Contest History
1992 Finnish Junior Championships, 2nd place, Middle Weight Class.
1992 Finnish Nationals, 7th place, Light - Heavy Weight Class.
1993 Finnish Jr. Nationals and National Champs., 1st place, Heavy Weight Class
1997 IFBB International Federation of BodyBuilders The International Federation of BodyBuilders is a competitive bodybuilding organization founded in 1946 by brothers Ben and Joe Weider and is the highest level of competitive bodybuilding in the world. Currently, the IFBB consists of seven different sub-divisions for different competitors ,...  Finnish Pro, Grand Prix, 7th place.
1998 IFBB Finnish Pro, Grand Prix, 9th place.
2001 IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational, 12th place and IFBB San Francisco Pro, 8th place.

Marko "Supermass" Savolainen (born 13 February 1973) is a Finnish professional heavy-weight IFBB

International Federation of BodyBuilders

The International Federation of BodyBuilders is a competitive bodybuilding organization founded in 1946 by brothers Ben and Joe Weider and is the highest level of competitive bodybuilding in the world. Currently, the IFBB consists of seven different sub-divisions for different competitors ,...

 bodybuilder.

Savolainen, who was born in Oulu

Oulu

Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, retired in 2003, but made a comeback in 2006. He weighed 120 kg

Kilogram

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 or 270 lb

Pound (mass)

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 in on-season shape, and boasted a pumped 24 in. arm. In the off season he weighed 310 lbs. at a height of 5 ft. 9 in. So far in his professional career, his best placing was in the 1997 IFBB Grand Prix Finland, resulting in 7th place. Marko also made a training DVD/video, titled Supermass--Return. In 2007, as a result of kidney failure

Renal failure

Renal failure or kidney failure describes a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to adequately filter toxins and waste products from the blood...

, Marko left bodybuilding and started kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

. Marko is also engaged. In late November 2008, doctors said they had found him a kidney donor. He started bodybuilding again, saying he would be a natural bodybuilder, which means no use of anabolic steroid

Anabolic steroid

Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...

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Records

• Benchpress: 260 kg or 575 lb
• Incline Benchpress: 8 x 240 kg or 530 lb
• Smith-Squat: 8 x 360 kg or 790 lb
• Biceps curl: 8 x 120 kg or 265 lb

External links

• BODY-magazine interviews Marko (in Finnish)
• Marko's blog
• Pictures of Marko

See also

• List of male professional bodybuilders