Marja Lehtonen

Marja-Leana Lehtonen is a professional female bodybuilder and personal trainer from Finland, born in 1968 in Tampere. She joined a sports club in 1983 and competed as a track sprinter before discovering weight training. After two years of growing interest she entered the Finnish national championship, finished second in the lightweight class and went on to the 1990 World Championship in Mexico City, where she placed seventh. Her contest history includes fourth places at the world championships of 1994 and 1999, a second place at the 2000 European Championship, and third place in the lightweight class at the 2004 IFBB Ms. Olympia, with a fourteenth place the following year. She stands 1.57 metres tall and competes at about 54 kilograms.