Zion Clark - The Inspiring Story of the Wrestler Born Without Legs

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Zion Clark is an amateur wrestler and track star born without legs due to a condition called Caudal Regression Syndrome. He joins Chris Van Vliet for an in-person interview in Los Angeles to share his amazing story of overcoming every obstacle that has been put in front of him including being placed in several different foster homes for the first 17 years of his life. He is now chasing his dream to become a Olympian and also a professional MMA fighter. Make sure to check out the documentary short about his life on Netflix called "Zion" and his new book is called "Unmatched". For more information on Zion Clark visit: http://zionclark.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are good.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Ville.
0:07.9	Ah, yeah, welcome back to another audio adventure.
0:11.9	Welcome back to Insight.
0:14.0	I'm Chris Van Pleet.
0:14.9	Thanks for being with us for an amazing conversation with an amazing and inspiring guest. You might recognize Zion Clark
0:23.9	from his documentary on Netflix, which is simply titled Zion. And if you haven't seen this,
0:30.2	I can't recommend this enough. It's a super quick watch too. It's just 11 minutes long. It's a
0:34.9	documentary short. So when you're done with this episode,
0:38.7	pop on Netflix and check it out. You also might recognize Zion from being in Sports Illustrated,
0:45.5	or from being on the Ellen Show, or from the huge following that he's amassed on social media.
0:51.5	You know, it's hard to miss the bad ass wrestler with no legs who just keeps beating
0:57.0	everyone. You can find him on Instagram at big underscore Z underscore 2020. You can find him on TikTok.
1:05.1	He's at Big Z, no excuses. And no excuses is a theme that you'll be seeing throughout this whole conversation. And just
1:14.2	in general, throughout Zion's whole life, the next time that you think you can't do something or
1:19.7	you're too lazy to do something, just think about this interview and think about everything
1:26.3	that Zion has overcome to be where he's at now.
1:30.8	From the fact that he was born with no legs to being in and out of different foster homes,
1:37.0	he gets into it. In fact, let's get right into it right now. It was such a pleasure to welcome him
1:42.8	into my home. I'm so glad that he drove up from
1:45.3	San Diego to make this conversation happen. Please, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Zion Clark.
1:54.7	Thank you so much for coming to my place. Yes, sir. I appreciate you having me here, man.
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