Mark Henry

Mark Henry is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE. He competed in the Olympics in 1992 and 1996 and earned a silver, gold, and bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was a drug-free World Champion in 1995, a two-time U.S. National Champion in 1995 and 1997, and an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift. 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 with 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 in 1993, 1994, and 1996, an American Open winner in 1992, a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion in 1993 and 1994, and a NACAC champion in 1996. He holds all three Senior U.S. American weightlifting records from 1993 to 1997. In 2002, he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic. Since joining the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in 1996, he has become a one-time WWF European Champion and a two-time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008 and the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011.