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IronLife Bodybuilding Tribute - Samir Bannout & Lisa Lyon
by Ed Ouble, Admin at www.IronLife.com
Samir Bannout
Born: November 7, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon
Titles
1979 IFBB Best in the World (Amateur)
1979 IFBB World Championships (Light Heavyweight)
1983 IFBB Mr. Olympia
1985 WABBA World Championship
1986 WABBA World Championship
1990 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Invitational
Magazine Covers
1979 April Muscle Digest
1981 March Strength & Health
1982 July Muscle Mag International
1983 March Muscle Digest
1983 April Muscle Digest
1983 June Flex
1983 July Muscle Mag International
1984 January Muscle Mag International
1984 February Muscle Training Illustrated
1984 March Flex
1984 March Muscle & Fitness
1984 April Muscle Digest
1984 April Muscle Up
1984 May IronMan
1984 May Muscle Mag International
1984 December Muscle Training Illustrated (cover)
1985 April Muscle Mag International (cover)
1985 November Muscular Development
1986 March Muscular Development
1989 May Power
1989 August Muscle Mag International
1989 August Muscle Training Illustrated
1990 July IronMan
1990 September Muscle Mag International
(courtesy of ifbb.com & musclememory.com)
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Lisa Lyon
Born: 1953 in Los Angeles, California
Lisa Lyon competed only once in her brief bodybuilding career, but what she lacked in competitive longevity, she more than made up for in helping the women’s side of the sport gain initial media attention.
Lyon studied art at the University of California at Los Angeles, and became accomplished in kendo, the Japanese art of fencing. It was her need of added upper-body strength for kendo that brought her to weight training and, eventually, bodybuilding.
After winning the first IFBB Women’s World Pro Bodybuilding Championships in Los Angeles on June 16, 1979, Lyon immediately became a one-woman media-relations activist on behalf of the sport. She appeared in all the bodybuilding publications of the time and was featured in many magazines outside the world of fitness and muscle.
She made the rounds on the television talk shows and wrote a book on weight training for women titled Lisa Lyon’s Body Magic, which was published in 1981. Although Lyon briefly served as unofficial chairperson for women’s bodybuilding in its infancy, her fondest desire was to explore bodybuilding as an artistic medium.
Elevating bodybuilding to the level of fine art, Lyon was photographed by the likes of Helmut Newton and Robert Mapplethorpe, and was the first female bodybuilder to appear in Playboy (October 1980).
Titles
1979 IFBB World Pro Championships
(courtesy of ifbb.com & musclememory.com)
* Article by Ed Ouble, Admin at www.IronLife.com .
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