Melissa Coates

Melissa Coates was a Canadian bodybuilder, professional wrestler, fitness model and actress who lived from 1969 to 2021. She began weight training as a teenager to prepare for a tennis career, then turned to bodybuilding, won her class at the 1994 Canadian Championships to earn professional status, and won the Jan Tana Classic in 1996 on her professional debut. She placed ninth at the 1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia and eleventh at the 1997 Ms. Olympia. She later trained in the developmental territories of World Wrestling Entertainment, won titles on the independent circuit, appeared on the television show Extreme Dodgeball, and in the mid 2010s managed the wrestler Sabu as the Super Genie. She died in June 2021 of complications from COVID-19.