The Strongest Woman in the World
Portrait of a Pioneer
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870 pages packed with incredible pictures
BEV FRANCIS not only paved the way for female athletes in three sports, she blasted down the doors of discrimination for sportswomen forever. A Commonwealth Games shottputter, World Champion powerlifter and finally groundbreaking bodybuilder, she did not accept anyone else’s ideas on human limitations. She wanted to be the best and she pushed herself to extraordinary lengths to fulfil that ambition.
She was the biggest, most muscled woman of her time and the world gasped. Undaunted, in her gently unassuming manner she taught the world what was possible, and women in particular not to fear their own potential.
Bev Francis tells her story in a warm, honest, engaging manner, and it becomes clear that behind
her formidable physical strength lay an even more remarkable inner strength, a strength that carried her through gruelling training regimes, repeated injury, and emotional turmoil.