Nicole Wilkins

Nicole Wilkins
— Bodybuilder —
Personal info
Born February 5, 1984
Farmington, Mi
Height 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Weight (In Season): 133 lbs (Off Season): 145-148 lbs
Professional career
Pro-debut IFBB Figure International, 2008,
Best win 4 times IFBB Figure Olympia Winner (2009, 2011, 2013-14), 2011
Predecessor Jennifer Gates

Nicole Wilkins (born February 5, 1984) is best known as a IFBB professional figure and fitness competitor, fitness model, and fitness trainer.[1] She is the first 4 time winner of the IFBB Figure Olympia Competition and 3 time winner of the prestigious IFBB Figure International held during the Annual Arnold Classic. She is currently the only woman to have won the Figure Olympia four times.[2]

Early life

Nicole was born in Farmington, Michigan to Ward and Kathy Wilkins. Her father was a tree and shrub-care specialist and her mother was a tax accountant. She has a younger sister, Erica. She attended Warren Mott High School and then Oakland University in Michigan. She graduated with a BA in Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention with a focus in Exercise Science.[3]

Career

Nicole started ballet when she was five, then moved on to dancing and cheerleading. Her competitive career started at age seven and continued through high school as a gymnast and track and field standout. She stopped competing in gymnastics as a result of an injury and surgery which caused her to start strength training as an alternative.

She went on to get her university degree and also prepared for her first fitness competition at the 2003 NPC in Western Michigan where she placed 1st in the fitness competition at just 19 years old.[4]

The following year, as a junior in college, she competed in five more competitions, alternating between the Fitness and Figure divisions. Over the next three years she moved from the local/regional to the national level to get her pro card and gain entry into the IFBB Professional League.

In July of 2007 she competed at the NPC Team Universe Championships in New York City where she crossed over and competed in both categories, Fitness and Figure (2007's Team Universe was the last time competing in two divisions was allowed). She won the Overall in both categories, beating out over 200 women from across the nation to win her pro card. This was the first time that a competitor had won both Fitness and Figure overall titles at the same national-level contest.[5]

One year later she made her professional debut as an IFBB competitor at the 2008 Arnold Classic in Columbus.[6]

In 2009 she became the youngest woman in the history of the sport to win the Figure Olympia contest.[7][8] In 2010 she won 1st place in the Arnold Classic, but lost the Figure Olympia title to Erin Stern.

In 2011, her best year to date, she came back to win 5 titles and became the first person to reclaim Figure Olympia title, as well as the first person to win the Figure Olympia and the Figure International in the same year.[9]

In 2012 she was once again runner up in the Figure Olympia to competitor Erin Stern, but she reclaimed the title again in 2013, and then became the winningest athlete in Figure Olympia history with her fourth Figure Olympia win in 2014.

Nicole is also a world renowned trainer certified by the IFPA, training fitness and bodybuilding professionals as well as amateurs, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts both in person and virtually through her official website.[10]

She is still competing.

Accomplishments

Competitions

She participated in the following shows:

Career highlights

Some of her career highlights to date:

Personal life

In 2010 she divorced and began her own career leaving the studio to her ex-husband, at which time she dropped the "Lee" from her last name.

References

  1. ↑ "IFPA Trainer Nicole Wilkins". Ruth Silverman, Iron Man magazine
  2. ↑ "Nicole Wilkins makes history". Bobybuilding, Cassie Smith, retrieved Sep 24 2014
  3. ↑ "IFPA Trainer Nicole Wilkins". Ruth Silverman, Ironman Magazine
  4. ↑ "Twice As Nice". Sommer Robertson, Muscle and Performance
  5. ↑ Muscle & Fitness Hers, “How I Won The Figure Olympia”. Retrieved Jan/Feb 2010
  6. ↑ "http://www.hardfitness.com/arnold2008.html". Hard Fitness
  7. ↑ "Nicole Wilkins interview 2010". Education Tree
  8. ↑ "WILKINS-LEE SIGNS WITH WEIDER". Flex Training
  9. ↑ "2011 Figure Olympia Final Results". Flexonline. Retrieved September 17 2011
  10. ↑ "Nicole Wilkins Personal Fitness Trainer of The Month December 2012". International Fitness Professionals Association
  11. ↑ "About Nicole". The Fit Expo
  12. ↑ "A Recharged Nicole Wilkins is Ready for New York". Hardbody News, retrieved May 22 2013
  13. ↑ "Nicole Wilkins - Mr Olympia Weekend - IFBB". Muscular Development
  14. ↑ "Competitor History of the Figure Olympia". IFBB Professional League
  15. ↑ "How Nicole Wilkins won her fourth Olympia". Bodybuilding, retrieved Stephanie Smith Mar 16, 2015
  16. ↑ "Nicole Wilkins-Lee Signs with Weider". Muscle & Fitness, October 14 2009
  17. ↑ "2011 Olympia Final Results". NPC News Online

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