Anja Schreiner Explained

Anja Schreiner[1]
Nickname:The Angel
Birth Date:February 5th, 1967
Weight:135 lbs
Firstproshow:IFBB Pro World Championship
Firstproshowyear:1989
Bestwin:IFBB Ms. International champion
Bestwinyear:1992
Predecessor:Tonya Knight
Successor:Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
Yesorretiredyear:Retired 1992

Anja Schreiner (née Albrecht; born February 5, 1967) is a professional female bodybuilder from Germany. Schreiner won the 1991 Ms. International contest.

Bodybuilding career

Amateur

She began lifting weights to combat scoliosis in her adolescence.

Professional

Anja won a narrow victory at the 1991 Ms. International, when she topped Tonya Knight by a score of 30 to 32. It was the first most narrowest victory at the Ms. International.[2]

Retirement

Anja retired from competitive bodybuilding in 1992, but kept having appearances at FIBO and Olympia events.

Legacy

Currently she is one of the most successful German bodybuilders of all time, along Anja Langer or Achim Albrecht.

Contest history

Filmography

After retiring from bodybuilding, Anja had several small roles in tv shows both in the USA and Germany. Her feature film debut was to be a small role alongside Cory Everson in "The Girlfriend from Outer Space", filmed in 1989, but the film was never released.

Acting credits

Scorned (1998, TV series episode)

Falsche Opfer (2000, TV series episode)

References

| colspan = 3 align = center | Ms. International|-| width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:
Tonya Knight| width = 40% align = center | First (1992)| width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls

Notes and References

  1. http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?s=Anja+Schreiner&g=F Anja Schreiner
  2. Web site: The Ms. International . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220959/http://siteok.net/d/iron_man_usa_pdf/2009-06.pdf . May 27, 2014 .