Thursday, July 19, 2018

Strong With Kat: An IFBB Pro Perseveres After A Devastating Injury

You believe that you'll recognize the most important moment of your life while it's happening. But maybe it won't be what you expect. And maybe you won't realize its impact until after it occurs.

Katherine (Kat) Portillo earned a Master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in December of 2011. She won an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) pro card in June of 2012. Two and a half years later, in December of 2014, she married photographer Pavel Ythjall after a storybook romance and proposal. She was promoted to the rank of Major in the Air Force less than a year later, in June of 2015.

But, each of these takes a backseat to the most profound moment of her life.

On December 5, 2015, Kat found herself hanging upside down in her seat in her husband's Range Rover Sport after a dramatic rollover accident on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles.

She and Pavel had been on their way to a Christmas party in Laguna Niguel, California,...


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