“THE BIGGEST LOSER: GLORY DAYS” ZINA GARRISON TENNIS OLYMPIAN & WIMBLEDON RUNNER UP (1990) IS DROPPING WEIGHT AND LOOKING GORGEOUS @ 50. WATCH THIS SEASON ON NBC ON THURSDAY SEPT 11 @ 8 PM

Written by: Staff on 24th August 2014

“THE BIGGEST LOSER: GLORY DAYS" ZINA GARRISON TENNIS OLYMPIAN & WIMBLEDON RUNNER UP (1990) IS DROPPING WEIGHT AND LOOKING GORGEOUS @ 50. WATCH THIS SEASON ON NBC ON THURSDAY SEPT 11 @ 8 PM

epa00694094 Zina Garrison, team captain of the US Fed Cup team, speaks during a press conference at the Europapark in Rust, Germany, Wednesday 19 April 2006. This weekend the German and US teams will play their quarter final in Ettenheim, Germany. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER |

Editors note : We ran into ZINA in NYC. She looks and feels great. Good luck. 10sballs.com is behind you !

ZINA GARRISON

Hometown: Hyattsville, MD

Occupation: Tennis coach of Taylor Townsend and the Zina Garrison Academy

Zina Garrison has been a tennis superstar for most of her life. She grew up the youngest of six siblings in Houston, Texas, and starting playing tennis at age 10. She won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open junior titles and was ranked the world’s No. 1 junior player. Garrison went on to become a women’s singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion and women’s doubles gold medalist and singles bronze medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games. After she retired from the court, she was a coach at the 2004 Olympics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where both Venus and Serena Williams both won gold medals. She is currently the coach of Australian Open girls champion Taylor Townsend and, in addition to running her own foundation, works with the Washington Tennis and Education Foundation. Garrison began gaining weight in her 40’s, due to no exercise and consuming too many carbs. She realized a change was needed when her sister died last year after having a stroke and losing her speech. Now 50 years old and 263 pounds, Garrison wants to get rid of her fears and help others with understanding body image and loving themselves enough to get healthy. She looks forward to losing the weight so she can dance and shop for cute jeans and help inspire family members who are also overweight to get healthy. Says Garrision, “I love to see people reach their dreams. Now it is my time again.”

FORMER ATHLETES, INCLUDING NFL PLAYERS AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS, CHANGE THEIR LIVES ON ‘THE BIGGEST LOSER: GLORY DAYS,’ KICKING OFF SEPT. 11 ON NBC

New Trainers Jessie Pavelka and Jennifer Widerstrom Join Dolvett Quince for Life-Changing Show’s 16th Season

Twenty former athletes, including NFL players and Olympic gold medalists, will aim to change their lives on the upcoming season of NBC’s hit franchise “The Biggest Loser: Glory Days,” premiering Thursday, Sept. 11 (8-10 p.m. ET).

The contestants will work with new trainers Jessie Pavelka and Jennifer Widerstrom, as well as veteran trainers Dolvett Quince and Bob Harper. Alison Sweeney will return as host.

The contestants are led by former NFL players Scott Mitchell (12 seasons in the NFL) and Damien Woody (two-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots), as well as Olympic gold medalist and former professional tennis star Zina Garrison. Other contestants striving for weight loss include former WNBA standout Vanessa Hayden, three-time Olympic gold medal softball player Lori Harrigan-Mack, and a mix of former college and high school sports standouts.

The new contestants competing to be “The Biggest Loser” will be:

· Jordan Alicandro (Former high school baseball standout; currently regional sales manager), 32, Surrey, BC, Canada

· Rondalee Beardslee (Former high school basketball, football and softball player; currently nursing student), 28, New Lothrop, MI

· Blake Benge (Former high school soccer, track standout; currently student), 18, San Clemente, CA

· Howard “Woody” Carter (Former Arena League football player; currently car salesman), 46, Las Vegas, NV

· Toma Dobrosavljevic (Former high school soccer, football, volleyball, baseball player; currently senior project manager), 33, Addison, IL

· Zina Garrison (Gold medal winning tennis player; currently professional tennis coach), 50, Hyattsville, MD

· Rob Guiry (Former rugby player; currently Head Rugby Coach, 26, Western New England University), Springfield, MA

· Gina Haddon (Former cheerleader; currently make-up artist/photographer), 41, Rowlett, TX

· Lori Harrigan-Mack (Three-time Olympic gold medal winning softball player; currently director of security for a Las Vegas hotel), 44, Las Vegas, NV

· Vanessa Hayden (Former WNBA basketball player; currently a child welfare specialist), 32, Orlando, FL

· Sonya Jones (Former All American softball player; currently PE teacher/coach), 39, Springfield, IL

· Chandra Maple (Former high school softball, basketball standout; currently optometric technician), 26, Dodge City, KS

· Matthew Miller (Former high school football standout; currently business entrepreneur), 31, Grove, OK

· Scott Mitchell (12-year NFL veteran quarterback; currently bill collector), 46, Mapleton, UT

· Emmy Lou Munoz (Former high school softball, volleyball and track and field standout; currently teacher), 32, Woodson, TX

· Mike Murburg (Former Princeton University football player and wrestler; currently an attorney representing the disabled), 58, Darby, FL

· John “JJ” O’Malley (Former Arizona State University football player; currently bouncer), 22, Scottsdale, AZ

· Jackie Pierson (Former high school basketball MVP; currently clinical care coordinator), 36, Pacifica, CA

· Andrea Wilamowski (Former high school cheerleader; currently Vice President of Operations, Detroit Pride Cheerleaders), 43, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

· Damien Woody (Two-time Super Bowl champion; currently an ESPN analyst), 36, Mendham, NJ

Bios for all of the contestants can be found at http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/ and http://www.nbcumv.com/.

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