Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist

Semmy Schilt

Sem "Semmy" Schilt is a Dutch actor and former kickboxer, karateka and mixed martial artist. Schilt holds the distinction of being the only kickboxer to have won 5 major heavyweight tournaments, being a four-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and one time Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam Champion. He also held the K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship and the Glory Heavyweight Championship titles. He is the only fighter in K-1 history to win the world championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most Grands Prix won, with four.

Born

1973

October 27

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Semmy, in brief

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Key dates

1973 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

312 Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
1524 French troops lay siege to Pavia.
1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.

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The world in 1973

When Semmy arrived

april 1 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
april 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
april 19 The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
april 28 The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 27

Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dylan Thomas 1914–1953 Welsh poet and author (born 1914) Giovanni Giolitti 1842–1928 Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1842) Janusz Korwin-Mikke 1942– Polish journalist and politician John Cleese 1939– English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer Leon Draisaitl 1995– German ice hockey player Mary Sidney 1561–1621 English writer, patroness and translator (died 1621) Nanette Fabray 1920– American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1973

Abbath Doom Occulta 1973– Norwegian musician Alexander Vinokourov 1973– Kazakh cyclist and manager Alexei Yashin 1973– Russian ice hockey player and manager Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Bartolo Colón 1973– Dominican-American baseball player Chan Ho Park 1973– South Korean baseball player Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Damon Stoudamire 1973– American basketball player and coach Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player

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