#288 Dennis Hall – World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Dennis Hall is one of the most decorated American Greco wrestlers of all time. He won a world championship in 1995, beating four former world champions along the way. In 1996, Dennis won a silver medal at the Olympics. Domestically, Hall was a 10x US National Champion. At the 2004 Olympic Trials, he was involved in one of the longest wrestling matches of all time, where he defeated training partner Brandon Paulson to make the 2004 Olympic Team. In this episode we cover:
-The 1995 World Championships
-Losing to the Cuban in ‘93 and why that match was the turning point in his career
-Turning down a scholarship to wrestle at the greco world championships
-Training with Terry Brands
-Wrestling training partner Brandon Paulson at the ‘04 Trials
-Talking to John Smith at the ‘92 Olympics
-Barcelona Olympics vs Atlanta Olympics
Enjoy folks!
(Photo: Lance Iversen)
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–Number: 224-54
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Presented by Spartan Combat, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features long-form interviews with amateur wrestlers – past and current – MMA fighters and titans of industry. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday, where host Ryan Warner talks college wrestling, Olympic wrestling and more with some of the biggest names in the sport. Wrestling Changed My Life also produces original audio documentaries including Slaying Saitiev, The Smiths and Gable the GOAT.
