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On 30th july1947 one of the most popular and famous austrian person was born in a little styrian city named Thal near Graz as the son of Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia Jadrny, Arnold Schwarzenegger. He always wanted to be a good sportsman, so he began very early with his boxing and athletic exercises and to play football in his hometown. His father often cheered him to take the sport more serious. But Arnold always did what he wanted to do. At the age of 13 he told his classmates that he wanted to be the best bodybuilder in the world. So he switched one year later from playing soccer to bodybuilding. He started his training with the former Mr.Austria Kurt Marnul. One year later Dr. Karl Gerstl supported Arnold mentally, to get more powerful, and to have the will to win. In order to that he was ready to start his professional bodybuilding career with seventeen. But a short stay in the prison interrupted his career.
To stay in the prison was not part of his plan, to become the most famous bodybuilder, nevertheless it was necessary to start it.
He had to perform one year of military service. He asked his superiors if he could leave Austria for a few days to take part in a bodybuilding-competition in Stuttgart. But they didn\'t let him go. That's why Arnold had to leave the barracks illegally. When he returned, he couldn\'t even explain where he was. He had been locked up at once for seven days. The superiors, who incarcerated him saw that this wasn\'t just a simple competition \"Private Schwarzenegger\" won in Stuttgart: Now Arnold was Mr. Europe Junior. After this week in prison, Arnold was allowed to continue his training in the barracks. That was the end of Arnold's military career.
In the same year (1966) Arnold left the junior-league and participated in the professional league. He had real achievements considering a 19-year-old debutant. He became \"Best built man of Europe\" and won \"The International Body-Building Competition\", both in Germany. Arnold realized that he had the chance to be the best built man in the world.
So he travelled in the same year to London, where he wanted to win the Mr. Universe competition. When he arrived a lot of fans and other body builders surrounded the newcomer of the bodybuilding business. Arnold felt that he was something special, and that he was ready to be Mr. Universe. Unfortunately Chet Yorton (left) beat Arnold Schwarzenegger. He persuaded the judges with his unique show.
So Arnold trained his body to make it more and more imposing. He created new training methods to train some more muscles. Prepared to win he travelled one year later, in 1967, back to London again, to beat Chet Yorton. But there was a new rival in the competition, Denis Tinerino. Before the contest even started everybody thought, Arnold wouldn't have the chance to win against Denis. However Arnie was enthusiastic enough to win. Arnold realized, that being the best is as important as having the desire to win. Now Arnold was at the age of 20 years the youngest Mr. Universe of the World in his classification, the National Amateur Body-Building Association (NABBA). To be the best built man in the world, Arnold had to win in two other classifications, in the Professional Body-Builders classification, and the International Federation of Body-Builders (IFBB) classification. His task was to win them all. And he will.
So he went back to Munich for one year, where he founded a fitness-centre, visited an economy school, and trained up to six hours a day. Now he was prepared for the competitions in the other classifications. He took part at the Mr. Universe competitions in the Professional League. Afterwards he won the Mr. International Title in Mexico. But one title was missing: Mr. Olympia
Therefore he moved to California, where he trained among the best body-builders in the world. During the next 2 years, Arnold participated in several contests all over the world; he won new titles, and defeated his old one. At the end of the year 1969 he won every title, except Mr. Olympia in the IFBB classification. Arnold knew what he had to do. Unluckily there was another challenger named Sergio Olivia (right), who won the Mr. Olympia title since 1967 without interruption. In 1970 the IFBB Competitions of Mr. Olympia took place in New York. Everybody knew that this will be a hard fight between Arnold and Sergio; in the end there was only one winner, only one name: Arnold Schwarzenegger
So he reached his target at the age of 23. He reached what he trained for since he was 15 years old. Within 8 years he won against every competitor. Furthermore he defeated the Mr Olympia title for six years. In 1981 he finally quit his bodybuilding career.
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