THE EDGE OF REALITY

In a pre-recorded Interview with This season Biggest Loser Holley Mangold. sHe is a 2012 US Olympic team member for weightlifting. She was born in Kettering, Ohio and raised in Centerville, Ohio, with an older and younger sister and an older brother (New York Jets center Nick Mangold). Holley played high school football and was the first female offensive lineman to play in an Ohio Division III state championship high school football game. Holley says, "As long as I was doing the things I wanted to do, I thought I was fine." She only began weightlifting in 2008, which makes it all the more impressive that she landed a coveted spot on the 2012 Olympic team for weightlifting. Now 24 years old, Holley weighs 351 pounds and decided to make a change so that she can get healthy and also compete to the best of her ability in the 2016 Olympics. She says, "I want to inspire people to love who they are, but to know that if they want to change something about themselves, they can." Holley looks forward to winning a medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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