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 Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger was born July 30,1947, in Austria four
miles from Graz in the little town of Thal. The name Schwarzenegger
means "Black Plowman". Arnold is the son of Gustav and Aurelia
Schwarzenegger. Arnold had a brother named Meinhard who was
one year older than Arnold. Arnold and his brother were always
competing against each other with school and sports. Meinhard
died in a car accident when he was in his 20's.
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| Name
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Arnold
Schwarzenegger |
| Birth
Name : |
Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger |
| Profession
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actor,
author, director, restaurateur, fitness expert |
| Date
of Birth : |
July
30, 1947 |
| Place
of Birth : |
Thal,
Graz, Austria |
| Nationality
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American |
| Height
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6'2" |
| Husband/Wife
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Maria
Shriver (TV journalist; married April 26, 1986 in Hyannis,
Massachusetts) |
| Fan
Mail : |
c/o
William Morris
Agency151 El Camino Dr.Beverly Hills
CA 90212 |
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Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger was born July 30,1947, in Austria
four miles from Graz in the little town of Thal. The name
Schwarzenegger means "Black Plowman". Arnold is the son
of Gustav and Aurelia Schwarzenegger. Arnold had a brother
named Meinhard who was one year older than Arnold. Arnold
and his brother were always competing against each other
with school and sports. Meinhard died in a car accident
when he was in his 20's.
Arnold
was first introduced to weightlifting during a soccer
team field trip to a local gym in Graz. After watching
the dedicated bodybuilders there, Arnold was fascinated.
His father was disappointed because bodybuilding was the
least popular sport in Austria. In 1961 Arnold met Kurt
Marnul, the former Mr. Austria. Marnul was impressed with
Arnold and asked him if he wanted to train in the Union
in Graz. Arnold trained seven days a week. He was so dedicated
to bodybuilding that he broke into the gym on Sundays
to train because the gym was closed. Conditions there
were so harsh that more than once his hands froze to the
weights. Besides training Arnold began a three-year apprenticeship
as a carpenter.
In 1965 when Arnold turned 18 he joined the Austrian
Army for mandatory service. His parents hoped the time
in the army would cure him of his bodybuilding obsession.
However, Arnold had a different idea. While in basic training,
he found out that the Junior Mr. Europe bodybuilding competition
was going to be held in nearby Stuttgard. Arnold went
AWOL from the army to compete and won the with a perfect
300 point score, the first anyone had ever had a perfect
score. But his absence did not go unnoticed and while
trying to sneak back into camp he was caught and thrown
in jail for seven days. Despite going AWOL to compete,
Arnold became the company hero because of his determination
and accomplishment and was even ordered to continue to
train, which he did until he was released from service
in 1966.
In 1966, Arnold moved to Munich by invitation to
train at the Putzingger Gym. In September of that year,
he placed second in the Mr. Universe competition held
in London. One year later, Arnold bought Putzinger Gym
and returned to London to win his first Amateur Mr. Universe
title and became the youngest competitor to do so. A year
later Arnold's father died of a stroke not seeing the
success his son was soon to achieve. Just after his fathers
death in 1972 Arnold won his first Professional Mr. Universe
title and was invited by the American bodybuilding champion
Joe Weilder to train in America. Despite having completed
two years at the University of Munich studying marketing,
Arnold moved across the ocean to America.
Two years after arriving in America, Arnold starred
in his first movie, "Hercules in New York". After winning
six Mr. Olympia titles and a Mr. World title, Arnold retired
from bodybuilding in 1975. In 1976 Arnold starred in his
second movie, "Stay Hungry". In 1980 Arnold returned to
bodybuilding and stunned everyone involved by capturing
his seventh Mr. Olympia. Arnold then hit the big time
when he starred as Conan in "Conan the Barbarian". He
has made many blockbuster movies since then.
Arnold has produced bodybuilding competitions in
Columbus, Ohio for two decades and began the annual Arnold
Schwarzenegger Classic there in 1989. Continuous growth
and popularity of the Schwarzenegger Classic led to the
addition of a Fitness Expo in 1993, the Ms. Fitness World
Competition in 1994 and the Arnold Martial Arts Festival
in 1996.
Arnold met Maria Shriver at a New York tennis tournament
in 1977 and soon after, she became his girlfriend. After
proposing to her in a rowboat on Lake Tollersee in Austria,
when they went to visit Arnold's mother, they married
in 1986. Their love goes much deeper than their differing
political views (Arnold is a republican and Maria is a
democrat) and have had a successful marriage for the past
11 years. Maria and Arnold have four children; Katherine,
Christina, Patrick, and Christopher.
In 1989 during President George Bush's administration
he served as chairman of the Presidents Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports, and is the author of numerous books
on health and fitness. Arnold now chairs the Governor's
Council of Physical Fitness in the state of California.
Since 1979, he has served as the International Weight
training coach for the Special Olympics. Beginning in
1991 he became involved in the Executive Commission on
the Los Angeles Inner City Games, a mini Olympics designed
to help kids say "no" to drugs and violence and "yes"
to fitness as a way of life. He sees athletics as a positive
alternative to drugs for urban youth, a way to build self-esteem,
a way to learn goal setting and build camaraderie in a
clean lifestyle. Arnold is now chairman of the Inner City
Games Foundation, a program that has expanded to 10 cities
and is continuing to grow. In 1991 Arnold received the
Simon Wiesenthal Center's National Leadership Award for
his support of the organizations Holocaust studies.
On April 16, 1997 Arnold underwent elective heart
surgery to repair a defective aortic heart valve. The
surgery had no complications and Arnold made a complete
recovery. Shortly after being released from the hospital
Arnold and Maria were going to an event to promote his
new movie Batman and Robin, when they arrived a group
of over eager photographers (paparatzy) trapped Arnold
and Maria in their car and essentially held them hostage
while they scrambled for the "first photos" of Arnold
after his surgery.
While in Graz Austria promoting Batman and Robin,
visiting friends, and family, Arnold had the honor of
opening the "Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium". The stadium
named for the famous Austrian is an impressive site and
a tribute to Arnold and all of his hard work.
In an interview with Access Hollywood, Arnold expressed
his desire to get back to making quality movies that people
love now that he has completely recovered from his heart
surgery.
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