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Kristy Hawkins

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{{Infobox bodybuilder

| name = Kristy Hawkins

| image =

| caption = Kristy Hawkins doing a side triceps pose at the 2006 NPC Nationals prejudging on November 11, 2006

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|08|28|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Longview, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}

| weight = In Season: {{convert|135|lb|abbr=on}}
Off-Season: {{convert|160|-|170|lb|abbr=on}}

| firstproshow = IFBB Ms. International

| firstproshowyear = 2008

| bestwin = NPC Nationals

| bestwinyear = 2007

| predecessor = Lora Ottenad

| successor = Sheila Bleck

| yesorretiredyear = Retired 2011

}}

Kristy Michelle Hawkins (born August 28, 1980) is an American powerlifter and chemical engineer, and former professional female bodybuilder.[http://records.ancestry.com/kristy_hawkins_records.ashx?pid=138944141 Kristy Hawkins]

Early life and education

Kristy Hawkins was born and raised in Longview, Texas, in 1980. In 1994, she started attending Longview High School. In 1998, she graduated from high school and started attending Texas A&M University that same year. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2002, graduating summa cum laude and with University and Foundation Honors. She earned a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2005. She graduated from Caltech in 2008 with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kristy-hawkins/34/677/874?trk=pub-pbmap Kristy Hawkins Director of yeast engineering at Lygos][https://www.facebook.com/kristy.hawkins.31/info?collection_token=100000541554239%3A2327158227%3A8 Kristy Hawkins Facebook]

Career in chemical/biological engineering

In 1999, Hawkins worked as an intern for the Eastman Chemical Company and from 2000 to 2002 she worked again as an intern for the Solutia Inc. From November 2008 to August 8, 2013, she moved to Emeryville, California, where she got a job as scientist for metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at Amyris Inc. Starting August 19, 2013, she worked as director of yeast engineering for the company Lygos.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ironmanmagazine.com/blog/lonnie/2008/10/29/hawk-the-doc/|title=Hawk the Doc|accessdate=March 7, 2013|publisher=IronMagazine|date=2008-10-29}} She has since left Lygos and co-founded a chemical engineering company called Antheia.http://antheia.bio/

Bodybuilding

=Amateur=

Hawkins has described herself as having been very heavy in elementary school. She took dance lessons and became a twirler, but says that she wasn't active enough and didn't have proper eating habits. She suffered from anorexia nervosa, which led her to starve herself. She eventually got into the gym to burn calories. At first she started with cardio and then weight training. At the age of 15 years, she got her own gym membership and went every day after school and work. The owners were hosting a competition and taught her the basics of training, nutrition, and posing. At the age of 17, she traveled with some people from her gym to Mississippi for an ANPPC show and placed 3rd in the novice women’s short class. She twice placed in the top four at the NPC Nationals. In November 2007, she won the light-heavyweight and overall at the NPC Nationals and received her IFBB pro card.{{Cite web|url=http://interviews.fbbfan.com/2009/august/kristyhawkins.html |title=Female Bodybuilding Interview of the Month |accessdate=March 7, 2013 |publisher=fbbfan.com |date=August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511142845/http://interviews.fbbfan.com/2009/august/kristyhawkins.html |archivedate=May 11, 2012 }}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyg0ztMWinw Hooked: Muscle Women - Part 1 of 6][http://www.amg-lite.net/kristy_hawkins/ IFBB Professional Bodybuilder KRISTY HAWKINS!]

=Professional=

After turning professional, she attended her first professional competition, the 2008 Ms. International, where she placed 14th. In 2009, she attended her first Ms. Olympia, which she placed 7th.

When training and competing specifically for bodybuilding, she consumed 2,500–3,000 calories a day and her contest weight was around 140 pounds and roughly 165 pounds when off season. Hawkins says that she didn't really track her body-fat numbers, but mostly just went by how she looked.

=Contest history=

  • 1998 ANPPC Mississippi Open - 3rd (Novice Women Short Class)
  • 1998 AAU Mr/Mrs Southwest America - 1st (Novice Women Medium Class) and Best Poser
  • 1999 AAU Mr/Mrs Southwest America - 1st (Open Women Short Class) and Best Poser
  • 2000 ANPPC Southwest USA Natural Bodybuilding Championships - 3rd (Novice Women Short Class)
  • 2002 NPC Michigan Championships - 1st (LW)
  • 2002 NPC Pittsburgh Open - 3rd (LW)
  • 2003 NPC Ronnie Coleman Classic - 1st (MW)
  • 2003 NPC Pittsburgh Open -1st (MW & overall)
  • 2003 NPC Lone Star Classic - 1st (HW & overall)
  • 2003 NPC Jr. Nationals - 4th (MW)
  • 2004 NPC Jr. Nationals - 5th (LHW)
  • 2004 IFBB North Americans - 4th (LHW)
  • 2005 NPC Nationals - 4th (LHW)
  • 2006 NPC Nationals - 3rd (LHW)
  • 2007 NPC Nationals - 1st (LHW & overall)
  • 2008 IFBB Ms. International - 14th
  • 2009 IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 2nd
  • 2009 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 7th
  • 2010 IFBB New York Pro - 10th[http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?a=Hawkins,+Kristy&g=1 Kristy Hawkins][https://web.archive.org/web/20090416113831/http://www.kristyhawkins.com/bio.htm The official website of Kristy Hawkins]

Powerlifting

In 2011, Hawkins stepped away from professional bodybuilding and has successfully stepped into the realm of powerlifting, while maintaining a "bodybuilder" type look to her physique.[http://pinballsoul.com/bodybuilder-kristy-hawkins-uses-science-strength-to-play/ Bodybuilder Kristy Hawkins Uses Science & Strength To Play]

She has stated that when she was just starting this sport she managed to squat 400 pounds.

=World records=

class="wikitable"
Date[https://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/women-world Women's Raw World Records]

! Record broken

! Class

! Lift

! Fed

08/20/16

| Total (no wraps)

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1328|lb|abbr=on}}

|WRPF

11/05/16

| Squat (no wraps)

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|496|lb|abbr=on}}

|SPF

11/12/17

| All Squats (with & without wraps)

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|573|lb|abbr=on}}

|SPF

11/12/17

| All Totals (with & without wraps)

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1434|lb|abbr=on}}

|SPF

=Competition history=

class="wikitable"
Date[http://www.openpowerlifting.org/lifters.html?q=Kristy%20Hawkins Open Power Lifting Kristy Hawkins ]

! Fed

! Location

! Meet Name

! Division

! Equip

! Class

! Weight

! Squat

! Bench

! Deadlift

! Total

!Wilks

! Place

2014-11-09

| SPF

| California, United States

| Women's Pro/Am

|F-L-R

|Raw

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|161.5|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|407.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|220.5|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|418.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1047.2|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|458.36|lb|abbr=on}}

|3rd

2015-02-07

| USPA

| California, United States

| American Cup Los Angeles Fit Expo

|Open

|Raw

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|163|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|413.4|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|264.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|474|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1151.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|501.21|lb|abbr=on}}

|1st

2015-03-29

| SPF

| California, United States

| March Madness Powerlifting Open

|F-L-R

|Raw

|

|{{convert|164|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|440.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|285.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|451.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1179.5|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|511.22|lb|abbr=on}}

|2nd

2015-06-27

| SPF

| California, United States

| Summer Slam

|F-L-R

|Raw

|

|{{convert|163|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|457.5|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|297.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|501.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1256.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|546.76|lb|abbr=on}}

|1st

2015-11-07

| SPF

| California, United States

| Reebok Record Breakers

|F-L-R

|Raw

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|163.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|451.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|308.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|537.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1298.5|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|563.67|lb|abbr=on}}

|2nd

2016-03-20

| SPF

| California, United States

| CSA March Madness

|F-L-R

|Raw

|

|{{convert|164|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|485|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|314.2|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|518.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1317.2|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|570.93|lb|abbr=on}}

|1st

2016-08-20

| WRPF

| California, United States

| Boss of Bosses 3 Invitational

|FR-O

|Raw

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|164.4|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|490.5|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|319.7|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|518.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1328.3|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|574.84|lb|abbr=on}}

|1st

2016-11-05

| SPF

| California, United States

| Reebok Record Breakers

|F-L-R

|Raw

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|496|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|314.2|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|507.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1317.3|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|568.77|lb|abbr=on}}

|2nd

2017-04-15

| USPA

| California, United States

| CETC US Open Powerlifting Championships

|Open

|Warps

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|163.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|540.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|308.6|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|529.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1377.9|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|599.22|lb|abbr=on}}

|1st

2017-11-11

| SPF

| California, United States

| Reebok Record Breakers

|F-L-R

|Warps

|{{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|163|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|573.2|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|314.2|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|546.7|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1434.1|lb|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|623.99|lb|abbr=on}}

|1st

Personal life

Hawkins is an agnostic. She was for a time in a serious relationship with bodybuilder Branden Ray, but is now single. She currently lives in Emeryville, California.[http://forums.rxmuscle.com/showthread.php?129421-Article-What-s-it-like-being-a-female-bodybuilder-By-Gene-X-Hwang Article: What's it like being a female bodybuilder? By Gene X Hwang]{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/kristy_hawkins/ | title=Kristy Hawkins (@kristy_hawkins) • Instagram photos and videos }}

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Category:1980 births

Category:American agnostics

Category:American female bodybuilders

Category:American women scientists

Category:California Institute of Technology alumni

Category:Living people

Category:People from Longview, Texas

Category:Texas A&M University alumni

Category:People from Emeryville, California

Category:Sportspeople from Texas

Category:Sportspeople from California

Category:21st-century American women