Norbert Növényi

Olympic medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Gold	1980 Moscow	light-heavyweight

Norbert Nottny Növényi (born 15 May 1957, in Budapest) 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.

He appeared in a minor role in Hollywood film Red Heat together with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played a Moscow thug 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

• Norbert Növényi at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Novenyi, Norbert
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Date of birth	15 May 1957
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