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Finnish bodybuilder

Utti Hietala
Bodybuilder
Personal info
Nickname Hulkki
Born (1983-01-13) January 13, 1983 (age 41)Turku, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight Contest: 92-93 kg (203-205 lb), Off season: 100-105 kg(220-231 lb)
Professional career
Best win 2008 CBB Finnish overall Champion2008
Active Since 2006

Utti "Hulkki" Hietala (born January 13, 1983) is a Finnish bodybuilder competing in Classic Bodybuilding (CBB), which is the Finnish bodybuilding association for naturals. His bodybuilding-related blog is Finland's most popular bodybuilding blog based on the amount of traffic.[_citation needed_] He is known especially as a spokesman of natural bodybuilding.[_citation needed_] In addition he is the standard face in Fast's bodybuilding based GYM-TV.[_citation needed_]

Hietala started lifting weights at the age of 14, when he played basketball. He started bodybuilding type of training in the spring of 2000. In 2006 he competed in his first Classic Bodybuilding GP winning in Turku and placing second in the Finnish national championships in Lahti. Due to his success, he was selected to represent his country Finland in the Scandinavian Championships, where he placed seventh. In 2008, he won Classic Bodybuilding championships in the tall series (+178 cm) and overall. He placed fifth in the Scandinavian Championships in 2008. Hietala plans to compete next time in 2010.[1]

  1. ^ a b Hietala, Utti. "Hietala's profile on Fast Nutritions website". Fast Nutrition (in Finnish). Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "Pictures of Hietala" (PDF) (in Finnish). Retrieved June 1, 2009.