Edith Connor

Edith Wilma Connor (born 1935) is an American bodybuilder who was declared the oldest competitive female bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012, when she was 77.

Biography

Connor was born in Denver, Colorado. She began bodybuilding because she felt she was too sedentary in her job doing data entry. She entered her first bodybuilding competition (the Grand Masters in Las Vegas) on her 65th birthday, winning first place. She is also a personal trainer. She exercises at least three times a week and does not diet.

Her husband of 57 years died in 2011. She has three sons, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.