Mark Henry is a famous Wrestler, born on June 12, 1971 in United States. As of December 2022, Mark Henry’s net worth is $4.5 Million. He broke the WDFPF world records for the squat, the deadlift, and total weight and was a U.S. National Weightlifting Champion in 1993, 1994, and 1996.
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| Spouse | Jana Henry |
| Children(s) | Jacob Henry, Joanna Henry |
Mark Henry Biography
U.S. National powerlifting champion who won Silver, Gold and Bronze Medals at the Pan American Games in 1995 before joining WWE. Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and retired professional wrestler, who is currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract. He also works backstage as a producer. He is a two-time Olympian (1992 and 1996) and a gold, silver, and bronze medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was WDFPF World Champion (1995) and a two-time U.S. National Champion (1995 and 1997) 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..
He had a son named Jacob and a daughter named Joanna with his wife Jana Henry. His cousin is former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Kevin Henry.
At the Texas High School Powerlifting Championships in April 1990, Terry Todd, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin and former weightlifter, spotted Henry and persuaded him to go to Austin after he graduated to train in the Olympic style of weightlifting. In July 1990 at the USPF Senior National Powerlifting Championships, 19-year-old Henry came second only to the legendary six-time World Powerlifting Champion Kirk Karwoski. While powerlifting relies primarily on brute strength and power, which Henry obviously possessed, Olympic weightlifting is considered more sophisticated, involving more agility, timing, flexibility and technique. There have been few lifters in history who have been able to be successful in both lifting disciplines. Mastering the technique of weightlifting usually takes many years of practice, but Henry broke four national junior records in weightlifting after only eight months of training. In April 1991, he won the United States National Junior Championships; 20 days later he placed fourth at the U.S. Senior National Championships, and finished sixth at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Germany two months later. Only few weeks afterwards, he became 1991’s International Junior Champion in Powerlifiting as well. In Henry’s first year in competitive weightlifting, he broke all three junior (20 and under) American records 12 times, and became the United States’ top Superheavyweight, surpassing Mario Martinez.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Many peoples want to know what is Mark Henry ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let’s check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Mark Henry’s ethnicity is Black. We will update Mark Henry’s religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.By the time Mark Henry was in the fourth grade, he was 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) and weighed 225 lb (102 kg). His mother bought a set of weights for him when he was 10 years old. During Henry’s freshman year at Silsbee High School, he was already able to squat 600 lb (270 kg), which was well over school record. As an 18-year-old high school senior, Henry was called “the world’s strongest teenager” by the Los Angeles Times, and made it into the headlines in early 1990 for winning the National High School Powerlifting Championships and setting teenage lifting world records in the squat 832 lb (377 kg) and total 2,033 lb (922 kg). By the time Henry finished high school, he was a three-time Texas state champion with state and national records in all four powerlifting categories—the squat at 832 lb (377 kg), bench press at 525 lb (238 kg) and deadlift at 815 lb (370 kg) as well as the total at 2,033 lb (922 kg).
Mark Henry Net Worth
Mark Henry is one of the richest Wrestler & listed on most popular Wrestler. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Henry‘s net worth $4.5 Million.
| Net Worth | $4.5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Wrestler |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He qualified for the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games before turning his focus to professional wrestling.
By the time Mark Henry was in the fourth grade, he was 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) and weighed 225 lb (102 kg). His mother bought a set of weights for him when he was 10 years old. During Henry’s freshman year at Silsbee High School, he was already able to squat 600 lb (270 kg), which was well over school record. As an 18-year-old high school senior, Henry was called “the world’s strongest teenager” by the Los Angeles Times, and made it into the headlines in early 1990 for winning the National High School Powerlifting Championships and setting teenage lifting world records in the squat 832 lb (377 kg) and total 2,033 lb (922 kg). By the time Henry finished high school, he was a three-time Texas state champion with state and national records in all four powerlifting categories—the squat at 832 lb (377 kg), bench press at 525 lb (238 kg) and deadlift at 815 lb (370 kg) as well as the total at 2,033 lb (922 kg).
At the age of 19, Henry had already managed to qualify for the weightlifting competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he finished tenth in the Super- Heavyweight class. Ten months before the 1992 Olympics, Henry had begun training with Dragomir Cioroslan, a bronze medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics, who said that he had “never seen anyone with Mark’s raw talent”. After the Olympics, Henry became more determined to focus on weightlifting and began competing all over the world. In late 1992 he took the win at the USA Weightlifting American Open and further proved his dominance on the American soil by winning not only the U.S. National Weightlifting Championships, but also the U.S. Olympic Festival Championships in 1993 and 1994. At the 1995 Pan American Games Henry won a gold, silver and bronze medal.
In weightlifting, Henry was a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting Champion (1993, 1994, 1996), an American Open winner (1992), a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion (1993 and 1994) and a NACAC champion (1996). He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993–1997. In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.
Who is Mark Henry dating?
According to our records, Mark Henry married to Jana Henry. As of May 2022, Mark Henry’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Mark Henry. You may help us to build the dating records for Mark Henry!At the age of 24, Henry made his first appearance on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) programming on the March 11, 1996 episode of Monday Night Raw, where he press slammed Jerry Lawler, who was ridiculing Henry while interviewing him in the ring. After Henry competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the WWF signed him to a ten-year contract. Trained by professional wrestler Leo Burke, his first feud in the WWF was with Lawler. At the pay-per-view event, SummerSlam in August 1996, Henry came to the aid of Jake Roberts who was suffering indignity at the hands of Lawler. His debut wrestling match was at In Your House: Mind Games on September 22, 1996, where he defeated Lawler. The feud continued on the live circuit during subsequent weeks. On the November 4 episode of Raw, Henry served as a cornerman for Barry Windham in a match against Goldust. He was set to team with Windham, Marc Mero and Rocky Maivia to take on the team of Lawler, Goldust, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Crush at Survivor Series, but was replaced by Jake Roberts when he was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury. On the November 17 episode of Superstars, Henry defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Crush and Goldust in a tug of war contest. Henry’s career was then stalled as, over the next year, he took time off to heal injuries and engage in further training. In November 1997, he returned to the ring, making his televised return the following month. By the end of the year, he was a regular fixture on WWF programming, defeating Steve Lombardi on the December 15 episode of Raw, and beating The Sultan on the December 27 episode of Shotgun.
Mark Henry Height
Mark Henry’s height 6 ft 4 in weight 359 lbs & body measurements will update soon.| Height | 6 ft 4 in |
| Weight | 359 lbs |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
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Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Mark Henry celebrates birthday on June 12 of every year.
Since Henry had only trained for four months and defeated the crème-de-là-crème of worldwide strongmen, who had been practicing for years, his win was a shock for strongman experts worldwide, but remained basically unnoticed by the wrestling audience. Henry proved to be worthy of the title “World’s Strongest Man” not only by winning the contest, but also by achieving it in record time. By doing so he was again seen as the legit “strongest man in the world” by many lifting experts for a second time since 1996.
Is Mark Henry still the world’s strongest man?
WWE legend Mark Henry is preparing for a final swansong in the ring after losing a staggering amount of weight. The 49-year-old Hall of Famer retired in 2017 after a final appearance at WrestleMania 33. Henry, known as the World’s Strongest Man, won two world titles during his illustrious WWE career.
What happened to Mark Henry?
There was an apparent knee or leg injury to Mark Henry at last night’s WWE live event in Norfolk, Virginia. Henry was wrestling Kane and lost when he used a steel chair to get disqualified. During the match, the referee gave the “X” signal to the back and pointed to Henry’s knee a few times.
Did Mark Henry really pull 2 trucks?
Mark Henry’s “World Record Double Tractor-Trailer Pull”: SmackDown, May 10, 2013. Mark Henry wows everyone in WWE when “The World’s Strongest Man” breaks the world record for a double tractor-trailer pull.
Where is Mark Henry right now?
Fans of wrestling might be familiar with the name Mark Henry. The former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Smackdown and Raw wrestler and Olympian weightlifter has joined the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) show as a commentator, talent scout and coach.
Who is the strongest man in WWE history?
Mark Henry is known as The World’s strongest man in WWE. He is an ex- Olympic weightlifter who broke many records in weightlifting and powerlifting. One of Henry’s most impressive feats of strength was his ability to pull two tractor traitors. At the same time, broke the world record.
all three done in training after the 1996’s U.S. Nationals, but prior to the Olympics ’96
Since his career start as a professional wrestler shortly after the Olympics, he broke his leg in the Fall of 1996. But by the summer of the following year he had rehabilitated it enough to be able to compete at the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships 1997, where he won the competition to become the U.S National Powerlifting Champion in the Super Heavyweight class again. He had planned to continue heavy training in powerlifting, although his travel schedule as a professional wrestler with the WWF (now WWE) has made sustained training difficult. Mark’s WWF contract was unique in many ways, allowing him at least three months off each year from wrestling, so he can train for the national and world championships in weightlifting or powerlifting. Barring injury, Mark had originally hoped to return to the platform in late 1998, to lift for many more years, and to eventually squat at least 1100 lb without a “squat suit” and to deadlift 1000 lb.
Henry improved his lifts to 407 lb in the snatch and 507 lb in the clean-and-jerk during his final eight weeks of preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Henry at 6-foot-4-inches tall and 414 lb bodyweight, became the largest athlete in Olympic history and was voted captain of the Olympic weightlifting team. Unfortunately, he suffered a back injury during the competition and was unable to approach his normal performance level. Due to the injury he had to drop out after his first clean and jerk attempt and finished with a disappointing 14th place. His appearance at the Olympics proved to be his last official competition in Olympic weightlifting, as he retired from weightlifting, vowing never to return unless the sport is “cleaned up” of anabolic steroid use.
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