Researching Laura Combes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 633 people with the Combes surname? In that year Combes was ranked number 2947 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Laura means "laurel" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Laura Combes on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Laura Combes and the Combes Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 537 people with the Combes surname in the UK? Combes is now ranked number 3534 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Laura Combes
Laura Combes
Laura Combes was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.
Born on October 19, 1953, in New York, New York, Combes moved to Tampa, Florida in 1966 at age 13. As a teenager she played many sports, including fencing, sailing, archery, canoeing, horseback riding, water skiing, and tennis. Combes attended St. Petersburg College Prep School, and then went to the University of South Florida in Tampa.
In the late 1970s, she began lifting weights to rehab injuries to both knees suffered while playing rugby. Soon, she became involved in the fledgling sport of women’s bodybuilding. She won the first NPC Nationals in 1980, and won the AAU Ms. America title in 1981.
Combes made a dramatic national television appearance that year on the NBC series Real People. After the airing of a taped segment about female bodybuilding in which she had been featured, Combes carried host Skip Stephenson onto stage in front of the studio audience.
Combes competed in three professional shows, retiring after a sixth-place finish at the 1982 Ms. Olympia. Combes authored Winning Women's Bodybuilding in 1983. Laura was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2002.
Laura Combes was found dead in her apartment in Odessa, Florida on October 4, 1989, from acute alcohol poisoning.
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