- Name: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
- Nicknames: The Oak, The Austrian Oak, The Olympian, Oak, The King, Champ, Arnie,
Schwazzie, Arnold Strong - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
- Born: July 30, 1947 in Graz, Austria.
- Height: 6'2"
- Arms: 22"
- Chest: 57"
- Waist: 34"
- Thighs: 28.5"
- Calves: 20"
- Off Season Weight: Around 260 lbs.
- Competition Weight: Around 235 lbs.
- Favorite Exercise: Bent-Over Rows
- 1963 Steirer Hof Competition in Graz, Austria (runner up).
- 1965 Junior Mr. Europe in Germany
- 1966 Best-Built Athlete of Europe in Germany
- 1966 International Powerlifting Championship in Germany
- 1966 Mr. Europe - amateur in Germany.
- 1966 NABBA Mr. Universe - amateur in London, England
- 1967 NABBA Mr. Universe - amateur in London, England
- 1968 German Powerlifting Championship in Germany
- 1968 IFBB Mr. International in Tijuana, Mexico
- 1968 NABBA Mr. Universe - professional in London, England
- 1968 IFBB Mr. Universe in Miami, Florida (tall class winner)
- 1969 IFBB Mr. Universe in New York
- 1969 IFBB Mr. Olympia in New York (2nd place to Sergio Olivia)
- 1969 NABBA Mr. Universe - professional in London, England
- 1969 IFBB Mr. Europe - professional in Germany
- 1970 NABBA Mr. Universe - professional in London, England
- 1970 AAU Pro Mr. World in Columbus, Ohio
- 1970 IFBB Mr. Olympia in New York
- 1971 IFBB Mr. Olympia in Paris, France
- 1972 IFBB Mr. Olympia in Essen, Germany
- 1973 IFBB Mr. Olympia in New York
- 1974 IFBB Mr. Olympia in New York
- 1975 IFBB Mr. Olympia in Pretoria, South Africa
- 1980 IFBB Mr. Olympia in Sydney, Australia
Arnold was born July 30 1947, in the little town Thal in Austria, four miles from Graz.
The name Schwarzenegger means "black plowman".
His father Gustav was a former military officer who later became a policeman and his mother was a house wife.
They all lived above the police station, where Gustav worked. Arnold had a one year older brother, Meinhard, who died in a car accident when he was in his twenties. They were both raised in a very strict catholic home.
One day after seeing the Olympic swim champion Johnny Weissmüller in Graz, Arnold was so inspired by Johnny's physique that he decided he wanted to become a champion athlete and started training.
In the early years Arnold and his brother practiced a lot of different sports such as skating, skiing, hiking, swimming and tabel-tennis. Because of the interest in sports the school came in second place and did not get much attention.
The brothers were always competing against each other both in sports and in school. Gustav wanted Arnold to become a world-class soccer player, but at the age of thirteen Arnold dropped out of the soccer team.
He was looking for a rolemodel and found one on the silver screen, Hercules. He watched all the Hercules movies over and over.
He started to collect muscle magazines and was so impressed by the strength and the muscles in the magazine that he had just one goal clear in his mind.
So he started to train.
In 1961 Arnold met Kurt Marnul, the former Mr. Austria. Marnul was impressed by Arnolds body and asked him if he wanted to train in the Athletic Union in Graz. And of course Arnold wanted that.
Arnold trained seven days a week and for that he had to drop out of school and abandon the church.
Besides training Arnold began a three-year apprenticeship as a carpenter. He competed in his first competition in Graz hotel and came in second place. In 1965 he enlisted in the Austrian army, and to compete in Stuttgart Arnold had to go A.W.O.L and for that he was jailed when he came back. But he won the competition and was awarded the title Junior Mr. Europa.
By the age of twenty he had been named Mr. Germany and runner up in his his first Mr. Universe. When he retired in 1975 he had been awarded Mr. Universe five times, Mr. Olympia six times and Mr. World once. But five years after his retirement in 1980 he won his seventh Mr. Olympia titel.Researched By: Richard Stenborg
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