Alina Popa
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Predecessor | Helle Trevino[2] |
Successor | Helle Trevino[2] |
Active | 2010-2018[3] |
Alina Evelina Popa Molinari (born October 12, 1978) is a
Early life and education
Popa grew up
Bodybuilding career
Amateur
At 18, Alina entered a gym in Brăila just to keep fit and lose some weight, but immediately fell in love with bodybuilding. In 1998, she began to read bodybuilding magazines. There was one female in the gym getting ready for the National Junior Championship and she felt admiration for her and wished she had her muscles. She kept on training for the next two years until one day she entered another gym in another town, where she was a student, and the trainer there saw her potential and suggested to her she should train to compete.[2][3][5]
In 1998, a gym owner suggested she compete in fitness. She started training to compete in fitness. However, immediately as she gained muscle, her trainer said they were too muscular for the division and that they should compete as a bodybuilder. Her role model was Lenda Murray. She competing for Romania till 2005, then in 2006 she moved to Switzerland and competed for Switzerland. In 2008, she received her IFBB pro card after winning the overall and heavyweight at the 2008 Worlds Santa Susanna.[3]
Professional
At the 2010 Ms. International, Alina had her pro debut, where she placed 8th.[3] In 2011, Dylan Armbrust, owner of Armbrust Pro Gym and former husband of professional bodybuilder Heather Armbrust, asked Alina for an autograph and she moved to Colorado to train with Dylan at the Armbrust Pro Gym.[6] At the 2011 Ms. International, she placed 3rd and qualified for her first Ms. Olympia. At the 2011 Ms. Olympia, she placed 5th. At the 2012 Ms. International, she placed 3rd. At the 2012 Ms. Olympia, she placed 4th.[7]
Alina decided sit out the 2013 Ms. International in order to focus on the 2013 Ms. Olympia.
Legacy
Since November 1, 2018, Alina has been Vice President of European Operations & Athletes' Rep of Wings of Strength. She promoter of three IFBB Pro League contests: the Alina Popa Classic Pro, the Romania Muscle Fest Pro and the Masters Olympia.[10][11]
Contest history
- 2000 Regional Cup - 2nd (HW)
- 2000 IFBB National Championship - 3rd (HW)
- 2003 IFBB National Championship - 1st (MW)
- 2004 IFBB European Championship - 2nd (HW)
- 2005 Mixed Pairs European Championship - 2nd
- 2005 Women's European Championship - 5th
- 2006 Grand Prix Due Torri - 1st
- 2007 NABBA Miss Universe - 1st (Miss Physique class)
- 2008 IFBB Worlds Santa Susanna - 1st (Overall and HW)
- 2010 IFBB Ms. International - 8th
- 2011 IFBB Ms. International - 3rd
- 2011 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5th
- 2012 IFBB Ms. International - 3rd
- 2012 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
- 2013 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
- 2014 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
- 2016 WOS Rising Phoenix World Championships - 3rd
- 2018 IFBB Muscle Vodka Tampa Pro - 1st
- 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships - 1st[2][3][7]
Best statistics
- Back - 47 inches (120 cm)[2]
- Bench press - 242 lb (110 kg) x 4-6 reps[2]
- Bicep curls - 65 lb (29 kg) each arm x 3 reps[2]
- Calves - 17 inches (43 cm)[2]
- Chest - 47 inches (120 cm)[12]
- Deadlift - 308 lb (140 kg) x 8 reps[2]
- On season biceps - 17 inches (43 cm)[2][12]
- On season
- On season weight - 160–165 lb (73–75 kg)[2][3]
- Quads - 28 inches (71 cm)[12]
- Squats - 375 lb (170 kg) x 4-6 reps
Personal life
Popa currently lives in Arvada, Colorado,[13] and she is divorced. As of September 11, 2013, Popa started working at Armbrust Pro Gym in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as a personal trainer, and also poses as a freelance fitness model.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Alina Popa". Facebook. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p About Me 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "IFBB Professional Bodybuilder ALINA POPA". amg. 2010-04-04. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ Alina Popa Work and Education
- ^ Q & A with the hosts
- ^ Mile High Muscle Show : Episode One
- ^ a b c Alina Popa Muscle Memory Profile
- ^ 2013 Ms. International Preview: Iris Kyle Seeks Her Seventh Title
- ^ Mile High Muscle Show: Episode 5, retrieved 2022-02-26
- ^ 2024 IFBB Pro League Schedule
- ^ 2023 IFBB Pro League Schedule WOMEN’S BODYBUILDING
- ^ a b c Iron Belles
- ^ "Alina Popa". Twitter. Retrieved May 18, 2014.