Jennifer Abshire

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Jennifer Abshire[1]
— Bodybuilder —
Personal info
Born (1977-11-20) November 20, 1977 (age 46)[2]
Aurora, Illinois, U.S.[2]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Weight In Season: 150–170 lb (68–77 kg)
Off-Season: 180–185 lb (82–84 kg)[3][4]
Professional career
Pro-debut IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow[1], 2013[1]
Best win IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow champion[1], 2013[1]
Predecessor Lisa Giesbrecht[1]
Successor Simone Oliveira[1]
Active Since 2009[2]

Jennifer Abshire (née Scarpetta) (born November 20, 1977) is an American professional female bodybuilder.[1]

Early life and education

Jennifer Abshire was born in 1977 in Aurora, Illinois. She was a cheerleader in high school and during her senior year she started to lift weights a bit to get stronger to catch the girls in the basket toss.[2]

Figure career

Amateur

Abshire started lifted casually for 10 years before she got serious about nutrition and strength training. Her physique started to take the appearance of a figure competitor, and during show season, she kept getting asked when she was competing.[2]

Retirement

After one year as competing in figure, Abshire switched to bodybuilding.[2]

Contest history

  • 2008 NPC Mid-Illinois Bodybuilding Championship - 1st (tall and overall)
  • 2008 NPC Midwest Open Bodybuilding Championship - 1st (tall and overall)
  • 2008 NPC Grand Prix Bodybuilding Championship - 1st (middle)
  • 2008 NPC Illinois State Bodybuilding Championship - 3rd (middle)
  • 2008 NPC Junior Nationals - DNP (E class)
  • 2009 NPC Illinois State Bodybuilding Championship - 3rd (middle)[1][2]

Bodybuilding career

Amateur

During her amateur career, Abshire would come in first place in every weight category she competed in. After winning the light-heavy weight category at the 2010 USA Championships, she qualified for her IFBB pro card.[1]

Professional

In 2013, Abshire won the 2013 Toronto Pro Supershow and qualified for her first Ms. Olympia. At the 2013 Ms. Olympia, she placed fourth place.[1]

Contest history

  • 2009 NPC Illinois State Bodybuilding Championship - 1st (HW and overall)
  • 2010 NPC Junior Nationals - 1st (HW)
  • 2010 NPC USA Championships - 1st (LHW)
  • 2013 IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow - 1st
  • 2013 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 7th[1][2]

Personal life

Abshire currently lives in Lafayette, Louisiana.[5] She is bisexual.[6] On August 16, 2013, just prior to the 2013 Ms. Olympia, she married her girlfriend Megan Abshire,[7] who is also an amateur bodybuilder.[8] She had previously been married to Jason Scarpetta.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Jennifer Scarpetta (Scarpetta-Abshire)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  8. ↑ Megan Abshire

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