Cammie Lusko is an American athlete best known for her contributions to female bodybuilding in the 1980s.

Born in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, Lusko entered her first bodybuilding contest in 1979, finishing third in the Robby Robinson

Robby Robinson

Robby Robinson is an American former bodybuilder who won the IFBB Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe titles. He was the Masters Olympia overall champion the first year that the event was held in 1994 and then went on to win the 50+ division at that same contest in both 1997 and 2000...

 Classic (Roark, 2005) in her hometown. The following year, she placed 9th in the inaugural Ms. Olympia

Ms. Olympia

Ms. Olympia is the title given to the winner of the women's bodybuilding portion of Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend - an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilders . It was first held in 1980, and since 2000 it has been held at the same...

 competition.

Shifting her focus to Olympic style lifting, in 1983 she became the first woman to lift more than her body weight overhead with one arm (131 lbs.). She placed second that year in the 60 kg class of the Women's National Olympic weightlifting competition (60.0 kg snatch

Snatch (weightlifting)

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 and 82.5 kg clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

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 for a total of 142.5 kg). At guest posings, Lusko did a strongwoman

Strongwoman

Strongwoman refers to either a woman performing feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics. Traditionally, strongwomen have had a special appeal, as women involved in demonstrated feats of strength were exceptions....

 act in which she (at a bodyweight of approximately 130 pounds) pressed men weighing nearly 200 pounds overhead, and jerked a 135 pound dumbbell overhead. http://www.wpw.net/common/themes/wpw/x.asp?t=i&d=/wpwclubs/0-intros/clusko/intro&m=/wpwclubs/0-intros/clusko&afid=45767768&hid=WP

The Guinness Book of World Records once listed her as the "World's Strongest Woman."

Contest history

• 1979 Robby Robinson Classic - 3rd
• 1979 US Women's Championship - 3rd
• 1980 IFBB
  International Federation of BodyBuilders
  The International Federation of BodyBuilders is a competitive bodybuilding organization founded in 1946 by brothers Ben and Joe Weider and is the highest level of competitive bodybuilding in the world. Currently, the IFBB consists of seven different sub-divisions for different competitors ,...
  
   Ms. Olympia
  Ms. Olympia
  Ms. Olympia is the title given to the winner of the women's bodybuilding portion of Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend - an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilders . It was first held in 1980, and since 2000 it has been held at the same...
  
  - 9th