Mike Alamo Bainton Knife Throwing Resume. 2003 WWAC World Knife Throwing Championships First Place 18FT Champion First Place Overall Knife World Champion Third Place Tomahawk 2004 WWAC World Championships First Place Knife-Quick Draw Champion First Place Knife-12 FT Champion First Place Knife-18 FT Champion
First Place Knife-Impalement Champion First Place Knife-Obstacle Course First Place Overall Knife Accuracy First Place Tommi Hawk-Tomahawk Challenge Net Cong First Place Hawk-Expert Division AKTA First Place Knife-12 FT Champion First Place Knife-18 FT Champion First Place-Hawk 2005 Southern US Knife Throwing Championships WWAC World Knife Throwing Championships Second Place Knife-Quick Draw Second Place-12 FT Line Second Place Overall Knife Accuracy
Third Place-Tomahawk First Place-18 FT Line Champion First Place Knife-Impalement World Champion Net Cong WWAC-IKTHOF Knife Throwing Championships First Place Masters Division Expert Knife Atlanta Invitational Knife Throwing Championships Second Place 2006 Southern US Knife Throwing Championships First Place-Gold Cup WWAC-IKTHOF Che Che Whitecloud World Championships Second Place World Championship Expert Division North Texas US Knife Throwing Championships First Place Tomahawk-Expert Division Atlanta Blade Show Invitational Knife Throwing National Championships First Place Northern US Knife Throwing Championships First Place-Expert Division Central US Knife Throwing Championships Southeastern US Knife Throwing Championships
First Place Gold Knife Award for accumulated scores of any three IKTHOF sanctioned throws in the Expert Division Thanksgiving Challenge Mountain Man Throw 2006 2007 Second Place-Expert Knife Golden Knife Award Che Che Whitecloud World Championships-Claremore OK World Champion Knife-New Record-221 World Champion Tomahawk-New Record-95 Hawkins Texas Mountain Man Throw Atlanta Southern US Knife Throwing Championship 2007 2008 First Place-Metal Axe Throw Golden Knife Award Southwest National Championship-Belen, NM First Place Knife Third Place Knife-Expert Division Guinness Book of Records Most World Championships-Knife & Tomahawk Throwing Mike "Alamo" Bainton 2005 International Knife Thrower of the Year Noted Knife Thrower Mike "Alamo" Bainton
In 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009 Dr. Bainton was the uncontested Overall Knife Throwing World Champion and missed the 2006 World Championship by one point, won by 2006 World Champion Bob "Old Dog" Pyle. Michael J. Bainton, Ph.D. of Austin, Texas, founder of the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame, started throwing knives late in life. Since 2003, he has won first place in 30 national Championships and 17 World Championship events, making him the most prolific knife throwing champion in the history of the sport with a total of 47. This is another record with the Guinness book of world records, with 30 or more competitors. He is also the only thrower to ever make a perfect score in the Impalement contest at the World Championships in Claremore, Oklahoma in 2005 and won seven of the World Championships events at the World Championships in Las Vegas in 2004. He is thought to be the number one thrower in the world today with World Championships in Conventional throwing, Impalement, Fast Draw, Obstacle course and three World championships in Tomahawk throwing and two national titles in Mountain Man throwing. His accomplishments are recorded in the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame website, www.ikthof.com and the Guinness Book of World Records for 2008. 2009 Che Che Whitecloud World Championship First Place Expert World Champion Knife With A New World Record Score Of 260. First Place Knife Silhouette World Champion