Serge Nubret - Trivia

Trivia

• His competitive bodybuilding career spanned 25 years.
• Serge Nubret is the only athlete to have won 6 world titles with 4 different federations. IFBB(1)/NABBA(1)/WBBG(2)/WABBA(2)
• He would guest pose at the WABBA world championships in 2003 at 65 years old. 20 years after his retirement from competition.
• Serge was active on up to 15 bodybuilding forums from 2006 to 2009 in three different languages (French/English/Italian) giving training advice to young athletes and begginers in his spare time.
• Inspired by the movies Hercules and The Last Days of Pompeii starring Steve Reeves, Serge began lifting weights in 1958 and soon got noticed by Italian film producers which led to a rich career in movies, including Arrivano i titani and Sette baschi rossi.
• Serge Nubret would later pay tribute to his life long idol Steve Reeves at the 1977 WABBA world championships honouring him with the first ever lifetime achievement award.
• At the 1975 Mr. Olympia in Pretoria, South Africa, Serge Nubret was told he could not compete on his arrival and stopped training for 12 days, losing 12 lbs of muscle between then and the day of the contest, when he was informed the night before pre-judging that he was able to compete. He finished second to Arnold Schwarzenegger in the heavy weight class, but still beat Lou Ferrigno.
• Serge Nubret and Sergio Oliva both rebelled against the IFBB in the mid 1970's and between them won 10 world titles between 1975 and 1985 for the WABBA, WBBG and NABBA. Sergio also won the first WABBA world championships held in 1977.