Karl Gillingham
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Karl Gillingham (6'3", 305 lb, born on 2/6/1965) is an 
American Professional Strongman athlete from 
Northfield, Minnesota. Karl is a USA National Strongman Champion. Karl has been competing in strongman since 1998 and has consistently been ranked in the top five nationally every year he has competed. Karl's first contest in strongman was the USA National Championship, which he won. Since that time Karl has traveled the world competing in over 40 top national and international contests including the prestigious World's Strongest Man, the IFSA World Championship, and the Super Series Grand Prix (WSM/SS). Karl is also a co-owner of Jackal's Gym[1], an elite strength training gym.
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[edit] Strength Sports
[edit] TV, Radio, and Film Appearances
[edit] Personal Records - Strongman (Arnold Classic) (WSM/SS) (IFSA)
World Record for Heaviest Series of Stones - Schreveport, LA 2002 North American Championship
[edit] Personal Records - Powerlifting
Won MN State USAPL Championship 6 consequetive years: 93-98
USAPL #1 Deadlift in Nation in 125 Kilo Class -'97
[edit] Achievements
Professional Competitive Record - [1st (8),2nd (5) ,3rd (7) - Out of Total(47)]
Performance Metric - .864 [American - .877 International - .817]
| Professional | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | INJ | DNQ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| International | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Combined | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 |
- Marunde Invitational - Squim Irrigation Festival, Washington, USA - 4th place (2008)
USA vs Poland - Lodz, Poland - 2nd place (2008)[2]- Mohegan Sun Super Series Grand Prix - Mohegan Sun Resort, Connecticut, USA - 6th place (2008)
- World's Strongest Man - Anaheim, California, USA - 5th in heat (2007)
Viking Challenge Super Series Grand Prix - Norway - 6th place (2007)- Venice Beach Super Series Grand Prix - Venice Beach, California, USA - 4th place (2007)
- Arnold's Strongest Man - Columbus, Ohio, USA - 9th place (2007)
- All American Strongman Challenge - Ironman FitExpo - Pasadena, California, USA - winner (2007)
- Xtreme Strongman Challenge - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 2nd place (2006)
- Mohegan Sun Super Series Grand Prix - Mohegan Sun Resort, Connecticut, USA - 6th place (2006)
IFSA World Championship - Quebec City, Quebec - 12th place (2005)
IFSA Pan American Championship - São Paulo, Brazil - 3rd place (2005)- IFSA Arnold's Strongest Man - Columbus, Ohio, USA - 8th place (2005)
IFSA Sweden Super Series Grand Prix - Gothenburg, Sweden - 5th place (2004)- IFSA USA Nationals - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - 3rd place (2004)
- IFSA World's Strongest Team - Plock, Poland - 6th place (2004)
- Kasson Open - Kasson, Minnesota, USA - winner (2004)
IFSA World Cup - Riga, Latvia - injured (2004)- Strongest Man Alive - Willmington, Delaware, USA - 3rd place (2004)
- IFSA St. Louis Fitness Festival - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 4th place (2004)
- IFSA Ventura Strongman Challenge - Ventura, California, USA - injured (2003)
- IFSA Las Vegas Strongman Challenge - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - 4th place (2003)
- IFSA Northeast Strongman Challenge - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - 3rd place (2003)
- IFSA Hawaii Super Series Grand Prix - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - 7th place (2003)
- GNC Show of Strength - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - 3rd place (2002)
- North American Championships - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA - 2nd place (2002)
World's Strongest Man - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 3rd in heat (2002)- Kasson Open - Kasson, Minnesota, USA - winner (2002)
- IFSA USA Championships - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 3rd place (2002)
- IFSA Ohio Valley Strongman Challenge - Athens, Ohio, USA - 5th place (2002)
- IFSA Midwest Strongman Challenge - Columbus, Ohio, USA - 5th place (2002)
- IFSA Northeast Strongman Challenge - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - winner (2002)
World's Strongest Man - Victoria Falls, Zambia - 4th in heat (2001)- IFSA USA vs. World - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 6th place (2001)
- NSAA Silicon Valley - Sunnyvale, California, USA - 3rd place (2001)
NSAA Caribbean World Strongman - Dominican Republic - 6th place (2001)- IFSA Hawaii Beauty & Beast - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - 4th place (2001)
- Azeala Festival Pro Invitational - Norfolk, Virginia, USA - 2nd place (2001)
- NSAA Strongman Tour - Kansas City, Missouri, USA - winner (2000)
- NSAA Strongman Tour - Holly, Michigan, USA - winner (2000)
- NSAA Strongman Tour - Shakoppee, Minnsota, USA - winner (2000)
- American Showdown - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 8th place (2000)
- IFSA American Strongman Championship - Kokomo, Indiana, USA - 3rd place (2000)
- IFSA Hawaii Beauty and the Beast - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - 6th place (2000)
- Strongman II - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 8th place (1999)
- IFSA American Strongman Championship - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - 6th place (1999)
- American Full Strength National Championship - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - winner (1998)
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