#288 Dennis Hall - World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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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) * PRESENTED BY SPARTAN COMBAT This episode is presented by Spartan Combat. Shop Yianni D, Kyle Dake and David Carr gear at SpartanCombat.Com * FANS If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! * TEXT THE SHOW –Keyword: Wrestle –Number: 224-54 * FOLLOW the PODCAST Twitter: @Ryan_N_Warner Instagram: Wrestling Changed My Life Facebook: Wrestling Changed My Life Website: wrestlingchangedmylife.com Shop merchandise at our Online Store: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com *** ABOUT 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.

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0:00.0	Wrestling fans, thank you so much for tuning in to wrestling change my life if you're listening on Apple podcasts
0:05.8	Please consider leaving a rating and a review the more we get the more this show is bubbled up to wrestling fans just like you after
0:14.4	The Olympic trials we had the Olympic training camps and
0:18.1	Brands comes in a Greco practice
0:21.1	He goes hall. He goes you gotta teach me how to gut run someone
0:26.0	We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change
0:34.7	Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:42.3	self-reflection resilience
0:44.3	Stop this some guys have it some guys don't
0:47.2	Adversity 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed
0:52.5	And everything that is shaped my life
0:55.7	And where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling
1:02.8	For me wrestling saying a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:09.8	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:13.4	natural talent helps
1:16.2	but it's
1:17.8	5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:24.5	It humbled me taught me humility nothing can hit humble you more than wrestling
1:30.0	I think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:36.8	You know probably back in my time that's good wrestling if you give me one thing more than anything else. It's mental toughness
1:42.5	Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast
1:46.4	presented by Spartan combat
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