Sha-ri Pendleton

With Bob Kersee's help Pendleton trained for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her goal was to make the American team for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, but she was unable to do so due to a pulled hamstring. As a sub-caliber sprinter, Pendleton then decided to train to represent the United States at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona as a javelin competitor.

Sha-ri joined the American Gladiators in 1989 as Blaze and competed for three years until 1992.

While preparing for the Olympics Sha-ri also participated in a few bodybuilding competitions. She placed 2nd at the Nebraska Championships in 1984, and 4th at the 1989 Los Angeles Championships. She quickly decided to take a break from competing saying that in order for her to be successful at bodybuilding she would have to focus on it. Since she was focusing on trying for the Olympics she could not give bodybuilding her full attention at that time.

Sha-ri Pendleton (born 5 December 1963) is a former world class hurdler, javelin thrower, and aspiring bodybuilder of the mid, and late 1980s.

Pendleton was born in 1963. At a young age Sha-ri was a very active child; she started competing in track for a track team by the name of the West Vernon Jets in Los Angeles, California when she was twelve years of age. Sha-ri really enjoyed track because she was a fast runner and she enjoyed winning track competitions. At first she ran the 220 and 440 and later on as she continued to improve her skills in track she ran the 200 and 400 meter events.