Serge Nubret

Serge Nubret 6 October 1938 19 April 2011 was a French professional bodybuilder actor and self published author He won numerous bodybuilding competitions including 1976 NABBA Mr Universe 1976 Serge Nubret was nicknamed The Black Panther Serge Nubret was born on 6 October 1938 in AnseBertrand Guadeloupe Nubret has credited Steve Reeves as his childhood inspiration In 1960 Nubret joined the International Federation of Bodybuilders and was declared Worlds Most Muscular Man in Montreal Nubret kept improving winning titles including NABBA Mr Universe in 1976 London WBBG Pro Mr World and Mr Olympus in 1977 New York and another World champion title in 1981 Geneva In 1983 23 years after his first worldclass achievement he became the WABBA World Champion in Rome winning his fifth major title At 65 years old Nubret offered a last show to his public during the 2003 World championships in France In addition to being recognized by experts peers and fans as a reference in the bodybuilding field Nubret has also dedicated himself to the development and promotion of bodybuilding He became the head of the France and European IFBB bodybuilding federations from 1970 to 1975 In 1975 he founded the World Amateur Body Building Association WABBA to host amateur bodybuilding competitions Serge Nubret would appear in several minor film projects during his career Nubret was also featured in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron about Arnold Schwarzenegger Nubret was known for an unusual training regimen and an even more unusual diet which often consisted of four pounds of horse meat per day In 2006 the 68yearold Nubret penned an autobiography Je suisMoi Dieu I amMe and God in collaboration with LouisXavier BabinLachaud The book which only exists in French tells his life story and his Christian beliefs Nubret was father to three daughters Pascale Karine and Grace and a son Stanley from two marriages and one relationship His second marriage was with Jacqueline Nubret a female bodybuilder with various competition titles In March 2009 Nubret fell into a coma eventually dying on April 19 2011 of natural causes Source Article Serge Nubret from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30