MEET ALETHEA BORMAN, THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL BODYBUILDER TO REPRESENT NAMIBIA AT AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT

Legal adviser and bodybuilder, Alethea Borman succeeded in putting Namibia on the map two years ago by becoming the first professional bodybuilder from the country to win a medal at an international event.

Borman took part in the just-concluded Arnold Classic Africa in Johannesburg. It was in the 2016 edition of this bodybuilding and fitness contest that she got the chance of becoming the first International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB) pro-elite athlete to represent Namibia. She did well with that chance by taking the second place at the competition.

38 years old and making her way to the top in professional bodybuilding, Borman is arguably Namibia’s foremost female bodybuilder. Speaking with The Namibian, she said she was inspired to go into bodybuilding because she wanted to take care of herself – and since taking part in her first bodybuilding event in 1994, she’s been hooked.

While she’s juggling her time between training and attending bodybuilding events around the world, inspiring other women to take their health seriously keeps her going. In her own words:

“I’m a legal adviser, a mother of three children, married for nearly 16 years, but I find time to look after my body. It does take a lot out of you sometimes, but we women need to take care of ourselves too.

I have been dieting since July 2017. I train two times daily from Monday to Friday, and Saturdays only once.”