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Anja Schreiner

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Anja Schreiner[1]
Bodybuilder
Personal info
NicknameThe Angel
BornFebruary 5th, 1967
Germany
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight135 lb (61 kg)
Professional career
Pro-debut
  • IFBB Pro World Championship[1]
  • 1989[1]
Best win
PredecessorTonya Knight[1]
SuccessorKim Chizevsky-Nicholls[1]
ActiveRetired 1992

Anja Schreiner (née Albrecht; born February 5, 1967) is a professional female bodybuilder from Germany. Schreiner won the 1991 Ms. International contest.[1]

Bodybuilding career

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Amateur

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She began lifting weights to combat scoliosis in her adolescence.

Professional

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Anja won a narrow victory at the 1991 Ms. International, when she topped Tonya Knight by a score of 30 to 32. It was the first most narrowest victory at the Ms. International.[2]

Retirement

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Anja retired from competitive bodybuilding in 1992, but kept having appearances at FIBO and Olympia events.

Legacy

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Currently she is one of the most successful German bodybuilders of all time, along Anja Langer or Achim Albrecht.[1]

Contest history

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Filmography

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After retiring from bodybuilding, Anja had several small roles in tv shows both in the USA and Germany. Her feature film debut was to be a small role alongside Cory Everson in "The Girlfriend from Outer Space", filmed in 1989, but the film was never released.

Acting credits

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Anja Schreiner
  2. ^ "The Ms. International" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2014.
Ms. International
Preceded by:
Tonya Knight
First (1992) Succeeded by:
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls