Lisa Aukland

Early life and education

Lisa Aukland was born in 1958 in Bay Shore, New York. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. Her childhood was typical for a military family, and her parents were very strict. Her father was an officer in the Air Force so her family traveled around a lot and lived on military bases. Her family moved every couple of years to states such as New York, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Virginia.

Powerlifting career

Amateur

Aukland has won every regional and state competition she has entered and set eight world records.

Legacy

Aukland's best lifts in his powerlifting career were 275 lb (125 kg in the bench, deadlift, and squat. She competed only in the drug-tested division, and some of those records still hold in Maryland.

Contest history

New record in that organization

Bodybuilding career

Amateur

Aukland's first bodybuilding show was the Levrone Classic in Glen Burnie, Maryland, in 1995, which she won in the middleweight class and the overall title. Afterwards, she jumped right up to the national level, competing in the NPC Jr. Nationals in 1996 and taking fourth place. She began a successful run at the largest national-level drug-tested bodybuilding show, the NPC Team Universe Championships. She took fourth in 1998, only to come back and win first place and overall winner for the next three years in 1999, 2000, and 2001. After competing in Team Universe and realizing that she was close to looking like some of the women that were winning. When she won that show and then went to the IFBB World Amateur Championship and took a silver medal, she figured she should get serious in bodybuilding.

Retirement In 2010, Aukland officially retired from the sport of bodybuilding.

Legacy

During Auckland's amateur and some of her professional bodybuilding careers, she described herself as a "life-time drug-free athlete," and only competed in drug tested competitions during her amateur career. However, in a later interview in her professional career, when asked about whether she had used performance-enhancing drugs, she declined to answer the question.

Contest history

1995 Levrone Classic - 1st (MW and overall) 1996 NPC Jr Nationals - 4th (MW) 1998 NPC Team Universe - 4th (HW) 1999 IFBB World Amateur Championship - 2nd (HW) 1999 NPC Team Universe - 1st (HW and overall) 2000 NPC Team Universe - 1st (HW and overall) 2000 IFBB World Amateur Championship - 6th (HW) 2000 NPC National Championship - 5th (MW) 2001 NPC Team Universe - 1st (HW and overall) 2001 IFBB North American Bodybuilding Championships - 1st (HW and overall) 2002 IFBB Ms. International - 6th (HW) 2003 IFBB Ms. International - 8th (HW) 2003 IFBB Night of Champions - 5th (HW) 2004 IFBB Night of Champions - 4th (HW) 2004 IFBB GNC Show of Strength - 3rd (HW) 2004 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 6th (HW) 2005 IFBB Ms. International - 4th (HW) 2006 IFBB Ms. International - 8th 2006 IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 1st 2006 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5th 2007 IFBB Ms. International - 4th 2007 IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 1st (HW and overall) 2007 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th 2008 IFBB Ms. International - 3rd 2008 IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 1st 2008 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th 2009 IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 1st 2009 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th 2010 IFBB Ms. International - 4th

Personal life

Aukland currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She is of Norwegian-German heritage. In 1992, she joined the Maryland Poison Center and sat for the CSPI exam in 1993. Since 1995, she is certified in Specialist in Poison Information (CSPI) and is a pharmacist.

Television appearance Aukland, along with four other fellow female bodybuilders, starred in a MTV Virgin Mobile ringtone commercial shot in New York City on August 8, 2006. In 2011, she starred in a Constellation Energy commercial.