Marko Savolainen

Marko Savolainen, nicknamed Supermass, born on 13 February 1973 in Oulu, Finland, is a Finnish professional heavy-weight IFBB bodybuilder. He retired in 2003 and made a comeback in 2006. He first practiced Taekwondo from his early teens and was a multiple master of the sport, won Finnish junior officials in his youth and was also a promising wrestler in the youth heavyweight division before switching to bodybuilding at 16. In on-season shape he weighed 120 kg with a 24 inch arm, and in the off season he weighed 310 lbs at a height of 5 ft 9 in. His best professional placing was seventh at the 1997 IFBB Grand Prix Finland, he made a training DVD titled Supermass Return, and in 2007 he left bodybuilding because of kidney failure.