Mark Henry
Wrestler, TV Personality
1971 –
Who is Mark Henry?
Mark Jerrold Henry is a retired American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE. He was a two-time Olympian in 1992 and 1996 and a Silver, Gold and Bronze Medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was WDFPF World Champion and a two-time U.S. National Champion as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift. Currently, he still holds the WDFPF world records in the squat, deadlift and total and the USAPL American record in the deadlift since 1995. He is credited for the biggest raw squat and raw powerlifting total ever performed by a drug tested athlete, regardless of weight class, as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen.
In weightlifting, Henry was a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting Champion, an American Open winner, a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion and a NACAC champion. He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993-1997. In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1971
Silsbee - Also known as
- Sexual Chocolate
- The World's Strongest Champion
- Mark Jerrold Henry
- The Silverback
- The World's Strongest Man
- The King of the Jungle
- Mark Gordon Henry
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- WWE
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on July 23, 2013
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