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Urs Kalecinski
Urs Jakob Kalecinski (born April 30, 1998 in Schwäbisch Gmünd), also known as The Miraclebear, is a German bodybuilder.

Family
His father was a weightlifter and his mother a leading dancer in a ballet company. When she received a scholarship, they both moved to Germany. Urs grew up with two older brothers, of whom his middle brother Kai constantly supported him in weight training. His eldest brother was a national league gymnast, among other things.

Career
Kalecinski already had a strong connection to sport in his childhood. For example, he practiced gymnastics, handball and soccer, although he described himself as not particularly talented in these sports. In his youth, he was active in breakdancing. At the age of 14, he signed up for a small gym in his home village because he was overweight. At the age of 17, Urs Kalecinski took part in his first youth bodybuilding competition. He is 181 cm tall and competes in the "Classic-Physique" category.

Amateur
Kalecinski competed in his first bodybuilding competition in 2016 at the Int. German Newcomer Championships. He competed in the "Juniors over 70kg" category and managed to place 4th. He also managed to place 6th in his second competition, the 2nd GNBF Int. German Championships 2016, in the "Juniors 18-21 years over 75kg" category.

In 2018, Kalecinski began preparing for another competition. For this, he moved into his own apartment and began another competition diet. Together with his training partner at the time, Maris, he visited a nearby Kettler studio (a German gym chain) and focused completely on his training. After months of training and an extreme diet, he finally took part in the Austrian bodybuilding competition "ANBF 2018". Here too, his middle brother Kai supported him and accompanied him to Austria. There, Urs was able to achieve 1st place in the junior category, but he also took 1st place in the men's category up to 85 kg and overall victory in the championship. Just one week later, he achieved 1st place in junior bodybuilding at the "15th GNBF e.V. German Championships & GNBB Pro 2018".

IFBB Pro
After his most successful season to date and promotion to IFBB pro, Kalecinski recovered the following year and did not take part in any competitions. Nevertheless, he switched to his current bodybuilding coach Stefan Kienzl in May 2020. He specializes in IFBB professionals and has already achieved 10 Mr. Olympia qualifications together with his athletes. He also trained with him throughout 2020 with the aim of one day taking part in the Mr. Olympia. So he changed his sponsor right at the turn of the year. He left ESN and signed a contract with NP-Nutrition. In April, Urs also opened his own YouTube channel, on which he regularly publishes videos. In these, he documented his competition preparation for his first competition as an IFBB professional, the Xtreme Bodybuilding & Fitness Pro event. Kalecinski managed to finish second at this event and missed out on qualifying for Mr. Olympia by one point from first place, which went to the German bodybuilder Mike Sommerfeld.

However, the next competition followed shortly after and he flew to Florida to compete in the IFBB Pro League Tampa Pro. There he finished first and was allowed to compete in the Mr. Olympia. Since it was held in October of the same year, he had less than 8 weeks to prepare, making it almost impossible to bulk up. He spent the last week before the Mr. Olympia in Orlando. Kalecinksi managed to finish fourth. Just five months later he competed in the Arnold Classic, where he finished 3rd. He then competed in the Boston Pro[22] and the Kuwait Classic in the same week. He finished 1st in both. Due to his placement at the Mr. Olympia, Urs was automatically qualified for the Mr. Olympia 2022. On December 17, 2022, Kalecinski stood on stage and was able to achieve 3rd place, which automatically invited him to the Mr. Olympia 2023. In 2023, Kalencinski was again invited to the Arnold Classic in Ohio. He finished second behind Ramon Rocha Querioz. In 2024, he finished third behind Ramon Rocha Querioz and Wesley Vissers at the Arnold Classic in Ohio. He has been running an online store for clothing and fitness equipment since 2020.

Competitions

 * 2016: Int. German Newcomer Championship - 4th place
 * 2016: 2nd GNBF Int. German Championship - 6th place
 * 2018: ANBF - 1st place juniors, 1st place men and overall victory
 * 2018: 15th GNBF e.V. German Championship & GNBB Pro - 1st place Juniors over 75 kg, 2nd place Juniors Overall, 10th place Men Bodybuilding Open and Pro Card in non-supported bodybuilding
 * 2019: NPC Worldwide Amateur Olympia UK - 4th place
 * 2019: Budapest Fitparade 2019 - 2nd place
 * 2019: Iceland Open (Pro Qualifier) - 1st place and Pro Card
 * 2019: IFBB Dennis James Classic Pro - 6th place
 * 2021: IFBB Pro Xtreme Bodybuilding Classic Physique - 2nd place
 * 2021: IFBB Pro Tampa Classic Physique - 1st place
 * 2021: Mr. Olympia Classic Physique - 4th place
 * 2022: Arnold Classic - 3rd place Classic Physique
 * 2022: IFBB Boston Pro Show - 1st place Classic Physique
 * 2022: IFBB Kuwait Pro Show - 1st place Classic Physique
 * 2022: Mr. Olympia - 3rd place Classic Physique
 * 2023: Arnold Classic - 2nd place Classic Physique
 * 2023: Mr. Olympia - 3rd place Classic Physique
 * 2023: Texas State Pro - 1st place Classic Physique
 * 2024: Arnold Classic - 3rd place Classic Physique