| Getbig Female Info Boards > Womens Physique, Bodybuilding, Wellness and Training |
| Where are they now? |
| (1/6) > >> |
| racerx009:
Hey everyone, I'm new to the site and I must say it's really impressive. I've long been a fan of female bodybuilding but feel that it's heyday was during the time I first encountered the sport in the 1980's. I know that Cory won most of the trophies back then but none were more impressive to me than Clare Furr who in my view got robbed in both the '85 and '86 Ms. Olympia. Does anyone here know what became of her? After placing second at the '86 Olympia she never competed again. |
| ripitupbaby:
I never really knew much about her, no idea where she is now. But I did find this video of her posing routine from the 1986 Ms. Olympia...great choice of music! 8) Interesting how they talk about the Ms. Olympia being drug tested at that time. Clare's still got a considerable amount of muscle on her. |
| racerx009:
Thanks for the response Ripitupbaby. Yeah I've seen that video as well. Of all the bodybuilders that claimed to compete "clean" back then Furr was probably one of the legitimate ones. She broke down her dietary regiment in Gold's Bodybuilding Nutritional Bible (published 21 years ago) which seemed to indicate that she'd used her background as a chemical engineer to design a program to maximize what she could naturally attain. Furr even eschewed the use of over-the-counter supplements as I recall as well. Though she seemed ready to breakout big time after placing second to Cory in '86 (an injustice) she just kind of dropped out of sight afterwards. What I remember reading at the time was that she married and had twins after a difficult pregnancy but that the marriage fell apart. She also briefly relocated to the New Jersey area to manage a gym but that didn't work out. That's literally the last thing I've heard about her and this info is at least 20 years old. The one person who might have a clue is women's bodybuilding historian Steve Wennerstrom but he oddly enough has almost zero internet presence as far as blogs or forums are concerned--in fact in a note to Lisa Auckland at her site he makes the point that he will not visit bodybuilding message boards, forums, or blogs. Like I said... odd. |
| ripitupbaby:
Steve W is around the internet...I may actually be able to get an answer from him for you. I'll see what I can do. :) In the meantime, here's her interview from the Ms. Olympia. |
| racerx009:
I'd greatly appreciate that Ripitupbaby, thanks again. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |