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