Cydney Gillon

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Cydney Gillon
Born (1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 31) [1]
Television Survivor: Kaôh Rōng

Cydney Gillon is an American IFBB professional figure and fitness competitor. She is the 2nd African-American woman to win the IFBB Figure Olympia competition and the first 7-time consecutive winner of the IFBB Figure Olympia competition (2017 to 2022). [2]

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Early life

Gillon attended the University of Pennsylvania where she got a degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. [3] She also competed on the track team for University of Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2014. [4]

Survivor

She was a contestant on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng . [5] [6] [7] She finished in 4th place after losing a tie-breaker fire making challenge to Aubry Bracco and lasted a total of 37 days in the game. [8]

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