In the late 1970s, she began lifting weights to rehab injuries to both knees suffered while playing rugby. Soon, she became involved in the fledgling sport of women’s bodybuilding. She won the first NPC Nationals in 1980, and won the AAU Ms. America title in 1981.
Combes made a dramatic national television appearance that year on the NBC series Real People. After the airing of a taped segment about female bodybuilding in which she had been featured, Combes carried host Skip Stephenson onto stage in front of the studio audience.
Combes competed in three professional shows, retiring after a sixth-place finish at the 1982 Ms. Olympia. Combes authored Winning Women's Bodybuilding (ISBN0-8092-5616-9) in 1983. Laura was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2002.
Roark, Joe, "Factoids: Featuring 2002 Hall of Fame Inductee Laura Combes", Flex, October, 2002
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laura, combes, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, . This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Laura Combes news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Laura Combes was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States Laura CombesBodybuilderPersonal infoBorn 1953 10 19 October 19 1953Racine Wisconsin USADiedOctober 4 1989 1989 10 04 aged 35 Odessa FloridaProfessional careerPro debut1980 Miss Virginia Beach Champion1979Best win1980 NPC Nationals Overall Champion1979 1982ActiveRetired 1982 Born on October 19 1953 in New York New York Combes moved to Tampa Florida in 1966 at age 13 As a teenager she played many sports including fencing sailing archery canoeing horseback riding water skiing and tennis Combes attended St Petersburg College Prep School and then went to the University of South Florida in Tampa In the late 1970s she began lifting weights to rehab injuries to both knees suffered while playing rugby Soon she became involved in the fledgling sport of women s bodybuilding She won the first NPC Nationals in 1980 and won the AAU Ms America title in 1981 Combes made a dramatic national television appearance that year on the NBC series Real People After the airing of a taped segment about female bodybuilding in which she had been featured Combes carried host Skip Stephenson onto stage in front of the studio audience Combes competed in three professional shows retiring after a sixth place finish at the 1982 Ms Olympia Combes authored Winning Women s Bodybuilding ISBN 0 8092 5616 9 in 1983 Laura was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2002 Laura Combes was found dead in her apartment in Odessa Florida on October 4 1989 from acute alcohol poisoning Contest history edit1979 Ms Brandon Physique 4th 1979 Ms Florida 5th 1979 Ms Suncoast Body Beautiful 2nd 1979 IFBB Best In The World 6th 1979 Ms Tampa Physique 1st 1979 Ms West Florida 1st 1979 Ms Northwest Florida 1st 1980 AAU Ms Florida Overall Winner 1980 AAU Ms America 1st 1980 NPC USA Championship 7th 1980 NPC Nationals 1st Overall 1981 Pro World Championship 6th 1981 IFBB Ms Olympia 4th 1982 IFBB Ms Olympia 6thReferences editRoark Joe Factoids Featuring 2002 Hall of Fame Inductee Laura Combes Flex October 2002External links editIFBB Hall of Fame profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Laura Combes amp oldid 1205211042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
