Charlene Rink

Charlene Rink, born Virginia Charlene Thompson on February 11, 1972, in Garden Grove, California, is a former professional fitness competitor, wrestler and competitive female bodybuilder. She attended Arizona Western College on a cheerleading scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in foods and nutrition from San Diego State University. She entered her first fitness competition, the 1994 Ms. Fitness San Diego, and placed first, and in 1999 she won first place in the Fitness tall class at the National Physique Committee Fitness USA Championships. In 1996 she took the woman's open bodybuilding class at the NPC Paradise Cup, which made her a permanent member of the Paradise Cup Hall of Fame.