Bodybuilder Phil Clahar Announces Retirement From IFBB Pro League

The 2024 Tampa Pro was his final contest.

IFBB Pro League Men’s Open bodybuilder Phil Clahar has announced his retirement from competition, effective immediatelyafter his final contest, the 2024 Tampa Pro in Tampa, FL, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. He tied for 16th place.

Clahar announced on his Instagram page on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024which can be seen below:

“Thank you to every fan, company, competitor, gym, family, client, friend, etc., that has supported me over my amateur and pro career….it’s meant more than you’ll ever know,” said Clahar. “I have traveled to faraway places, made friends all over the world, and had some of the highest highs and lowest lows, but bodybuilding has been an enormous part of my life for so long, and I’ll never forget these times.”

Phil Clahar’s Bodybuilding Career

Clahar’s pro career lasted only seven years. According to Muscle Memory, Clahar won the 2009 IFBB Central American and Caribbean Championships amateur show as a super-heavyweight. It would be nine years before he entered the pro ranks.

Clahar made his pro debut in 2018 at the Tampa Pro, where he placed 14th. One year later, he finished ninth at the same show and 10th at the 2019 Toronto Pro.

Clahar’s rise to bodybuilding stardom began in 2020. He started that year finishing 10th at the New York Pro and placed eighth at the Chicago Pro. He rose to fourth in the Tampa Pro.

Clahar competed in other pro shows in the next two seasons and scored his first pro win at the 2023 Orlando Pro, which qualified him for that year’s Mr. Olympia. He tied for 16th place in his only Olympia appearance. He ranked third at the 2023 Masters Olympia.

“The Jamaican Tank” had competed twice in 2024, finishing 13th in the Chicago Pro and 16th in Tampa. He competed in 16 pro shows in seven seasons before calling it a career at age 48.

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