{"id":4346,"date":"2026-01-07T00:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:08:22","slug":"meet-greeces-real-life-wonder-woman-alexandra-kolla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=4346","title":{"rendered":"Meet Greece\u2019s real-life Wonder Woman Alexandra Kolla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"text-block-container\">\n<h2>Alexandra Kolla: An athlete of all trades<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cCompetitive surfer\u201d is just one of many hats Kolla wears daily.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her surfing career, Kolla is also a professional bodybuilder and tenured university professor in\u00a0<strong>theoretical computer science and quantum computing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kolla comes to the campus two to three times per week to <strong>give lectures<\/strong>. Outside of that, she does research work from her home office and surfs during the breaks \u2013 sometimes even with her students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bodybuilding competitions crop up several times per year in her calendar too. To be ready for them, and to stay fit in general, Kolla usually spends <strong>an hour in the gym<\/strong>, five days a week.<\/p>\n<p>While her gym workouts are often gruelling, Kolla says they are the easy part of being a pro bodybuilder. The hard part is the <strong>diet<\/strong>. There are strict calorie counts, and the menu &#8211; chicken, rice, turkey, vegetables and oatmeal \u2013 can get repetitive.<\/p>\n<p>Sticking to such a uniform, oil-free regime is even trickier when Kolla is travelling to surfing competitions, as was the case at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sport-events\/2023-isa-surfing-olympic-qualifier-world-games-sunzal-bocana\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;0581f94d-2baa-46f2-8645-9e78dff6f672&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06T23:15:38.352Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Surfer, bodybuilder, university professor: Meet Greece\u2019s real-life Wonder Woman Alexandra Kolla&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-surfing\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-gr\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;europe-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Surfer, bodybuilder, university professor: Meet Greece\u2019s real-life Wonder Woman Alexandra Kolla&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;surfer-bodybuilder-university-professor-meet-greece-real-life-wonder-woman-alexandra-kolla-interview&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-surfing&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SRF&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\">2023 ISA World Surfing Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time I was in El Salvador, I had a (bodybuilding) competition the week after or something,\u201d Kolla said. \u201cSo I literally <strong>cooked all my food, froze it<\/strong>, put it in a backpack, brought it here, and microwaved my meals all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Kolla, that strict diet is only necessary during competition season, and she usually tries to pack all her bodybuilding events into a two-month timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>While surfing is her main focus, she has seen progress in her bodybuilding results recently too. In May, she got her best pro placing yet when she finished fourth at the <strong>IFBB Professional Miami Pro \u2013 Masters Bikini<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Dashing between beaches, gyms, and lecture halls, Kolla has a packed schedule that could keep three people well occupied. Still, she has no plans to cut anything out of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurfing, I&#8217;m never going to drop. It&#8217;s my lifestyle,\u201d Kolla said. \u201cMy job pays the bills, so I don&#8217;t want to drop it either. Bodybuilding, I feel like I get <strong>bored at the gym without having a goal,<\/strong> and I know the gym is necessary at older age to be an athlete. So instead of just going to the gym, I happen to connect it with bodybuilding competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Kolla: An athlete of all trades \u201cCompetitive surfer\u201d is just one of many hats Kolla wears daily. 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