2 TIMES MR OLYMPIA FRANCO COLUMBU

Franco Columbu

Intro

Born: 7th August, 1941

Height: 1.65 m

Nickname: Sardinian Strongman

About Franco

Franco Columbu is a well known professional bodybuilder born in Italy. He started his career with boxing. Later on he done power lifting, weightlifting and then bodybuilding. He done so much for the sport. He was training partner and a good friend of Arnold. He was also the best man at Arnold's wedding. In the bodybuilding career his best win was 1976 and 1981 Mr Olympia. Franco with a height of 5.35 ft is a very short bodybuilder than the most of athlete. Franco also known as 'Sardinian Strongman' was also done some acting and production in the entertainment business. He is best known in entertainment business for:

• Terminator (1984)
• Conan The Barbarian (1982)
• The Running Man (1987) 

He participated in the very first world strongest man competition where he dislocated his knee. At that time the scene of his knee dislocation was not edited and shown fully. He was told that his knee is broken but he said while laying on stretcher that it is only dislocated. He also trained Sylvester Stallone for the movie Rambo: First Blood Part II. He also made a world record of blowing hot water bottle by just blowing in it. He is also in Hall of Fame of international sport (2013).  

Some of his service in movies:

Film Industry

·         Stay Hungry - as Franco Orsini (Uncredited) (1976)

·         Pumping Iron - Himself   (1977)

·         The Hustler of Muscle Beach - Himself (1980)

·         The Comeback – Himself (1980)

·         Conan The Barbarian as Pictish Scout (1982)

·         The Terminator as Future Terminator (1984)

·         Getting Physical – Himself (1984) 

·         Don Rickles: Rickles on the Loose – Himself (1986) 

·         The Running Man as 911 Security Officer #2 (1987)

·         Last Man Standing as Batty (1987) 

·         Big Top Pee-wee as Otto the Strongman (1988)

·         Il ritmo del silenzio as Nerescu (1993) 

·         Beretta's Island as Franco Armando Beretta (1994) 

·         Taken Alive as Enrico Costa (1995) 

·         Doublecross on Costa's Island as Enrico Costa (1997) 

·         Hollywood Salutes Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Cinematheque Tribute – Himself (1998) 

·        Raw Iron:The Making of Pumping Iron – Himself  (2002)

·         Ancient Warriors as Aldo Paccione (2003) 

·         Why we Train – Himself (2008)

·         Muscle Beach then and Now – Himself (2010)

·         Dreamland La Terra dei Sogni (2011)