Norbert Növényi
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Born | (1957-05-15) May 15, 1957 (age 67) Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Hungary | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
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Norbert Nottny Növényi (born 15 May 1957) is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kickboxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary. In January 2009, he became the oldest WFCA mixed martial arts world champion.
Acting career
He appeared in a minor role in the Hollywood film Red Heat, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played a Moscow thug who was smuggling cocaine in his artificial leg. He played a longer role in Péter Tímár's satire Zimmer Feri in 1997. He also attended a drama course of Mária Gór-Nagy. His longest role was in Az Alkimista és a Szűz (The Alchemist and the Virgin, 1999) by Zoltán Kamondi. He played the role of the title virgin's boyfriend. He also appeared in the award-winning Taxidermia by György Pálfi.
Sport titles
- 2009 W.F.C.A. world champion (MMA)
- 1987 W.A.K.O. World Championships Munich
+91 kg (Full-Contact)
- 1980 Olympic Games Moscow
-90 kg (Wrestling)
References
External links
- Norbert Növényi at IMDb
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- 1908:
Verner Weckman (FIN)
- 1912: no winner
- 1920:
Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1924:
Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1928:
Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)
- 1932:
Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1936:
Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1948:
Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
- 1952:
Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN)
- 1956:
Valentin Nikolayev (URS)
- 1960:
Tevfik Kış (TUR)
- 1964:
Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1968:
Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1972:
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1976:
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1980:
Norbert Növényi (HUN)
- 1984:
Steve Fraser (USA)
- 1988:
Atanas Komchev (BUL)
- 1992:
Maik Bullmann (GER)
- 1996:
Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
- 1908: 93 kg
- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg