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Tina is an IFBB Fitness Competitor from Sandusky, Ohio who's been an IFBB pro since she turned pro at the 2007 NPC Nationals. Her life was pretty much about sports during her high school and college career, competing in softball, basketball, ran track, cheerleading, intramural volleyball at WSU. In 1996, she joined the US Air Force Reserves. It was at this point where her life changed forever, as she began to go to the gym on a regular basis and met her husband at a step aerobics class. In 2000, Tina graduated WSU with a BS in Business Management and later that year, the couple got married and moved to California. Three year later, she got pregnant and had a baby girl, which she describe on her official website, it was "the most wonderful and worst thing happened to me (her)". Sick the entire time she was pregnant (which for those that don't know, it's nine months) she had an emergency C-Section. Going though that made her decided to go though the neccesary diet and training to compete, which was something she wanted to do ever since she was a teenager.
In 2005, after doing some research she found WTF (Women's Tri-Fitness). She ended up competing that year in Vegas that year and placed 15th out of 200 women, which was awesome for a first-time competitor. The following year, she entered a local Ms. Fitness competition and qualified for Ms. Fitness in Vegas which was a long time dream. She then discovered the phenomenon know as Mike Davies, and boy did things turn out awesome for her after that!
Throughout her entire NPC career from 2006 to 2007, she was in the top 5 in every show she entered. After she turned pro in 2007 at the NPC Nationals, she received an invite to the 2008 Fitness International, where she placed 11th. After the Arnold that year, she would have back surgery that would keep her out all year. When you have back surgery and you're a fitness competitor, things don't usually look so well for you. But it didn't stop Tina from making her presence felt. She would be invited back to the Arnold the next year, and would qualify for the 2009 Arnold with a 5th place finish. Tina's reaction after she received her 5th place check was priceless, as you would have thought she's won the competition. That's how big of a deal it was for her to be back after being out a year and to place that high in such a huge competition.
From that point forward, it's been nothing but awesome stuff from Tina, with back to back Arnold and Olympia appearances. Her routines are very energetic, and she might possibly have the best complete physique package of all the fitness competitors today. At this point in her career, the only way Tina can go is up. Don't be surprised to see her get a 4th straight Arnold invite and her first fitness win sometime in 2011.
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| Photo credit: Muscular Development |
COMPETITION HISTORY:
2010 Ft. Lauderdale Pro Cup Fitness, 3rd
2010 Fitness Olympia, 7th
2010 New York Pro Fitness, 4th
2010 Arnold Ms. Fitness International, 7th
2010 New York Pro Fitness, 4th
2010 Ms. Fitness Olympia, 7th
2009 Fitness Olympia, 5th
2009 Europa Show of Champions, 5th
2009 New York Fitness Pro, 3rd
2009 Arnold Ms. Fitness International, 5th
2008 Arnold International, 11th
2007 NPC Fitness Nationals, 1st*
2007 NPC Team Universe 3rd
2007 NPC Jr. Nationals 1st **
2006 NPC Fitness Nationals, 4th
2006 NPC Ohio Championship, 1st
2006 NPC Jr. Nationals, 3rd
2006 NPC Indianapolis Championship, 1st ***
2006 NPC Julie Palmer Showdown, 1st
* Overall Winner (Earned IFBB Pro Card)
** Overall Winner
*** National Qualifier
For more on Tina, check out her website at http://www.tinadurkinfitness.com.
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