1. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger an Austrian American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and
politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the state of California was born in Thal,
Austria, a small village bordering the Styrian capital Graz
Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required at
the time of all 18-year-old Austrian males
He won the Junior Mr. Europe contest in 1965. Schwarzenegger went AWOL during basic
training so he could take part in the competition and spent a week in an army jail
"Participating in the competition meant so much to me that I didn't carefully think through the
consequences"
Bodybuilding career
Schwarzenegger is considered among the most important figures in the history of bodybuilding,
and his legacy is commemorated in the Arnold Classic annual bodybuilding competition.
Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent face in the bodybuilding sport long after his
retirement, in part because of his ownership of gyms and fitness magazines. He has presided
over numerous contests and awards shows
e of the first competitions he won was the Junior Mr. Europe contest in 1965.[5] He won Mr.
Europe the following year, at age 19.[5][13] He would go on to compete in and win many
bodybuilding contests, as well as some powerlifting contests, including five Mr. Universe (4 –
NABBA [England], 1 – IFBB [USA]) wins, and seven Mr. Olympia wins, a record which would
stand until Lee Haney won his eighth consecutive Mr. Olympia title in 1991.
Competition Weight: 240 lbs (top 250 lbs)
Off Season Weight: 260 lbs
In 1967, Schwarzenegger competed in and won the Munich stone-lifting contest, in which a stone
weighing 508 German pounds (254 kg/560 lbs.)
During the peak of his career, his calves were 20 inches, thighs 28.5 inches, waist 34 inches,
chest 57 inches, and 22-inch arms
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Personal Info
Nickname The Austrian Oak
Birth July 30, 1947 (age 61), Thal, Steiermark, Austria
Height 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)[28]
Weight 240 pounds (113 kg)
Professional Career
Pro-debut NABBA Mr. Universe, 1968
Best win IFBB Mr. Olympia, 1970-1975, 1980, Seven Times
Acting career
Schwarzenegger wanted to move from bodybuilding into acting, finally achieving it when he was
chosen to play the role of Hercules in 1970's Hercules in New York
Schwarzenegger drew attention and boosted his profile in the bodybuilding film Pumping Iron
(1977)
Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in
1982, which was a box-office hit.
In 1984, he made the first of three appearances as the titular character and what some would say
was the signature role in his acting career in director James Cameron's science-fiction thriller film
The Terminator
Following his arrival as a Hollywood superstar, he made a number of successful films:
Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), and Red Heat (1988). In
Predator (1987)

2. Political career
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a popular actor who was first elected as Governor of California in the
2003 recall election and won re-election in 2006. It is the first elected office he has held, but was
appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports, in which he served from 1990 to 1993 and was Chairman of California Governor's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports under Governor Pete Wilson.
Electoral history
California Gubernatorial Recall Election 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger 4,206,284 48.6
Democratic Cruz Bustamante 2,724,874 31.5
Republican Tom McClintock1,161,287 13.5
Green Peter Miguel Camejo 242,247 2.8
California Gubernatorial Election 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Incumbent) 4,850,157 55.9 +7.3
Democratic Phil Angelides 3,376,732 39.0
Green Peter Miguel Camejo 205,995 2.3 -0.5