Tommi Thorvildsen, nicknamed "Glutezilla" for his glute development, is an IFBB Pro

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from

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. At 5'9" in height, he has a contest weight of 260 lbs (290 lbs off-season) and went on from winning his first amateur competition in 1997, the

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Open, to win the national championships in the same year. He got his pro card after two successive wins of the Norwegian championships in 1997 and 1998. His first professional competition was the Toronto Pro Invitational in 2000, where he placed 18th. His highest professional ranking so far was the 2002 IFBB Austrian Grand Prix of Bodybuilding, where he placed 3rd, (2009 BATTLE OF GIANTS UPBF, 2ND) He was born in Norway on May 30, 1974 and raised in the village of

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in the county (''fylker'') of

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in the country's south. He has his own supplement line, Tommi Nutrition, and owns and operates a gym in

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Name: Tommi Thorvildsen Location: Oslo , Norway Current residence: Norway Place of Birth: Norway. Tommi was born in Norway, and grew up in a small village south by the sea -

, which has a population of only 5,000 people Birthday: 1974-05-30 Height: 5'9" / 178 cm Zodiac: Gemini Weight: (off season) 130kg (heaviest 141kg) Weight: (competition) 117-120kg (heaviest 126kg, 2009 Sapri Italy) Biceps: 57,5 pumped Waist: 84 cm thigh: 84 cm Gym: 24fitness Bench press: 8x220 kg Squat in Smith machine: 12x320kg Motto: Pain is temporary, pride is forever! Good luck with your training ! Good luck and work hard and remember DEDICATION is the key! Brothers: Jan-Espen, Kai and Geir

Competition history

Sources: Bodybuilding pro.com, bodybuilding.comTommi Thorvildsen Profile and pics
/ref> *Sandefjord Open, 1997 (1st) *Oslo Grand Prix 1997 (1st) *Danish Invitational, 1997 (3rd) *Oslo Global Invitational, 1997 (1st) *Oslo Bodybuilding Trophy, 1997 (2nd) *Norwegian Championships, 1997 (Overall, 1st) *Norwegian Championships, 1998 (Overall, 1st) *Oslo Grand Prix 1999 (1st) *1999 European invitational champion, Belgium (1st) *Toronto Pro Invitational, 2000 (18th) *England Grand Prix, 2000 (9th) *Toronto Pro Invitational, 2001 (4th) *Night of the Champions, 2001 (6th) *2001 IFBB ENGLISH GRAND PRIX (7th) *New Zealand Grand Prix, 2001 (4th) wildcard entry for Arnold Classic *

Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic The IFBB Pro Arnold Sports Festival, also known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival, is an annual multi-sport event consisting of professional bodybuilding (''Arnold Classic''), strongman (''Arnold Strongman Classic''), armlifting, fi ...

, 2002 (11th) *Grand Prix Austria, 2002 (3rd) *Ironman Pro Invitational, 2002 (6th) *San Francisco Pro Invitational, 2002 (6th) *

Mr. Olympia Mr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of the professional men's bodybuilding contest in the open division at Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend—an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually and is sanct ...

, 2002, (22nd) *2002 IFBB ENGLISH GRAND PRIX (6th) *2002 IFBB DUTCH GRAND PRIX (8th) *2003 IFBB Iron Man Pro (13th) *2003 IFBB Arnold Classic And Internationals (12th) *2003 IFBB San Francisco Pro (12th) *2003 IFBB Grand Prix Australia (5th) *Night of Champions, 2003 (19th) *2003 IFBB Grand Prix Hungary (13th) *2004 IFBB Toronto Pro (7th) *2004 IFBB Grand Prix Russia (7th) *2004 IFBB Grand Prix Holland (10th) *2004 IFBB Grand Prix England (9th) *2006 IFBB New York Pro (did not place) *2006 IFBB Grand Prix Holland (11th) *2006 IFBB Santa Susanna Pro (13th) *2007 IFBB Montreal Pro Classic (14th) *2007 IFBB Santa Susanna Pro (10th) *2008 IFBB 15th Annual Sports/Fitness Weekend & Europa IFBB Super Show (17th) *2008 IFBB Atlantic City Pro (16th) *2008 IFBB Romanian Pro Grand Prix (13th) *2009 BATTLE OF GIANTS UPBF (2ND)

References

External links

Tommi Thorvildsen homepage
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