Shane Hamman was born on June 20,1972 and is an American Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.
11 Facts About Shane Hamman
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Shane Hamman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and brought up in Mustang, Oklahoma.
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Shane Hamman grew strong lifting large pallets of produce for his father's fruit market.
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Shane Hamman trained as a powerlifter after high school, but after seeing the 1996 Summer Olympics, he decided to switch his career to Olympic-style weightlifting.
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Shane Hamman began his career as a powerlifter, competing for the International Powerlifting Federation.
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Shane Hamman won all 9 American Senior National Championship that he competed in.
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Shane Hamman holds every American weightlifting record in his class.
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Shane Hamman competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and finished 10th.
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Shane Hamman has retired from Olympic weightlifting, and sometimes appears as an announcer in events like the Olympics in 2008 and 2016 for NBC.
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Shane Hamman gives speeches at various high schools about his career and what it took to get Olympian status.
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Shane Hamman visits high schools to promote "Rachel's Challenge", a program for which he is a spokesperson.