put on a separate swimsuit, noting that solid models very much interfere with activities on the beach.
9. Bev Francis
Bev Francis is an Australian famous in the world of sports, who was born in the mid-50s. When the girl was a teenager, she pushed the cores, and then began to seriously engage with heavy weight.
Bev managed to break 40 records and take 6 world titles. The muscle mass that Francis managed to build was considered by many to be simply unrealistic.
The woman managed to achieve such results, because she trained a lot and did not see any limits for herself. Bev raised two daughters. Her husband was Judge Steve Weinberger.
8. Chen Weiling
This athlete excelled in powerlifting and weightlifting. Her homeland is Taiwan. Chen took part in world weightlifting competitions several times.
In 2008, the athlete lifted 196 kg at the Beijing Olympic Games and took third place. After some time, it turned out that the other winners were taking doping, and Weilin was awarded first place.
Chen also achieved very great success in powerlifting: she won the Asian and World Championships. At home, the athlete was nicknamed "Superman."
7. Iris Kyle
A bodybuilder from the United States was born in Michigan, in Benton Harbor. When Iris was a child, she was engaged in running and basketball. Kyle entered the Faculty of Business Administration (University of Alcorn).
After some time, the student took part in bodybuilding competitions and achieved significant success.
Then Iris managed to become a winner in the US Championship. Kyle loves Swiss chocolate, yogurt and Thai cuisine. She enjoys traveling and cycling.
6. Aneta Florchik
Aneta Florchik is a Polish athlete. Aneta's compatriots admire her and call her one of the strongest women in the world. The athlete was born in 1982.
When Florchik was 16 years old, she began to do powerlifting. Aneta won the national championship three times.
This woman loves to raise the representatives of the stronger sex above her head and throw them to the side (there are such unusual competitions). In two minutes, Florchik lifted and threw as many as twelve men.
She really likes to take part in various television shows: for example, in the foreign analogue of “Ice Dancing”.
5. Tatyana Kashirina
Tatyana was born in Noginsk. This weightlifter is the Olympic silver medalist, four-time European champion and five-time world champion. Kashirina was engaged in weightlifting even when she was a schoolgirl, but closer to graduation she decided to stop this “non-female” business, in addition, other teenagers made fun of her physique.
However, the trainers convinced the girl that she should not go on about stereotypes. When Tatyana became an adult, she went to the world championship for adults and received a silver prize.
4. Robin Coleman
Robin is a gladiator from the USA. She is a former bodybuilder. Robin starred in shows and films with a real show of strength.
When a contest of the most powerful women in the world took place in Zambia, the gladiator took part in it and became one of the winners, taking an honorable third place.
Robin often becomes a participant in rowing and wrestling competitions. This incredible woman performs various tricks: for example, picks up heavy cars.
3. Becca Swanson
This athlete was born in the United States, in the state of Nebraska. Now she is the only woman in the world to lift 387 kg in a squat.
This athlete is one of the strongest in powerlifting. She used to prefer bodybuilding, but in the 90s there was a fashion for major athletes.
Currently, Becca Swanson is one of the leaders in the professional league WLW. Today, she maintains the status of one of the strongest women and devotes a lot of time to training in the gym.
2. Janis Todd
Janis Todd was born in 1952. She is a resident of the United States. Currently, Janis is a professor of sports medicine and a journalist who writes about power sports.
However, before, she was very successful in powerlifting and bench press. In the early 80s, this athlete became the winner of the World Powerlifting Championships. Todd is the world record holder.
1. Jill Mills
Jill Mills is a bodybuilder and powerlifter who has twice won the title "The most powerful woman in the world." Well-muscled women in society have always been heavily criticized, but from childhood, Jill considered them very beautiful.
Mills began to do weight lifting herself, without a coach, focusing solely on recommendations from magazines. Over time, she achieved very significant successes and became the owner of a large number of awards.