Cory Everson

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Corinna "Cory" Kneuer Everson (b. January 4, 1959, Racine, Wisconsin) is an American female bodybuilder and actress. She won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row between 1984 and 1989.

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Cory Kneuer attended Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois, where she was a four sport star (gymnastics, track & field, badminton, and swimming). She majored in interior design at the University of Wisconsin, where she also won four Big Ten pentathlon championships.

While attending the University of Wisconsin, she met Jeff Everson, a competitive bodybuilder who worked there as a strength coach. They were married in 1982. Cory began to train seriously as a bodybuilder after her graduation, and made rapid progress. Aside from her six Ms. Olympia titles, she holds the distinction of being the only woman with an undefeated record in professional bodybuilding competition.

Cory and Jeff were divorced in 1996. Cory married Dr. Steve Donia, a cosmetic dentist, in 1998. Cory and her husband have one child. Cory's sister, Cameo Kneuer, is a two-time Ms. National Fitness champion.

Cory was the original host of the fitness show BodyShaping.

In January 1999, aged 40, Cory was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Body Building Hall of Fame on September 5, 2005.

Since retiring from competition, Cory has dabbled in acting. Her movie credits include Double Impact (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Ballistic (1995).

She has also made a number of TV guest appearances, most notably playing Atalanta on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She also hosted an exercise show on ESPN called Gotta Sweat for seven years.

At the 2007 Arnold Classic Cory Everson was awarded with the Life Time Achievement Award she is the first woman to be awarded this prestigious award.

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[edit] Reference

  • Todd, Jan, "Cory Everson", St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, Gale Group, 1999

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