Lisa Aukland

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Lisa Aukland
Bodybuilder
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Lisa Aukland doing a double bicep pose on September 26, 2008, during the 2008 Ms. Olympia finals.
Personal info
Born (1958-09-16) September 16, 1958 (age 65) [1] [2]
Bay Shore, Islip, New York, U.S. [3]
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [4]
WeightIn Season: 150–155 lb (68–70 kg)
Off-Season: 160–169 lb (73–77 kg) [4] [5]
Professional career
Pro-debut
Best win
  • IFBB Atlantic City Pro champion [6]
  • 2006, 2007 (heavyweight and overall), 2008, and 2009 [6] [7]
PredecessorNone [6]
SuccessorNone [6]
ActiveRetired 2010 [8]

Lisa Aukland (born September 16, 1958) is an American professional female bodybuilder and amateur powerlifter. [9]

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Early life and education

Lisa Aukland was born in 1958 in Bay Shore, New York. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. Her childhood was a typical military family and her parents were very strict. Her father was an officer in the Air Force so her family traveled around a lot and lived on military bases. Her family moved every couple of years to states such as New York, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Virginia. [2] [3] Her family also lived in Germany during part of her childhood.

Aukland learned how to make friends quickly. She joined teams on the military bases like football, softball, and bowling. Her dad coached them on their teams. Her mom was a stay-at-home mom for most of her younger years. She taught them how to sew, crochet, knit, cook, clean and garden. Her dad taught us how to use power tools and fix things, such as how to work on cars. She attended Kecoughtan High School and said she wasn't athletic in high school. [2] [3]

Aukland attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore for a doctorate in pharmacy, which she graduated in 1999. She attained a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy, magna cum laude at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and an associate in science summa cum Laude at Thomas Nelson Community College. [4] [10] [11]

Powerlifting career

Amateur

Aukland has won every regional and state competition she has entered and set eight world records. [12]

Retirement

Aukland decided to officially retire from powerlifting competitions in order to concentrate on competing as a professional bodybuilder. [12]

Legacy

Aukland's best lifts in powerlifting career was 275 lb (125 kg) in the bench, 410 lb (190 kg) deadlift, and 400 lb (180 kg) squat. She competed only in the drug-tested division, and some of those records still hold in Maryland. [2] She was ranked 5th in the 148 lb (67 kg) weight class on "Powerlifting USA" magazine's list of "Top 20 Women Powerlifters in the United States for the year 2000." [13]

Contest history

YEAR [14] EVENTWEIGHT (lbs)BODY- WEIGHTPLACING
1991Quest Bench Press (BP) Contest. Bel Air, MDBench-155 lb (70 kg)130 lb (59 kg)1st
1992Quest BP "rep" contest (half bodyweight)Bench-93 lb (42 kg) reps131 lb (59 kg)1st
1993USPF Maryland State BP MeetBench-170 lb (77 kg)134 lb (61 kg)1st
May 1994USPF BP MeetBench-195 lb (88 kg)1132 lb (60 kg)1st
November 1994USPF "Fall Open" BP MeetBench-210 lb (95 kg)1137 lb (62 kg)1st
1995USPF Maryland State BP MeetBench-225 lb (102 kg)1140 lb (64 kg)1st
1996Chesapeake Racquet & Fitness BP MeetBench-235 lb (107 kg)140 lb (64 kg)1st
1997AAU Beast of the East BP/DL MeetBench-225 lb (102 kg)1
Deadlift-325 lb (147 kg)		145 lb (66 kg)1st
1998USAPL Eastern Regional BP CompetitionBench-242 lb (110 kg)1147 lb (67 kg)1st
April 2000WPA World Championships full meet: squat, bench press, deadliftSquat- 400 lb (180 kg)1
Bench- 245 lb (111 kg)1
Deadlift-285 lb (129 kg)1
TOTAL: 1,030 lb (470 kg)		146.5 lb (66.5 kg)1st
April 8, 2001APA Capital Bench Press and Deadlift MeetBench- 275 lb (125 kg)1
Deadlift-410 lb (190 kg)1		157 lb (71 kg)1st

Bodybuilding career

Amateur

Aukland's first bodybuilding show was the Levrone Classic in Glen Burnie, Maryland, in 1995, which she won middleweight class and the overall title. Afterwards, she jumped right up to the national level competing in the NPC Jr. Nationals in 1996 and took fourth place. She began a successful run at the largest national level drug tested bodybuilding show, the NPC Team Universe Championships. She took fourth in 1998 only to come back and win first place and overall winner for the next three years in 1999, 2000, and 2001. After competing in Team Universe and realizing that she was close to looking like some of the women that were winning. When she won that show then went to the IFBB World Amateur Championship and took a silver medal, she figured she should get serious in bodybuilding. [3] [15]

These wins sent Aukland to compete in the IFBB World Amateur Championships representing the United States women's heavyweight division. She brought home a silver medal from Australia in 1999. At the 2000 World Amateur Championships, she takes 6th place in Warsaw, Poland. During this time she was working full-time and decided to take on a part-time job teaching college level paramedic pharmacology. The 2001 IFBB World Amateur Championships was called off for the Americans contestants due to an international travel advisory in response to the events of 9/11. In September 2001, she won the heavyweight and overall titles at the IFBB North American Championships in Canada. and obtained her pro card. [15]

Professional

In February 2002, Aukland attended her first IFBB pro competition, the Ms. International. In 2004, she attended her first Ms. Olympia competition. From 2006 to 2009, she would go on to win every overall title at the Atlantic City Pro. With the exception of the 2003 and 2006 Ms. International, she would rank in the top sixth in every professional competition she attended. [15] She declined to attend the 2009 Ms. International due to a new relationship with a boyfriend. Her coach was Mike Davies. [16]

Retirement

In 2010, Aukland officially retired from the sport of bodybuilding. [8]

Legacy

During Aukland's amateur and some of her professional bodybuilding career, she described herself as a "life-time drug-free athlete," and only competed in drug tested competitions during her amateur career. [17] [18] [19] However, in a later interview in her professional career, when asked about whether she had used performance-enhancing drugs, she declined to answer the question. [2] In 2006, she revived the Most Improved Female Athlete of the Year award at the 2006 Olympia Gala. [20]

Contest history

Personal life

Aukland currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland. [21] She is of Norwegian-German heritage. [17] In 1992, she joined the Maryland Poison Center and sat for the CSPI examine in 1993. Since 1995, she is certified in Specialist in Poison Information (CSPI) and is a pharmacist. [10] [11]

Television appearance

Aukland, along with four other fellow female bodybuilders, starred in a MTV Virgin Mobile ringtone commercial shot in New York City on August 8, 2006. In 2011, she starred in a Constellation Energy commercial. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ 2008 ARNOLD CLASSIC WOMEN'S FINALS
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 SHREDDED MUSCLE Lisa Aukland
  3. 1 2 3 4 IFBB Pro bodybuilder Lisa Aukland holds more degrees from the College of Muscle then any mainstream University provides.
  4. 1 2 3 Bio
  5. ↑ "FLASH REPORT". billdobbins.com. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lisa Aukland
  7. 1 2 2007 IFBB Atlantic City Pro Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest
  8. 1 2 Lisa Aukland Retires
  9. ↑ Lisa Aukland homepage
  10. 1 2 Certified Specialist in Poison Information at Maryland Poison Center
  11. 1 2 Two Employees Celebrate 20 Years as Certified Specialists in Poison Information
  12. 1 2 Lisa Aukland World Class Amateur
  13. ↑ Powerlifting gallery
  14. ↑ World Class Amateur Powerlifter
  15. 1 2 3 4 IFBB Professional Bodybuilding:
  16. ↑ MUSCLE GIRLS INC. (03-23-10): TANJI JOHNSON & LISA AUKLAND!
  17. 1 2 Bodybuilding without drugs
  18. ↑ Shaping Up
  19. ↑ Big is best for bodybuilders, but Schwarzenegger says no to steroids / Arnold Classic: Competitors and fans largely unconcerned by illegal substances
  20. 1 2 What's new?
  21. ↑ Facebook page
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