Franco Columbu

Birth place

• Born 17, August 1941, ollolai sardinia Italy• Franco lived in Italy for years and trained as a

boxer before getting in to bodybuilding.

Emigration Year

• Arrived in America in 1969 from Italy.

Reasons

• Franco was encouraged to come to America by bodybuilding guru Joe weider.

Occupation

• Franco was sponsored by Joe wieder when he came to America for bodybuilding and Joe wieder gave him an 80 dollar a week margin to body build he won very many titles and he was much smaller than his competitors at 5’5 at 185lbs

• Franco also competed in strong man competitions and was known as the strongest man in the world Franco colombu’s records are still unachievable by 99% of the population with records such as.

• Bench max-525• Squat max-655• Deadlift max-750 but in some training sessions he

was reported to lift over 780lbs.• Can lift a car

• Franco culumbu was not an indentured servant.

Working conditions

• At the time of his arrival to America Franco came to body build but later Franco and Arnold Schwarzenegger opened a brick laying patio business called European brick works.

• They still spent most of there time bodybuilding.

• Compared to his homeland conditions and work schedule were the same.

Religion

• Franco columbu is catholic.

Received by the community

• Yes he was because he was a great inspiration to a lot of people not only in bodybuilding but powerlifting, movies, and doctor in chiropractic.