Dennis William Hall (born February 5, 1971) is a

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, United States. Hall was a 10-time US National Champion, a World Champion, and 3-time USA Olympian. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Hall attended Hartford Union High School and began his career by defeating a two-time senior state champion named Mark Riggs in the state finals as a freshman. Hall finished his prep career with a 146-1-1 prep record including 110 pins, earning three individual Wisconsin state titles. During his high school years he was also a three-time Junior National Greco Champion and World Team member. He was Wisconsin's first Dream Team All-American. Hall attended the

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on a full scholarship for one year. He realized that in order for him to reach his full potential as an international Greco wrestler he would need to train differently than he would for

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. He dropped out of school to train, travel and compete with the US Greco team. Hall was named USA Wrestling Man of the Year in 1995 as well as three time Greco-Roman athlete of the year in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Now retired from competitive wrestling, Hall lives in

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. In 2011, Hall was inducted into the

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as a Distinguished Member.Dennis Hall
''National Wrestling Hall of Fame''. Retrieved September 18, 2022.

Notable achievements

* World Bronze Medalist 1994 * World Champion 1995 * Olympic Silver Medalist 1996 * 3X High School State Champion * 3X Junior National US Champion * Espoir National Champion * 10X US Open National Champion * 3X Pan Am Champion

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References

Hartford Union High School Wrestling Site

Dennis Halls Training Website
* 1971 births Living people People from Plover, Wisconsin Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics American male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in wrestling Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in wrestling People from Neosho, Wisconsin Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub