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Why Jean-Claude Van Damme was visiting Nördlingen
Which Hollywood stars catch you straight away, who owe their career to their martial arts skills? Of course Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan. Right, there was one who made a lot of money in the eighties and nineties with "Martial Arts": the native Belgian Jean-Claude Van Damme. On Friday, the now 58-year-old was in Nördlingen to pick up his new AMG E-Class 63 S at Mercedes dealership Abel + Ruf.
Van Damme had become aware of entrepreneur Hannes Ruf and his dealership through a mutual friend and was quickly convinced to buy his "European vehicle" in Nördlingen. Although the Hollywood star lives mainly in Los Angeles, but jets often across the pond to take care of his parents living in Belgium. And there offers a 500-hp station wagon, of course, a lot of space and driving pleasure alike.
Van Damme was accompanied on the Nördlingen trip by the Serb entrepreneur (and sponsor) Anton Bijelic, who had arranged the deal. In the small circle there was a welcome party in the Café Radlos in the Löpsinger Straße after the late arrival on Thursday shortly before midnight, was spent the night in the Hotel Klösterle and on Friday evening followed by a dinner with Jockl Kaiser on Meyer's cellar. During the Saturday, the Hollywood star drives with his new vehicle (the license plate starts with DON-JC ...) to other PR appointments in Europe.
Almost every employee shakes Jean-Claude Van Damme's hand
At the handover of the vehicle on Friday afternoon, the Belgian turned out to be a very polite and well-tempered guest, who fulfilled every image request, shook hands with many employees in the dealership and workshop and had lots of friendly conversations. Like all his vehicles, he explained, he would also give the new Mercedes a name. After a moment's thought, he decided on "Shark", Hai. "In Hollywood there's the Great White Shark and I own the Black Shark now," he joked. He also had dealings with Nördlingen, Van Damme said in small groups. The city wall had impressed him, just as the history of the creation of the giant with the meteorite impact 15 million years ago.
Jean-Claude Van Damme, actually Jean-Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg, was born near Brussels in 1960 and went to the USA in 1982 to become an actor. As a teenager he practiced bodybuilding, karate and ballet (!), In 1978 he became "Mr. Belgium "in bodybuilding. In Hollywood, "The Muscles from Brussels", as his nickname, with the films "Karate Tiger" (1987), "Bloodsport" (1988) and "Universal Soldier" (1992) directed by Roland Emmerich the international breakthrough. From the 2000s, it has become quieter about the action performer.
Why Jean-Claude Van Damme was visiting Nördlingen
Which Hollywood stars catch you straight away, who owe their career to their martial arts skills? Of course Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan. Right, there was one who made a lot of money in the eighties and nineties with "Martial Arts": the native Belgian Jean-Claude Van Damme. On Friday, the now 58-year-old was in Nördlingen to pick up his new AMG E-Class 63 S at Mercedes dealership Abel + Ruf.
Van Damme had become aware of entrepreneur Hannes Ruf and his dealership through a mutual friend and was quickly convinced to buy his "European vehicle" in Nördlingen. Although the Hollywood star lives mainly in Los Angeles, but jets often across the pond to take care of his parents living in Belgium. And there offers a 500-hp station wagon, of course, a lot of space and driving pleasure alike.
Van Damme was accompanied on the Nördlingen trip by the Serb entrepreneur (and sponsor) Anton Bijelic, who had arranged the deal. In the small circle there was a welcome party in the Café Radlos in the Löpsinger Straße after the late arrival on Thursday shortly before midnight, was spent the night in the Hotel Klösterle and on Friday evening followed by a dinner with Jockl Kaiser on Meyer's cellar. During the Saturday, the Hollywood star drives with his new vehicle (the license plate starts with DON-JC ...) to other PR appointments in Europe.
Almost every employee shakes Jean-Claude Van Damme's hand
At the handover of the vehicle on Friday afternoon, the Belgian turned out to be a very polite and well-tempered guest, who fulfilled every image request, shook hands with many employees in the dealership and workshop and had lots of friendly conversations. Like all his vehicles, he explained, he would also give the new Mercedes a name. After a moment's thought, he decided on "Shark", Hai. "In Hollywood there's the Great White Shark and I own the Black Shark now," he joked. He also had dealings with Nördlingen, Van Damme said in small groups. The city wall had impressed him, just as the history of the creation of the giant with the meteorite impact 15 million years ago.
Jean-Claude Van Damme, actually Jean-Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg, was born near Brussels in 1960 and went to the USA in 1982 to become an actor. As a teenager he practiced bodybuilding, karate and ballet (!), In 1978 he became "Mr. Belgium "in bodybuilding. In Hollywood, "The Muscles from Brussels", as his nickname, with the films "Karate Tiger" (1987), "Bloodsport" (1988) and "Universal Soldier" (1992) directed by Roland Emmerich the international breakthrough. From the 2000s, it has become quieter about the action performer.