Nicole Wilkins

Nicole Wilkins (born February 5, 1984) is an American 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 IFBB Figure International held during the Annual Arnold Classic.

Nicole Wilkins
Bodybuilder
Wilkins interviewed at GNC 2011
Personal info
Born (1984-02-05) February 5, 1984
Farmington, Mi
Height5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Weight(In Season): 133 lb (Off Season): 145-148 lb
Professional career
Pro-debut
  • IFBB Figure International, 2008
Best win
  • 4 times IFBB Figure Olympia Winner (2009, 2011, 2013-14)
  • 2011
PredecessorJennifer Gates

Early life

Wilkins graduated with a B.A. from Oakland University in health, wellness, and injury prevention.[2]

Career

Aged 19, Wilkins prepared for her first fitness competition at the 2003 NPC in Western Michigan where she placed 1st in the fitness competition.[3]

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 2007, Wilkins participated in the NPC Team Universe Championships held in New York City, where she competed in both the Fitness and Figure categories, a practice which was last allowed in the 2007 Team Universe event. She secured the Overall title in both categories, outperforming around 200 competitors from across the country, thereby earning her professional card. This marked the first occasion where a competitor clinched the Overall titles in both Fitness and Figure at the same national-level competition.[4]

One year later she made her professional debut as an IFBB competitor at the 2008 Arnold Classic in Columbus.[5]

In 2009, Wilkins became the youngest woman in the history of the sport to win the Figure Olympia contest.[6][7] In 2010, she won 1st place in the Arnold Classic, but lost the Figure Olympia title to Erin Stern.

In 2011, 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.[8]

In 2012, she was runner up in the Figure Olympia to competitor Erin Stern, but she reclaimed the title again in 2013, and had her fourth Figure Olympia win in 2014.

Wilkins is a certified trainer by the IFPA.[9]

Competitions
  • 2007 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest - 2nd[10][11]
  • 4 times IFBB Figure Olympia Champion - 2009, 11, 13, 14[12]

References
  1. "IFPA Trainer Nicole Wilkins". 26 June 2014. Ruth Silverman, Iron Man magazine
  2. "IFPA Trainer Nicole Wilkins". 26 June 2014. Ruth Silverman, Ironman Magazine
  3. "Twice As Nice". Sommer Robertson, Muscle and Performance
  4. Muscle & Fitness Hers, “How I Won The Figure Olympia”. Retrieved Jan/Feb 2010
  5. "2008 Arnold Classic and Arnold Amateur". Hard Fitness
  6. "Nicole Wilkins interview 2010". Education Tree
  7. "WILKINS-LEE SIGNS WITH WEIDER". 13 October 2009. Flex Training
  8. "2011 Figure Olympia Final Results". 18 September 2011. Flexonline. Retrieved September 17 2011
  9. "Nicole Wilkins Personal Fitness Trainer of The Month December 2012". International Fitness Professionals Association
  10. "A Recharged Nicole Wilkins is Ready for New York". 22 May 2013. Hardbody News, retrieved May 22 2013
  11. "Nicole Wilkins - Mr Olympia Weekend - IFBB". Muscular Development
  12. "About Nicole". The Fit Expo
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