Dona Oliveira

Dona Oliveira was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States, born on September 8, 1960, who died on December 7, 2018. She competed from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. She first exercised at a Nautilus gym to get in better shape and had no early wish to compete, but after seeing top women bodybuilders such as Rachel McLish and Mary Roberts in bodybuilding magazines she began training with Saul Friedman, a powerlifter friend, in his basement gym. Four months after she started training with heavy weights she entered her first bodybuilding show and placed second, then won several shows, switched to the NPC and became a pro within two years. Her highest amateur achievements include winning the 1984 East Coast Championships and the 1985 NPC USA Championship.