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Meet Zion Clark, the fastest man on two hands
Zion Clark is the fastest man on two hands; he is an American wrestler and a university student without legs. Clark is currently a…
Zion Clark is the fastest man on two hands; he is an American wrestler and a university student without legs. Clark is currently a Business Management student at Kent State University in Tuscarawas, New Philadelphia.
He wrestles for the school’s wrestling team, plays the drums at church and video games at home with his best friend.
H is a 24-year-old successful wrestler and a Guinness World Record holder for walking on his hands. While he’s now found fame in sports, his childhood was marked with personal trials.
Clark was born without legs and raised in foster care. When interviewed, he said he was bullied, underfed, and physically attacked in foster homes and his schools. However, when Clark was adopted by his mom at the age of 17, he finally felt supported and loved, and he started to turn his life around.
While setting a world record for the fastest 20m walking on hands, with a time of 4.78 seconds, he has also released a book ‘Zion Unmatched,’
“I had to deal with trying to survive on my own and just make it through life because a lot of these families were just there for a check,” Clark told Insider. “I was the kid that they got for the wrong reason.”
Zion Clark Education
He went to Massillon Washington High School in northeast Ohio. He graduated from Kent State University at Tuscarawas. Clark was given up for adoption at birth. Zion was adopted by Kimberly Hawkins in 2015. Kimberly Hawkins is a mother of two. She had an instant connection with Zion after she met him. Since Zion met her, the Kimberly Hawkins household has been with him for support, care, stability, and love.
His Career
According to him, he started wrestling at school, but even before then he was “fighting to protect” his life and was punched in his sleep by other foster boys, he said.
More so, he said he was encouraged to pick up sports seriously while in grade two by his art teacher. His art teacher was also a wrestling coach. After the advice, he took up the challenge and started wrestling until high school. He signed up for the school”s wrestling team while in Massillon Washington High School. Zion qualified to be a member.
However, in his junior year, he lost all his games but he determined himself and trained harder and made it to the semi-finals in the championship in his senior year. Zion was once approached by a paralympic official who encouraged him to try wheelchair racing.
He again took up this challenge and became Ohio”s fastest runner and won the 2016 100 meters and 400-meter state title. Netflix released a short film documentary on Clark and his journey so far on August 10, 2018. He also became the third in the 800-meter race.
Currently, his Instagram handle has hit a record of one million followers a milestone he hit within a few years of dedication to his craft. Been born with Caudal Regression Syndrome due to his birth mother abusing drugs during pregnancy, it is safe to say Clark is impacting the masses.
Zion Clark Relationship With Bodacious Teitei
Although Zion isn’t married, he is in a serious relationship with his girlfriend, Teitei. A look at Teitei’s Instagram account, she is a fashion model and content creator.
The date on Teitei’s Instagram description appears to be the 4th January 2021, which represents when the couple first started dating.
She has since uploaded multiple photos of Zion and announced that he has met her family. When Clark set out to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest person on hands, she supported him enthusiastically. “Everybody was excited, I was excited, my girlfriend was excited… it was just a moment man!” Zion said.
Zion Clark Mode of Training
According to him, his workouts are designed to boost his wrestling prowess by focusing on explosive, quick exercises like medicine ball slams, banded dumbbell presses, pull-ups, and dips.
His favourite exercises are box jumps: “They generate a lot of explosive power I can use to transition to wrestling, track or any other athletic endeavours,” Clark said.
Clark now trains most days a week, both on the mat and in the gym. His workouts are designed to boost his wrestling prowess by focusing on explosive, quick exercises like medicine ball slams, banded dumbbell presses, pull-ups, and dips.
His Net Worth
Being the fastest man on two hands and working as a wrestler, there is no doubt Clark earns a good salary and has been able to accumulate a good net worth. However, his exact net worth has not yet been revealed but the information will be updated as soon as it is available.