Cammie Lusko

Who is Cammie Lusko?

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

Born in Los Angeles, California, Lusko entered her first bodybuilding contest in 1979, finishing third in the Robby Robinson Classic in her hometown. The following year, she placed 9th in the inaugural Ms. Olympia 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. She placed second that year in the 60 kg class of the Women's National Olympic weightlifting competition. At guest posings, Lusko did a strongwoman act in which she pressed men weighing nearly 200 pounds overhead, and jerked a 135 pound dumbbell overhead.

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