| − | At a young age, Henry was given weight equipment by his mother. He quickly took to it and by the time he reached high school he was squatting over 900 pounds.<ref>http://www.criticalbench.com/Mark-Henry.htm</ref> He was also able to lift over 900 pounds on the deadlift. Henry went on to the 1992 summer olympics in [[Barcelona]]. He competed in the superheavyweight division and finished in tenth place.<ref name="bio">http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/henry_mark.html</ref> He fared better at the 1995 Pan-American games by picking up a gold medal as well as a silver and bronze. Henry looked to continue his success at the 1996 Atlanta summer Olympic games. It was not to be as he was forced to pull out after suffering a back injury.
| + | Born in the Deep East Texas town of Silsbee, Texas, at a young age, Henry was given weight equipment by his mother. He quickly took to it and by the time he reached high school he was squatting over 900 pounds.<ref>http://www.criticalbench.com/Mark-Henry.htm</ref> He was also able to lift over 900 pounds on the deadlift. Henry went on to the 1992 summer olympics in [[Barcelona]]. He competed in the superheavyweight division and finished in tenth place.<ref name="bio">http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/henry_mark.html</ref> He fared better at the 1995 Pan-American games by picking up a gold medal as well as a silver and bronze. Henry looked to continue his success at the 1996 Atlanta summer Olympic games. It was not to be as he was forced to pull out after suffering a back injury. |