Showbiz Stars That Were Athletes First

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Dolph Lundgren

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What do you get when you combine brains, brawns, and menacing Eastern-European looks? Dolph Lundgren is a man of many hats. After high school, Dolph captured MIT’s attention, who offered him a Fulbright Scholarship to study chemical engineering. It was during his time in the U.S that he developed his karate skills and ended up winning the European Karate Championships. His win didn’t go unnoticed as he soon landed his first major role as Ivan Drago in the acclaimed Rocky franchise. 

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