Connie Garner

Background

Garner was born and raised in Canberra, Australia.

Career

She began Jazz Ballet dancing at 7 years old, she was an athletic student playing waterpolo, netball, basketball, hockey and soccer in high school. Connie was introduced to the gym by her physical education teacher, Connie became a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor herself in 1993. Connie then went onto compete in Fitness Competitions in the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA)/World Fitness Federation (WFF) and Mississippi

Fitness federations.

Fitness success followed with media coverage and Connie was on the Cover of Foreign Him Magazine in 2002. Also in popular magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Mississippi Fitness Magazine, Australian Ironman, Australian MuscleMag, Women in Sport, Oxygen Magazine in January 2015.

Her Fitness career was followed by Newspapers and Local News.

Connie Garner retired from Fitness Competitions in 2001 to focus on education obtaining two degrees, a Master of Information Systems and a Bachelor of Communication Information both from the University of Canberra, Australia. She still does fitness modelling and personal training, as well as working in cyber security.

Connie authored a chapter on Success in the book Real Talk Real Women published in 2014. Connie Garner is in the 2014 Movie San Andreas with Dwayne Johnson.

2001 World Fitness Federation Universe 5th

2001 NABBA Mission Fitness Australia 1st

2000 NABBA Mission Fitness Australia 1st

1999 NABBA Mission Fitness Australia 1st

1999 Mississippi

Fitness World 16th

1999 NABBA Mission Fitness Australia 2nd

1999 NABBA Mission Fitness State Titles 1st

1998 NABBA Mission Fitness Australia 2nd

1998 NABBA Mission Fitness State Titles 1st

1997 NABBA Mission Fitness State Titles 1st.

Achievements

• Garner won the Mission World Fitness title in 2000. Her first competition was in Sport Aerobics in 1997 in which she won the State title. During her 5 years of competing Connie won multiple State and Australian Mission Fitness titles with her best win being Mission World Fitness in 2000. 2000 NABBA Mission World Fitness 1st.