Mark Henry: biography of the American wrestler

Mark Henry is an American wrestler,Professional wrestler, weightlifter and powerlifter. Two-time Olympic champion (1992 and 1996) in weightlifting (heavyweight). Member of the Pan-American Games in 1995, where his team the United States took first place, and he won several bronze, silver and gold medals. As a powerlifter, he was the WDFPF world champion in 1995, as well as the two-time national champion of the United States of America in 1995 and 1997.

The path to wrestling

Mark Henry is the only athlete in the world,who at the same time had a champion title in such sports disciplines as weightlifting and powerlifting. The height of the athlete is 193 centimeters, and the weight is 191 kilograms. Mark is the owner of the absolute world record in powerlifting (without specialized equipment): squat with a bar - 430 kg. Henry has a superhuman strength: his mass of impact can reach 800 kilograms. In 1996, the American heavyweight joined the entertainment public company WWE, engaged in hosting wrestling events. In 2011, he became world champion WWE heavyweight champion.

Biography of the American "heavyweight"

Mark Henry was born on 12 June.1971 in Silsby, Texas, United States of America. As a child, he was a big fan of the fight, and Andre Gigant was considered his favorite character. As a child, he had the opportunity to touch the idol when he was in Beaumont, Texas, a corridor of fans to the wrestling ring. Mark Henry wanted to reach Andre Gigant, but stumbled over the barricade and fell to the feet of the French fighter. Andre raised Mark from the crowd and threw him back behind the fence.

When Mark was 12 years old, his father Ernst died, who suffered from diabetes. At age 14, Henry was diagnosed with dyslexia.

Mark is from a family in which almost all menwere impressive size. His uncle Chudd at an increase of 205 centimeters weighed 226 kilograms. He could never buy himself a normal shoe in ordinary stores. Due to lack of the right size, we had to do everything to order. Uncle Chudd was known as the most powerful and powerful man in East Texas.

Mark Henry vs. Big Show

In 2011, on the wrestling show "Revenge"(a professional wrestling show held by the WWE federation) Henry was supposed to defend his title against Paul Randall White (nicknames: "Giant", "Big Show"). The fight was interesting and exciting, the fighters even broke the ring. However, the result of the battle was not proclaimed, and the champion title remained with Mark Henry.

After a while, on the wrestling show "Series of Survivors"(the November event from WWE), the opposition of heavyweights repeated. This time, Henry again defended the fourth of his championship title. During the wrestling show, he was disqualified for an illegal kick in the groin. Enraged at such an act, Big Show repeated the trick with Henry, who experimented on it six months ago: holding Mark's foot with a stool, Big Show jumped all the weight onto his opponent, thereby knocking him out. A few minutes later, Mark Henry told everyone that he left after such a shock, and went into the ring again. Seeing the opponent on his feet, Big Show went to the platform and again knocked out the former weightlifter.