Ashley Kaltwasser

She started gymnastics at age four and attended Coventry High School in Ohio where she transitioned to track and field, competing in hurdles and cross-country, breaking multiple school records and achieving All-Ohio status.

She earned a division 1 scholarship to University of Akron for track, where she attended for three years, and focused on the 400-meter hurdles and also competed in the pentathlon.

Eventually, encouraged by her former high school coach Faith Phillabaum, a former IFBB pro, Kaltwasser began competing in physique competitions.

[4][5][6] Kaltwasser made her bodybuilding debut in 2011 coached by Summer Montabone of Team VIP (Very Impressive Physique).

[12] Kaltwasser won the Bikini Olympia began 2013, and received consecutive wins in 2014 and 2015.