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Born in humble surroundings in Provatonas, a small village near the town of Alexandroupoli in northern Greece, on August 3, , Stefanos Miltsakakis shot to fame fighting Jean-Claude Van Damme in five Hollywood movies.

He was raised in an environment where children grew up fighting and wrestling.

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In , he moved to the United States with his family, none of whom could speak English. They settled in a studio apartment, shared with another Greek family in Charlotte, North Carolina. He later described how as a teenager he was subject to ostracism due to his background and struggled to integrate himself with the local youth.

After getting into trouble, the high school free-fighting trainer encouraged him to join the school team.

He won a scholarship for the State University of North Carolina and became a fighter for the All-Americans team. In , at age 24, he was selected for the Greek team at the Olympics that year, but a knee injury just before the event forced him to abandon his Oly