Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
'The Austrian Oak'
1947-
An overview of Arnold's life:
- 1947: Is born in Thal to Gustav and Aurelia Schwarzenegger
- 1960: Begins weight training when his football coach takes his team to a local gym
- 1961: Chooses bodybuilding over football as a career
- 1963: Officially starts his competitive bodybuilding career
- 1965: Serves in the Austrian Army for a year, which was mandatory at the time for 18 year-old males
- 1967: Wins his first amateur Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition
- Feb. 1970: Has his first acting role in the movie Hercules in New York
- Sep. 1970: wins his first Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition at 23, making him the youngest ever Mr. Olympia to this day
- 1971: Meinhard Schwarznegger, Arnold's brother, dies in a car crash while driving drunk
- 1972: Gustav Schwarzenegger, Arnold's father, dies of a stroke
- 1980: Arnold strikes it big, starring in Conan the Barbarian
- 1984: Makes his first appearance as The Terminator
- 2003: Is elected the governor of California, winning the election by 1.3m votes
- 2006: Is re-elected for governor of California
- 2007: Becomes the official spokesperson for the Special Olympics
- 2012: Founds the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy at the University of Southern California
"What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know."
--Arnold Schwarzenegger
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