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Franco Columbu was born in the year 1941 on August 7th at Ollolai, Sardinia, Italy. He is five feet five inches tall and weighs 185 lb. his career began as a boxer.
He was very much into sports. He participated in Olympic weightlifting and power lifting. Afterward he went on to bodybuilding also. He won Mr. Olympia title in the year 1975 and 1981.
Columbu participated in the Worlds Strongest Man contest and had injured himself. He had to undergo a surgery and was told that he may not be able to walk again.
But Columbu was very determined and stood on his own feet. He was very different as compared to other bodybuilders mainly because of his height. But this did not matter to him. |
He has acted in movies also. He starred along with Arnold in Pumping Iron. He was also seen in movies like The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, The Running Man. The movie in which he was the lead actor is Beretta’s Island. Columbu also did television commercials.
He has participated and won in many competitions regarding bodybuilding, boxing, power lifting, Strongman, weightlifting etc. some of the titles that he won are IFBB Mr. Europe in 1969. AAU Mr. World in 1970, IFBB Mr. World in 1970, Champion of Italy, Champion of Germany, Champion of Europe, World Champion, Amateur Boxing Championship etc.
Columbu is very close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has done a strongman act where he broke hot water bottles. He also carried a vehicle on the dais when some person was changing tire. This shows the strength of this man. He educated from the Cleveland Chiropractic College and holds a DC degree. He passed out in the year 1978.
He has also written books like Weight Training and Bodybuilding, The Bodybuilder’s Nutrition Book and the Franco Columbu’s complete Book of bodybuilding. He had immense knowledge of medicine and kinesiology and thus used them to write these books.
Nowadays Columbu has been acting in movies as well as producing films. His career graph really reached heights once he started off with boxing. He was a thorough athlete and loved to build his body and keep himself fit. He was enthusiastic about participating in competitions and managed to win many of them also.
His achievement is very good. He still is very involved with bodybuilding and has written all about his knowledge in certain books. He did not let his height be a problem for him in his career. He still went on to be one among the strongest man. |
