Lynn Conkwright
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Lynn Conkwright is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States.
Lynn was born on May 30, 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia. Conkwright trained for eight years in gymnastics, and won the Virginia State Gymnastics Championships. She began weight training to improve her gymnastics. Despite her small stature (5' tall and just over 100 pounds), she was one of the top professional competitors in the early 1980s. Her greatest success was winning the 1981 Pro World Championship. She also won the couples competition with Chris Dickerson in the same contest. Lynn competed in the first six Ms. Olympia contests (the only other woman to do so was Carolyn Cheshire), twice finishing as high as third.
Lynn was selected by ABC to represent women's bodybuilding in the women's Superstars competition in 1982, where she finished tenth in a field of twelve competitors. Conkwright placed first in rowing, third in basketball shooting, third in swimming, fifth in the bicycle race, fifth in golf, and seventh in the obstacle course.
Currently, Conkwright works as the director of Weider Athlete Promotions and manages Weider contracted athletes. Lynn was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2003.
[edit] Contest history
- 1980 Miss Virginia Beach - 1st
- 1980 NPC USA Championship - 5th
- 1980 Frank Zane Invitational - 3rd
- 1980 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 3rd
- 1981 Pro World Championships - 1st
- 1981 World Couples (with Chris Dickerson) - 1st
- 1981 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 3rd
- 1982 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
- 1983 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
- 1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 8th
- 1985 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 16th
- 1988 Pro World Championship - 14th
[edit] Reference
- Roark, Joe, "Factoids - Bodybuilder Lynn Conkwright", Flex, October, 2003
