Sheila Bleck was born in 1974 in Coos Bay, Oregon, along with her identical twin sister, Sherry. As a kid, her mother was young, unmarried (she and her sister never knew her father), had no child support, and worked a lot. Around the age of 3–5 years old, she and her sister were abused by many babysitters while her mother was at work.
Eventually her mother asked her grandmother to step in and take care of them.
In 1992, she graduated from North Bend High School. At the age of 15, she attended her first gym.
She ranks as the 6th best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women"s Bodybuilding Ranking List. Amateur Her motivations to lift was Sylvester Stallone, the Hulk, and Rocky. She also wanted a dancer growing up and thought she could do both.
In junior high school, she was involved in modern dance.
Within a year, she went onto a powerlifting team, which she competed for over two years. At the age of 17, her friends where encouraging her to compete.
When she was 18 years old, at the gym, ‘Better Builds Gym", she received training from bodybuilder Jake Grabow, who educated her on eating and posing. At the age of 18 years, after high school, she started competing.
Professional In 2009, John Romano became Sheila Bleck"s prep coach for her pro career.
Here current prep coach is Dave Palumbo. In 2010, she came in a close second at her first professional competition, the 2010 New York Pro. She lost to Cathy LeFrançois by just one point.
Since 2010, she has been in the top six of every professional bodybuilding competition she competed in, with the exception of the 2014 Mississippi
Contest history 1993 Bill Pearl Classic - 2nd (HW) 1995 Oregon Coast Champ - 1st (HW) 1998 Oregon State Champ - 1st (HW) 1999 Oregon State Champ - 1st (HW) 2000 Oregon State Champ - 1st 2000 Emerald Cup 2000 - 1st 2000 USAs Nationals - 16th 2002 Contra Costa - 1st 2003 Nationals - 6th (HW) 2005 National - 11th 2006 USAs Nationals - 3rd 2006 Nationals - 3rd 2007 USAs Nationals - 2nd 2008 Nationals - 1st 2010 IFBB New York Pro - 2nd 2010 IFBB Mississippi Olympia - 4th 2011 IFBB Mississippi
Olympia - 6th 2012 IFBB Tampa Pro - 2nd and best poser award 2012 IFBB Mississippi Olympia - 6th 2014 IFBB Tampa Pro - 1st and best poser award 2014 IFBB Mississippi
Olympia - 7th.
