Lora Ottenad (born February 3, 1964) is an American

professional bodybuilder Professional bodybuilding or pro bodybuilding can refer to bodybuilding for an income and/or possessing qualifications such as an IFBB Pro, IFBB Elite Pro or WNBF Pro League or Wabba International Pro Card. A professional bodybuilder may be on ...

and

powerlifting Powerlifting is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: Squat (exercise), squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athle ...

champion from

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Bodybuilding career

Amateur

At the 2000

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(NPC) Nationals, according to Gene Hwang, "From the looks of the prejudging though, it was almost a consensus that Ottenad was going to take the class,". However, when the final results were read out, Heather Foster had beat Lora for the 1st place heavyweight title. The audience erupted with boos of displeasure over this. Lora stormed off the stage after the photographs and Sheliah Browne tried and failed to catch up to her to give her the trophy she left on stage. A camera crew surrounded the heavyweight top five quickly, but as Lora was leaving, she was visibly angered and many in the crowd were equally dumbfounded. At the 2006 NPC Nationals, Lora got 1st place in the heavyweight class at , the heaviest heavyweight class winner since

Nicole Bass Nicole Fuchs (''née'' Bass; August 10, 1964 – February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling valet. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling ...

in 1997, along with winning the overall and her

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card.

Professional

Contest history

*1991 Seattle - 1st (Heavyweight (HW) & Overall (OA)) *1992 Washington State Championship - 1st (HW) *1995 Western Washington - 1st (HW & OA) *1996 NPC Emerald Cup - 1st (HW) *1996

(NPC) USA Championship - 11th (HW) *1996 NPC Nationals - Did not place (HW) *1997 NPC Emerald Cup - 1st (HW) *1999 NPC Iron Maiden Championships - 1st (HW & OA) *2000 NPC USA Championship - 1st (HW) *2000 NPC Nationals - 2nd (HW) *2001 NPC USA Championship - 9th (HW) *2003 NPC USA Championship - 4th (HW) *2003 NPC Nationals - 3rd (HW) *2004 NPC Nationals - 2nd (HW) *2005 NPC Nationals - 5th (HW) *2006

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(IFBB) North American - 2nd (HW) *2006 NPC Nationals - 1st (HW & OA) *2007

(IFBB Pro League)

Ms. International The Ms. International female bodybuilding contest was considered to be the second-most prestigious competition for female bodybuilding, female bodybuilders (second only to the Ms. Olympia competition), from its inception in 1986 through to its fi ...

- 11th *2007 IFBB Pro League Atlantic City Pro - 4th (HW) *2009 IFBB Pro League Atlantic City Pro - 12th *2011 IFBB Pro League Europa Battle of Champions - 6th *2011 IFBB Pro League Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships - 12th *2013 IFBB Pro League Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships - 8th *2015 IFBB Pro League Wings of Strength Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza - 9th (OA) & 5th (Masters) *2016 IFBB Pro League Lenda Murray Pro AM - 2nd *2016 IFBB Pro League Wings of Strength

Rising Phoenix World Championships The IFBB Pro League Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix Women's Bodybuilding World Championships is a professional female bodybuilding competition, promoted by Wings of Strength and founded by Jake and Kristal Wood., and sanctioned by thInterna ...

– 15th

Best statistics

Bench press The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a Compound movements, compound movement, with the primary muscles involved ...

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Biceps The biceps or biceps brachii (, "two-headed muscle of the arm") is a large muscle that lies on the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Both heads of the muscle arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle bel ...

- * Calves - *

Chest The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main di ...

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Legs A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element cap ...

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Leg press The leg press is a compound weight training exercise in which the individual pushes a weight or resistance away from them using their legs. The term ''leg press machine'' refers to the apparatus used to perform this exercise. The leg press can be ...

- (best lifts at a body weight of ) * On season

weight In science and engineering, the weight of an object is a quantity associated with the gravitational force exerted on the object by other objects in its environment, although there is some variation and debate as to the exact definition. Some sta ...

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barbell A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment used in weight training, bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman, consisting of a long bar, usually with weights attached at each end. Barbells range in length ...

bicep curls - (best lifts at a body weight of ) *

Quads The quadriceps femoris muscle (, also called the quadriceps extensor, quadriceps or quads) is a large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. It is the sole extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large ...

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Waist The waist is the part of the Human abdomen, abdomen between the rib cage and Hip (anatomy), hips. Normally, it is the narrowest part of the torso. ''Waistline'' refers to the horizontal line where the waist is narrowest, or to the general appe ...

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