Mark Philippi
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| Born |
Mark Philippi March 21, 1963 Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin  United States
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| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Occupation | Strongman, Powerlifting |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 300 lb (140 kg) |
| Competition record | ||
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| Strongman | ||
| Representing United States
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| World's Strongest Man | ||
| 7th | 1997 World's Strongest Man | |
| 8th | 1998 World's Strongest Man | |
| Qualified | 1999 World's Strongest Man | |
| Qualified | 2000 World's Strongest Man | |
| Qualified | 2001 World's Strongest Man | |
| Qualified | 2003 World's Strongest Man | |
| Arnold Strongman Classic | ||
| 4th | 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic | |
| 4th | 2004 Arnold Strongman Classic | |
| 4th | 2005 Arnold Strongman Classic | |
| World Muscle Power Championships | ||
| 2nd | 1997 | |
| 3rd | 1998 | |
| 2nd | 1999 | |
| World Strongman Challenge | ||
| 2nd | 1998 | |
| Beauty and the Beast | ||
| 1st | 1998 | |
| 4th | 2000 | |
| America's Strongest Man | ||
| 1st | 1997 | |
| 3rd | 2001 | |
| 8th | 2002 | |
| 3rd | 2003 | |
| All-American Strongman Challenge | ||
| 4th | 2006 | |
| Powerlifting | ||
| Representing United States
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| WDFPF World Powerlifting Championships | ||
| 1st | 1996 | 145kg |
Mark Philippi (born 21 March 1963) is an American world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor. Philippi is a multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition, and former holder of the America's Strongest Man title.
As a young man, Mark saw the early strongman competitions featuring his soon-to-be hero, Bill Kazmaier. He has stated that having seen Kazmaier on television he said to himself "I want to be like Bill." A career in athletic events focused on strength including powerlifting and strength athletics followed.
After winning the title of America's Strongest Man in 1997, he went on to represent his country in the 1997 World's Strongest Man finals, the first of seven appearances. He made the final on 2 occasions, but his greatest success came in the World Muscle Power Championships where he placed in the top three on three consecutive occasions from 1997 to 1999. His progress to become the best in the field was hindered by two major injuries that required extensive rehabilitation. In 1998, Philippi was severely injured at the 1998 World's Strongest Man during the car flip event where he ruptured his patella tendon and also partially tore his biceps tendon when the car rolled back on him. Surgery and a long rehabilitation followed but when he returned to strongman contests in 2000 he ruptured a patella tendon again. Philippi returned to competition in 2001 and placed third in the America’s Strongest Man contest.
As well as a successful career as a strength athlete, Mark was also a highly rated world champion powerlifter. He won the WDFPF World Drug Free Power Lifting Championships in 1996. In College, Mark was an offensive lineman and three-year starter at Montana Tech from 1983 to 1987.
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