Mark Henry is a famous wrestling fighter, former winner of two Olympic Games in weightlifting. Also among his merits is the incredible power performance in a sport such as powerlifting.
Biography
The future athlete was born in 1971 in the Texas town of the United States. The boy's family was distinguished by overweight and tall people. From childhood, Mark was distinguished by a strong physique, closer to the senior classes he surpassed most of his peers in terms of height and weight.
Even when he was in school, the teenager had the opportunity to watch the performance of professional wrestlers live. Then an unpleasant embarrassment happened to him: the young athlete wanted to get an autograph from one of the speakers, but he stumbled right next to the fighter's feet. As a result, he sloppily threw the boy into the crowd of observers.
Having received secondary education, the young man decided to start professional sports: he tried in every possible way to increase strength indicators in powerlifting, weightlifting. In 1992 he went to the Barcelona Olympic Games for the first time as a participant in the super heavyweight, weightlifting discipline. Then the guy managed to get a gold medal, he lifted a record weight at that time.
Four years later, Henry took part in the Summer Olympics and took 14th place. In addition to these achievements, he participated in many small weightlifting tournaments, where he often became both second and third.
Strength indicators and parameters of Mark Henry
Mark is distinguished by the fact that at one time he managed to become the only person on the planet who was able to achieve world records in both weightlifting and powerlifting. As for the weight of the strongman, he averages 191 kg, and his height is 193. The athlete managed to set the world record for classic squats with a barbell - he squatted 430 kg without any professional equipment.
Wrestler career
At the age of 25, the man found his calling, he was accepted into the American public company that conducts wrestling events - WWE. After 15 years of cooperation in 2011, Mark managed to achieve the first place within the organization, he became the world heavyweight champion.
After the first triumphant victory, it was necessary to defend the title, he met in a duel with Paul Randall. The heavyweight wrestlers put on a real show: the ring was broken by one of the participants, but the champion belt remained with Mark.
Then Henry took part in the famous wrestling event, which was also held under the WWE tag. He again spoke for the sake of defending his primacy, once again met face to face with the previous contender for the title. This time the scales tipped in the direction of Randall, who gracefully knocked out Mark and was proclaimed the new heavyweight champion.
