Wagner Bortolato: „Obstacles make life more interesting” 09:00 01/30/2014 He started training in 1999. He was looking for his place in the world. He is the four-times champion of the world and 16 times champion of Brazil. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. When he was little, he wanted to be a fireman. Now he teaches physical education, he’s a personal coach and, of course, an armwrestler. He started training in 1999, he was looking for his place in the world. - It was a bad time in my life, I was looking for some sort of outlet, a safety valve – says Wagner Bortolato, Brazilian armwrestler. - I knew I was strong, I looked around for a strength sport and found armwrestling. I also liked it because of the Sylvester Stallone movie. At first Wagner had a lot of trouble with technique, coordination and strength development. - The basics for my development were all the tournaments I started in – says Wagner. - The most exciting ones were the internationals, always very