Mike Hall (powerlifter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American powerlifter
Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1956
Place of Birth: Lewes, Delaware, United States
Profession: powerlifter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Mike Hall (powerlifter)
- Michael Hall (born October 3, 1956) is a retired American powerlifter, who is perhaps best known for being a pioneer of the drug-free movement in powerlifting.
- Hall is considered the first African American Super Heavyweight powerlifter to win a World Powerlifting Championship.Hall succeeded in setting numerous American Drug Free Powerlifting Association (ADFPA), American and National records in all three lifts, as well as the total.
- In addition, he won both the ADFPA and United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF) nationals several times during the same year.
- He was also the first superheavyweight lifter to win both the IPF and the WDFPF World Championships.
- At the 1987 IPF World Championships, Hall officially became the first American lifter to squat 900lbs (409kg) and break the 2200lbs (1000kg) total under drug tested conditions.He became the first ADFPA drug-free lifter in powerlifting history under drug tested conditions to bench press over 600 pounds, squat over 900 pounds and break the 2000, 2100, 2200 and 2300 pounds total without the use of anabolic steroids”.
- Hall, who claims God as his coach, is known as the "World’s Strongest Drug-Free Man".
- He has been highly decorated as one of the leading anti-drug role models in the United States.
- In 1992 he appeared on a poster titled Natural Power, which is part of a campaign by the National Federation of High Schools to combat steroid and drug use.
- The posters were sent to 20,000 schools in the United States, reaching 11 million students.
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