Cammie Lusko (born April 5, 1958) is an American athlete best known for her contributions to female bodybuilding in the 1980s. Born in

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, Lusko entered her first bodybuilding contest in 1979, finishing third in the Robby Robinson Classic (Roark, 2005) in her hometown. The following year, she placed 9th in the inaugural

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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 and 82.5 kg

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

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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

Contest history

*1979 Robby Robinson Classic - 3rd *1979 US Women's Championship - 3rd *1980 International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB

- 9th

References

*Roark, Joe, "Featuring 2005 Hall of Fame Inductee: Stacey Bentley", ''

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'', August, 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lusko, Cammie 1958 births Living people American female bodybuilders Strongwomen Professional bodybuilders 21st-century American women