Sarah Lacina

Sarah Lacina (born July 9, 1984) is an American reality television show contestant, police officer, and professional mixed martial arts fighter. She is best known for competing on the reality show Survivor three times, winning Survivor: Game Changers in 2017. She also won The Challenge: USA in 2022.

Early life Lacina was born in Muscatine, Iowa in 1984. She grew up in Muscatine with her parents Lorrie and Ronald. Her mother worked in law enforcement. In 1997, she qualified for the regional USA Track and Field Junior Olympics.

She then attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, earning a Bachelor's degree in social work in 2006. While in college, she was a member of the track and cross country teams.

Career After college, Lacina worked as a resource officer at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids.

At the Cedar Rapids Police Department, she met officer Tom Grubb, a MMA fighter who inspired her to take up mixed martial arts.

Reality television Lacina's job with the Cedar Rapids Police Department has allowed her to take leave to participate in numerous competitive television shows. The theme of the season was "Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty." As a police officer, she started on the Brawn tribe called Aparri. She recognized that her teammate Tony Vlachos was also a police officer, and the two formed an alliance called Cops-R-Us. Aparri won the first four immunity challenges, but after the tribe swap, she was the only original Aparri member to remain on that tribe. Ultimately, Lacina finished in eleventh place and was the first member of the jury.

Survivor Game Changers

Lacina returned for the 34th season, Survivor: Game Changers in 2017. She came in fourth place in this season. She came in fourth place in the show's final because her partner, Theo Campbell, was medically disqualified.

Personal life Lacina lives in Marion, Iowa, with her husband and fellow police officer, Wyatt Wardenburg, and their son, Knox.

In October 2020, Lacina appeared in an ad for Ashley Hinson, a Republican running for the United States House of Representatives in Iowa's 1st congressional district against Democratic incumbent representative Abby Finkenauer. In the ad, Lacina said, "I don't care what side you're on, you can't trust anyone who votes with Nancy Pelosi 93 percent of the time".

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 Survivor: Cagayan — Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty Contestant ; 11th place 2017 Survivor: Game Changers — Mamanuca Islands Contestant ; 1st place 2020 Survivor: Winners at War Contestant ; 4th place 2022 The Challenge: USA Contestant ; 1st place 2023 The Challenge: World Championship Contestant