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Corinna "Cory" Everson (née Kneuer; born January 4, 1958) is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. Everson won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989.

Education

Corinna Kneuer was born in Racine, Wisconsin and attended high school in Deerfield, Illinois. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she was a multi-sport standout (gymnastics, track & field and badminton).

Early career

While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she met Jeff Everson, a competitive bodybuilder who worked there as a strength coach. They married in 1982. While they were married, the Eversons built a successful mail-order clothing business called Sampson and Delilah.

Bodybuilding career

Everson began to train seriously as a bodybuilder after her graduation, and made rapid progress. In the early years, she and her husband trained at Ernie's Gym on Sherman Avenue in Madison. She won the Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contest at her first participation and remained undefeated from 1984 to 1989 when she retired from competition.

Contest history

• 1980 Ms. Mid America - 1st (tall and overall)
• 1980 American Couples - 3rd (with Jeff Everson)
• 1981 Ms. Midwest Open - 1st (tall & overall)
• 1981 Ms. Central USA - 1st (HW and overall)
• 1981 Couples America - 1st (with Jeff Everson)
• 1981 American Championships - 11th (MW)
• 1982 Ms. East Coast - 1st (MW)
• 1982 Bodybuilding Expo III - 2nd (MW)
• 1982 Bodybuilding Expo Couples - 2nd (with Jeff Everson)
• 1982 AFWB American Championships - 5th (HW)
• 1982 IFBB North American - 1st (MW and overall)
• 1982 IFBB North American Mixed Pairs - 1st
• 1983 Bodybuilding Expo IV - 1st (MW and overall)
• 1983 Bodybuilding Expo Mixed Pairs - 1st
• 1983 U.S. Bodybuilding Championships Couples - 1st (with Jeff Everson)
• 1983 AFWB American Championships - 8th (HW)
• 1983 NPC Nationals - 2nd (HW)
• 1984 American Women's Championships - 1st (HW and overall)
• 1984 NPC Nationals - 1st (HW and overall)
• 1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1985 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1986 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1987 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1989 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st

Awards and honors

In January 1999, Everson was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame, as part of the inaugural group. She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Body Building Hall of Fame on September 5, 2005. At the 2007 Arnold Classic she became the first woman to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2008 was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame. In 2012, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.

Film and television career

After retiring from competition, Everson turned to acting with her first major movie appearance being Double Impact (1991) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme. She took a minor role in Natural Born Killers (1994). Then in Ballistic (1995), she reprised the evil musclewoman role, losing the final fight to Marjean Holden playing an undercover cop. Everson has made a number of guest appearances in television series, most notably playing Atalanta on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She appeared in two episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. with her sister, Cameo Kneuer. In 1991, Everson appeared on To Tell The Truth game show. Everson was the original host of the fitness show BodyShaping, which she also produced. She also hosted her own exercise show on ESPN, Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat, for seven years.

Film

Television

Personal life

She married Jeff Everson in 1982. They divorced in 1996; however, she continues to use Everson as her stage name. In 1998, she married Dr. Steve Donia, a dentist; they have two children whom they adopted from Russia. She became active with Nightlight Christian Adoptions, an adoption agency that brings orphans from Russia and Belarus to the US to stay with families looking to adopt a child.

Everson's sister, Cameo Kneuer, is a two-time Ms. National Fitness champion and a mainstay of the TV game series Knights and Warriors

Books authored

• Strength Training for Beauty Volume 3 - Number 1Runner's World Magazine Company (1986)
• Superflex: Ms. Olympia's Guide to Building a Strong & Sexy Body Contemporary Books (1987) ISBN 0-8092-4865-4 with Jeff Everson
• Back in Shape Houghton Mifflin Company (1991) ISBN 0-395-56272-4 with Stephen Hochschuler
• Cory Everson's Workout Perigee Trade (1991) ISBN 0-399-51684-0 with Jeff Everson
• Cory Everson's Fat-Free & Fit Perigee Trade (1994) ISBN 0-399-51858-4 with Carole Jacobs
• Cory Everson's Lifebalance Perigee Trade (1998) ISBN 0-399-52444-4

References

1. ^ Ravo, Nick (December 2, 1992). "WORKING OUT WITH: Lenda Murray; Wonder Woman In the Flesh". New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
2. "Bodies are her business". Minneapolis Star Tribune. July 31, 1988. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
3. Herman, Valli (March 20, 1991). "Lines muscling in on fitness fashion". LA Daily News. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
4. "Mitos do Bodybuilding: Cory Everson".
5. ^ "Cory Everson bio". International Federation of Body Building. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
6. "Hall of fame inductees for 1999". International Federation of Body Building and Fitness. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
7. Skrabacz, Ron (April 18, 2008). "National Fitness Hall of Fame introduces Class of 2008". Daily Herald. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
8. "International Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2012". International Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
9. ^ Harrington, Richard (August 12, 1991). "Double Impact". Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
10. Rushin, Steve (July 17, 1989). "Are You Sweating Yet?". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
11. Stevens, Liz (April 16, 1998). "The newest aerobic trend is a real kick". Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
12. Stiefel, Steve (December 2002). "Cory's kids". Flex. Retrieved January 28, 2010.

External links

• Facebook Page
• Ms Olympia 1986 online - Cory everson win
• Cory Everson at IMDb
• Cory Everson fitness filmography at Rotten Tomatoes

• 1958 births
• American exercise and fitness writers
• American exercise instructors
• American female bodybuilders
• American film actresses
• American television actresses
• Living people
• People from Deerfield, Illinois
• American professional bodybuilders
• Sportspeople from Racine, Wisconsin
• 21st-century American actresses
• 20th-century American sportswomen
• 20th-century American actresses