Norbert Növényi
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
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1980 Moscow | light-heavyweight |
Norbert Nottny Növényi (born 15 May 1957) is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kick-boxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary. In January 2009, he became the oldest WFCA mixed martial arts world champion.
Növényi was born in Budapest. He appeared in a minor role in the Hollywood film Red Heat, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played a Moscow thug named Sasha 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 -79 kg (Wrestling)
External links
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Budapest
- Hungarian sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Hungary
- Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian male film actors
- Male actors from Budapest