Tag Archive - female athlete

Queen Harrison is Queen of the Hurdles

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 11, 2010 at 7:48 pm
In: Female Athletes, Stuff With: 0 Comments

Queen Harrison brought light to Virginia Tech’s Track and Field program. This weekend she is competing in her final college meet, the NCAA outdoor championships, where she hoping to take home two national titles. She has the fastest time in the natioin in both of her events: 12.61 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles (also the best time in the world this year) and 54.66 in the 400 hurdles (fourth in the world this year).

She has already stepped on the most competitive track in the world. She ran the 400 hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and finished 13th in the semifinals. She won the 60 meter hurdles this year at the NCAA indoor meet. That win made her the third Virginia Tech athlete, and first female, to win a national title in any sport.

Queen looks forward to her career after college and we look forward to her representing us in the international meets! Not to mention, we love how strong she looks doing what she loves!

World Champion Whitney McClintock Earns More Gold

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 1, 2010 at 2:32 pm
In: Female Athletes, Stuff, Video With: 0 Comments

Whitney McClintock is the  2009 World Slalom, Trick & Overall Champion and the 2009 IWSF Female Athlete of the Year. She is in her last year at the University of Central Florida, studying Sports & Fitness. She hopes to share her passion for fitness and sports to others by opening a large fitness facility. She says she wants her love for fitness, and the well-being of others, to be at the heart of the facility.

She has been the youngest member of the Canadian National Water Ski Team since 2003 and just recently won gold in the women’s tricks event and bronze in slalom at the Masters water skiing tournament.

Whitney McClintock Overall World Water Ski Champions 2009 from Lorne Webber on Vimeo.

Veronica Campbell Brown: New Personal Record & Win

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: March 14, 2010 at 2:07 pm
In: Female Athletes, Stuff With: 0 Comments

Veronica Campbell Brown, Jamaican Olympic 200 meters gold medalist, set a new personal best for herself in the 60 meter, at the 2010 world indoor championships March 14th. She ran it in 7.00 seconds. Her new personal record was rewarded with a first place finish in the event. LaVerne Jones-Ferrette of the U.S. Virgin Islands came in just 0.03 behind Veronica. Rounding out third was American Carmelita Jeter.

Veronica was the second female athlete in history to win the 200-m consecutive years in the Olympics; she holds 3 Olympic gold medals, one silver and one bronze. The picture above is from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when she won the Gold in the 200m with a time of  21.74 seconds.

Three Card Pro Drexel Long Biography

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: February 25, 2010 at 8:01 pm
In: Female Athletes, Stuff With: 1 Comment

Drexel Long has earned her pro card in the NGA, FAME and IFPA. Growing up, Drexel was a track star and was ranked second to Marion Jones in the 400m dash as a high school senior. She’s a 6 time All American in track and continued to run the 400 until 2000. In 2002, she began hitting the weights but didn’t work with a trainer until 2008.

 

 

 

 

Birth date: 9-23
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Current Residence: Houston, TX
Height: 5’7′
Contest Weight: 135-140
Offseason Weight: 150

Competition History (In her words)

 2004

NPC Central Texas Cup (1st yr show) 
I won my 1st show as a heavyweight, not only was I the only one in my class but I was the ONLY female bodybuilder in the show.  
John Sherman Classic finally
2nd place as a Light heavyweight. This qualified me to compete at a national show for 2 yrs. 
2005

NPC Jr. Nationals
Top 10 Light Heavyweight  
After competing at the Jr. Nationals, I made the decision to only compete in natural drug free shows

2006

INBF American Championships
2nd place Heavyweight
NGA Southern States Extravaganza
1st place Heavyweight
Overall winner and Pro card awarded
Musclemania Superbody
2nd place Open

2007

OCB Texas Shredder
2nd place, as a Fitness model
NGA Southern States Pro (debut)
1st place

2008

FAME Diana Chaloux Central Championships
1st place Advance Bodybuilder (Pro card awarded)
2nd place Advance Muscle Model
FAME World Pro Championships-WORLD CHAMP-6th place Muscle Model
NGA NOPI Pro-9th place
IFPA Pro Yorton Cup-8th place

Let’s Give Female Surfers More Press

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: February 22, 2010 at 4:07 pm
In: Female Athletes, Stuff With: 1 Comment

Have you ever heard the name Stephanie Gilmore? How about Kelly Slater? Yup, Kelly is far more recognized in the surfing community for his accomplishments, but Stephanie, a 22-year-old Australian, is arguably more accomplished than Kelly, the undisputed “best surfer of all times.” While the general media has not chosen to give Stephanie the attention she deserves, FemaleMuscle wants you to know who she  is and what she’s accomplished.

Stephanie, a third-year surfer won her third World Championship this year. She has dominated the sport in a manor that is rare for any athlete in any sport, and has never been done in surfing to date. In 2007, she became the first to win a world championship in a rookie year on tour.

  • Stephanie Gilmore’s favorite hobby is playing the guitar.
  • Stephanie Gilmore’s favorite surfers are Kelly Slater, Chelsea Georgeson and Lisa Anderson.
  • Stephanie Gilmore is 5’9″ tall and weighs 150 lbs.
  • Stephanie Gilmore’s nickname is Steph.
  • Stephanie Gilmore’s favorite surf trip ever was when she went to the West Sumatra in Indonesia.
  • Stephanie Gilmore’s favorite musical artists are Ben Harper, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

    • Justine Henin: Another Tennis Star Re-emerges

    Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: December 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm
    In: Female Athletes With: 1 Comment

    Justine Henin, 27-years-old, left tennis in May 2008 while she was still ranked number one in the world to concentrate on life off the court. But, 2010 is a new year and Justine has re-emerged. Pre-retirement, if you can even call it that, Justine had won 41 WTA titles, including seven Grand Slams, and was ranked number one in the world for 117 non-consecutive weeks. Her quiet resurfacing has been bombarded with attention. perhaps due to the ‘comeback story’ of Kim Clijsters this year. Only time will tell if the past tennis superstar will bring enough to the court to firmly reclaim her place in the industry: at the top.

    Caster Semenya: Male Sex Organs

    Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: September 11, 2009 at 2:53 pm
    In: Female Athletes With: 3 Comments

    According to the Australian press, South African runner and 800m Women’s World Champion Caster Semenya does have male sex organs.

    Caster-Semenya-celebrates-002

    The subject of much prior speculation about her gender, reports say Semenya is missing internal female sex organs (ovaries and womb) and instead has internalized testes which are reported to produce large amounts of testosterone.

    The track governing body (IAAF/International Association of Athletics Federation) didn’t confirm or deny the reports, saying it was reviewing the test results and would announce its findings in November.

    Semanya was supposed to compete in the South African Cross Country Championships in Pretoria tomorrow, but withdrew today.

    Semenya = High Testosterone

    Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: August 24, 2009 at 7:48 pm
    In: Female Athletes With: 7 Comments

    The drama surrounding 800m 2009 World Champion Caster Semenya continues, with preliminary medical tests showing the 18-year-old South African to have three times the normal female level of testosterone in her body.

    caster-semenya_1465588c

    From The Telegraph:

    Preliminary medical tests on Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old South African at the centre of a gender row, have recorded elevated levels of the male hormone testosterone, Telegraph Sport can reveal.

    A source close to the investigation into the 800 metres gold medallist has confirmed that tests carried out before the start of the World Championships indicated that the runner had three times the normal female level of testosterone in her body.

    Understandably, not all agree with the gender testing that Semenya is being subjected to:

    The row over whether Semenya is a woman or a man has become a cause célèbre in South Africa, where the country’s parliament is preparing to file a complaint with the United Nations Commissioner of Human Rights over the athlete’s treatment, saying the gender verification tests are a “gross and severe undermining of rights and privacy.”

    Click through to see another photo of Semenya, as well as a video clip of her being interviewed. Continue Reading…

    Game, Set, Slap

    Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: July 2, 2009 at 8:20 am
    In: Female Athletes With: 0 Comments

    Tennis superstar Anna Kournikova, who is often better known for her looks then her tennis, had an off the court match in a Vegas nightclub recently.

    Anna-Kournikova-26

    From People Magazine:

    Anna Kournikova ended up with cuts on her neck after getting into a shoving match this past weekend in Las Vegas

    An onlooker said Kournikova, 28, and her assistant were sitting at a VIP table when the other woman bumped them. They pushed each other but were separated – until the woman confronted Kournikova again as she was leaving the nightclub.

    “The woman came back over and threw a drink on Anna and her assistant,” the source said. “The woman was definitely drunk.”

    The other woman grabbed Kournikova by the neck and pushed her into a wall before security broke them apart.

    Edith Hunkeler

    Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: April 21, 2009 at 1:23 pm
    In: Stuff With: 1 Comment

    In a post concept that I liberally stole from my friend Joseph, let’s take a look at Edith Hunkeler. Not exactly the sexiest name no, but her looks more then make up for the name. Edith was born in July 1972 in Altishofen, Switzerland. At the age of 22 she was involved in a car accident which left both of her legs paralyzed. She went on to compete in marathons, enter the paraolympics and win her first career title at the 2002 women’s wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon with a time of 1 hour, 45 minutes, 57 seconds.

    Athletic, inspirational and good looking…..can’t really ask for much more…

    edith.jpg