Jacqueline Fuchs

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Jacqueline "Jay" Fuchs (born 31 July 1971) is a Swiss professional female bodybuilder. Her achievements in various competitions has led pundits to regard her as one of the "ten best female bodybuilders in the world". [1]

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In July 2016, Fuchs won that year's edition of the IFBB Chicago Pro. [2] [3] The victory qualified her to vie for the crown of professional female bodybuilding at the Rising Phoenix World Championships that September. Fuchs placed 12th overall.

Contest history

2018
2017
2016
  • Bodybuilding: IFBB Pro Women (1st)
  • Bodybuilding: MGL Best Poser Award
2015
  • Bodybuilding: Wings of Strength Best Poser
  • Bodybuilding: IFBB Pro Women (5th)
2012
  • Bodybuilding: Women Bodybuilding (1st)

Film career

In the film Mad Heidi , Jacqueline plays the character Rosi, a Swiss bodybuilder female prison inmate. She shares a cell with a fellow Swiss bodybuilder Flora, played by Julia Föry. They are both introduced in their cell arm wrestling each other and both were equally matched. The arm wrestling is interrupted with Heidi and Klara both joining their cell and Klara becomes a victim of Rosi's sadist abuse. Both are experts in schwingen. She is killed accidentally by Flora while trying to kill Heidi.

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References

  1. "Körper aus Stahl: Diese Zürcherin begeistert auch die USA". limmattalerzeitung.ch. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. Development, Muscular. "Jacqueline Fuchs Wins Women's Bodybuilding - IFBB Chicago Pro 2016". musculardevelopment.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. "Zürcher Bodybuilderin räumt in den USA ab". 20 Minuten . Retrieved 9 July 2016.