Carmen’s Figure Skating:

Feb 3 1993 – Carmen Tocheniuk is part of the Whitecourt Figure Skating Club which has had a very successful season

Carmen’s First Fitness Competition:

Nov 20 2003 – Carmen Tocheniuk takes part in a fitness competition Nov. 15 at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton fulfilled a lifelong goal and now she can’t wait for her next event…

Carmen Wins Silver at Nationals

Aug 1 2004 – A local bodybuilder is quickly climbing the ranks of the Canadian body building circuit and has recently fortified herself as one of the best in the country. Carmen Tocheniuk competed in provincials, June 12 in Edmonton, posing her way to a gold medal.

Runner Up at Women Physique World

Apr 1 2005 – Runner-up Carmen Tocheniuk of Whitecourt, Alberta, showed a remarkable delicate muscularity with just 109 pounds on her 5-3 frame.

Carmen Featured in Muscle Mag

Jun 1 2005 – After her second place result at Women’s Physique World.

Muscle Mag Spring 2016

Mar 21 2006 – Regardless of the criteria, the attractive and sleekly muscled Carmen Tocheniuk (AB) would be very hard to miss in a lineup. I have difficulty discerning any pattern of consistency in picking the winners of women’s competitions. One time the winner may be thickly muscled and defined, while another, symmetry and shape are the main considerations. This year’s lineup of lightweight women includes all ranges in this scale.

Women’s Physique World 2006

Apr 1 2006 – Bodybuilder or not, Carmen Tochenuik turns heads, she may only be 5-3 and tip the scales at a diminutive 109 pounds, but her look is striking and about as marketable as it gets.

CBBF Women’sHeavyweight 2009

Muscle Mag June 2006

Jun 1 2006 – Carmen Tocheniuk talks about her lifelong dream of being a body building champion. “I honor those who dare to dream. Without dreams you have nothing.” That is what petite muscular Carmen Tocheniuk was quoted as saying in her local paper after arriving home from last fall’s 2005 Canadian Championships, where she was declared the winner of the lightweight category.

Local Weight Lifter Brings Home Sage Advice About Sports

Oct 10 2006 – Carmen Tocheniuk gives out fitness advice to clients as a trainer and says that being a bodybuilder keeps her more in control of her own eating habits. “When Carmen Tocheniuk steps on the scale, there’s not a lot of numbers. That’s because the 5’3” 109-pound Whitecourt native is a professional female bodybuilder.

Muscle Mag April 2008

Apr 1 2008 – The most remarkable transformation came in the splendid physique of Carmen Tocheniuk (AB), the ’05 winner. “For the category that was supposed to be eliminated, there were some pretty impressive lightweight women on the stage. The caliber of athlete was high and competition intense. Heather King (ON), the 2006 winner, could manage only a third-place finish.

Muscle Mag October 2008

Oct 1 2008 – Canadian lightweight women’s bodybuilding champion, Carmen Tocheniuk, found out the hard way at the 2006 Canadian Bodybuilding Championships that size often doesn’t matter. “Alberta’s sultry 2005 Canadian lightweight women’s bodybuilding champion, Carmen Tocheniuk, found out the hard way at the 2006 Canadian Bodybuilding Championships that size often doesn’t matter. She bulked up and entered the heavyweight category only to find the extra weight destroyed her once-crisp muscularity and superb symmetry.