# Edith Connor

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{{Short description|American bodybuilder (1935–2020)}}
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'''Edith Wilma Jean Conner'''<ref>{{cite news |title=77-year-old body-builder sets world record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93891807/okmulgee-daily-times/ |access-date=31 January 2022 |publisher=Okmulgee Daily Times |date=11 November 2012}}</ref> (September 5, 1935 – November 28, 2020), known as '''Edith Connor''', was an American [bodybuilder](/source/bodybuilding) who was declared the oldest competitive [female bodybuilder](/source/female_bodybuilding) by the ''[Guinness Book of World Records](/source/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records)'' in 2012, when she was 77,<ref name="ibtimes1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/oldest-female-bodybuilder-77-year-old-edith-connor-breaks-guinness-world-record-700529 |title=Oldest Female Bodybuilder, 77-Year-Old Edith Connor, Breaks Guinness World Record |publisher=Ibtimes.com |date= 29 May 2012|accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref> breaking the record of [Ernestine Shepherd](/source/Ernestine_Shepherd).<ref>https🖉{{Cite web|url=http://www.today.com/news/nyads-not-alone-7-senior-citizens-superhuman-strength-8c110677168C11067716|title=Nyad's not alone: 7 senior citizens with superhuman strength|website=TODAY.com}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Conner was born in [Denver](/source/Denver), Colorado on September 5, 1935. She began [bodybuilding](/source/bodybuilding) because she felt she was too sedentary in her job doing data entry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/badass-seniors-impressing-the-sports-world/|title=Sporty seniors|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref> She entered her first bodybuilding competition (the Grand Masters in Las Vegas) on her 65th birthday, winning first place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/28/oldest-female-bodybuilder-loves-pumping-iron |title=Oldest female bodybuilder loves pumping iron &#124; World &#124; News |publisher=Toronto Sun |date=2012-05-28 |accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref><ref name="people1">{{cite web|last=Dyball |first=Rennie |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20595904,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518144744/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20595904,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2012 |title=Guinness World Records's Oldest Female Bodybuilder and Yoga Teacher |publisher=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |date=2012-05-16 |access-date=2014-02-08}}</ref> She was also a personal trainer.<ref name="ibtimes1" /> She exercised at least three times a week and did not diet.<ref name="people1" />

She notably competed in the 2011 NPC Armbrust Pro Gym Warrior Classic Championships in [Loveland, Colorado](/source/Loveland%2C_Colorado), at the age of 75 years and 349 days.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2014|last=Glenday|first=Craig | name-list-style = vanc |publisher=The Jim Pattison Group|year=2013|isbn=978-1-908843-15-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_r3e7/page/60 60]|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_r3e7/page/60}}</ref> 

Her husband of 57 years, Reuben, died in 2011. She had three sons, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fitness-bodybuilder-idUSBRE84R07R20120528|title=Oldest female bodybuilder loves pumping iron|date=2012-05-28|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-01-04|language=en}}</ref> Conner died on November 28, 2020, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edith Wilma Jean Conner |url=https://www.forevermissed.com/edith-wilmajean-connor/about |website=Forever Missed |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>

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