Aleesha Young (born November 10, 1984) is an American
bodybuilder
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who won the NPC USA Championships in 2014. At her largest, her biceps measured over and her quads over .
Young comes from an athletic family. Her father is a retired bodybuilding competitor, her brother plays American football and ice hockey, and her sister plays ice hockey. Young herself first trained in
softball
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,
cheerleading
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, basketball and soccer, and only at the age of 15 did she begin bodybuilding, alongside her father.
Contest history
*2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships – 15th
*2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships – 7th
*2011 NPC USA Championships – 8th
*2014 NPC USA Championships – 1st
*2014 IFBB Wings of Strength PBW Tampa Pro – 9th
*2015 IFBB Wings of Strength PBW Tampa Pro – 9th
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2015 IFBB WOS Rising Phoenix World Championships – 6th
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2017 IFBB WOS Rising Phoenix World Championships – 6th and Most Muscular award
* 2019 Chicago Pro Championships - 1st
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2019 IFBB WOS Rising
Phoenix World Championships - 10th
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2020 IFBB WOS Rising Phoenix World Championships - 4th
Personal life
Young lives near her hometown of Salt Lake City. She is divorced and has a daughter named Olivia.
References
1984 births
American female bodybuilders
Living people
Professional bodybuilders
21st-century American women
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