American physique competitor
Dana Linn Bailey is an American IFBB Pro fitness and figure competitor (physique category). She is the winner of Joe Weider's Olympia in 2013.
Career
Dana was recruited to play soccer for West Chester University as a starting defender. She helped lead her team to NCAA's playoffs. When she graduated from college, she made the transition to lifting, along with her then-boyfriend Rob Bailey.[1]
She entered her first figure competition in 2006 at the Lehigh Valley Championships and competed in figure until 2010. She taught Physical Education at Conrad Weiser Middle School in Robesonia Pennsylvania until 2007, when she retired to focus on her bodybuilding career.
In 2010, she decided to participate in the very first Women's Physique show, which was the 2011 Junior USAs in Charleston, South Carolina. She won overall, received her IFBB pro card, and became the first women's physique professional in the NPC/IFBB. She is currently on hiatus from the Olympia competition, focusing on the gym she owns with her husband.[2]
- 2011 Jr. USAs – 1st place and Overall
- 2012 Desert Muscle Classic – 4th place
- 2012 New York Pro – 16th
- 2013 Tampa Pro – 2nd place
- 2013 Dallas Europa – 1st place
- 2013 Olympia – 1st place
- 2014 Olympia - 2nd place
- 2015 Arnold Classic - 2nd place
- 2015 Public Warhouse gym - open [3]
- 2015 Co-Owned Flag Nor Fail Apparel, formerly solely owned by Rob Bailey [4]
- 2015 Competed in American Ninja Warrior[5]
- 2018 Arnold Classic (powerlifting) - 877 lbs total (397.5 kg) did not place[6]
- 2019 Opening of online personal training program, DLB Daily[7]
- 2019 Brute Showdown Women's edition - 2nd place[8]
Her net worth as of 2019 was approximately $1 million – $5 million.[9]
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