Elena Seiple

A gifted athlete from childhood, she excelled in swimming (specifically, in the breast stroke), basketball, soccer, and track.

While attending a private Christian school in Pennsylvania, she competed in men's soccer due to the absence of a women's team.

[1] Her level of play was enough to receive an athletic scholarship from Liberty University and it was during her college years she started weightlifting, drawing inspiration from women like Lenda Murray and Cory Everson.

She entered a NON-NPC show, the Women's Extravaganza, in 1999 at a weight of 120 lb., placing second in the Middleweight category.

She competed in the 2006 World's Strongest Woman, held in Poland, placing 9th at a weight of 142 lb.

Seiple throwing up a front double biceps pose at the NPC Juniors in 2005
Seiple displaying a rear double biceps