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Hank Walker
Hank Walker (Joseph Sculthorpe, born 1998) is an American WWE NXT wrestler, former security officer and Atlanta Falcons training-squad athlete; one half of Hank & Tank, NXT Tag Team and NOAH GHC Tag Team champion.
Hans Jacobson
Hans Jacobson (Hans Olov Dan Jacobson, 1947–1984), Swedish fencer and modern pentathlete. Olympic gold in team épée at Montreal 1976; seven World Championship medals; competed at four Games from 1968 to 1980.
Hans Nielsen
Hans Nielsen most often denotes Hans Jakob Nielsen (1899–1967), Danish amateur boxer for AK Jyden who won lightweight gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics, Denmark's only Olympic boxing champion; namesakes include a speedway world champion.
Hapkido (합기도)
Hapkido (합기도), "Way of Harmonizing Energy", is a Korean self-defense martial art founded by Choi Yong-Sool from Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu, blending joint locks, throws, kicks, and weapons; shares its name with Aikido.
Harald Hein
Harald Hein (1950–2008), West German foil and épée fencer of FC Tauberbischofsheim; Olympic foil team gold 1976 and silver 1984, three world team titles, later national foil coach.
Hardcore Holly
Hardcore Holly, ring name of Bob Holly, American retired pro wrestler, WWE 1994-2009; six-time Hardcore Champion, three-time World Tag Team Champion, neck broken by Brock Lesnar in 2002, author of The Hardcore Truth.
Hardcore wrestling
Hardcore wrestling, also called extreme wrestling, is a pro wrestling style with relaxed rules and heavy weapon use, popularized by ECW in 1990s Philadelphia and later adopted by WWF and WCW hardcore divisions.
Harley Race
Harley Race (1943–2019), American pro wrestler, eight-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, first NWA US Champion, 1986 King of the Ring, WWE Hall of Famer, later Vader's manager and founder of World League Wrestling.
Harry Greb
Harry Greb (Edward Henry Berg, 1894-1926), "The Pittsburgh Windmill," American boxer; world middleweight champion 1923-26, light heavyweight champion 1922-23, the only man to beat Gene Tunney, fought blind in one eye.
Harry Haft
Harry Haft (Hertzka Haft), Polish Jewish Auschwitz survivor forced to box fellow prisoners for SS officers, escaped, emigrated to the US in 1948, and lost to Rocky Marciano in 1949; subject of a 2006 book and the film The Survivor.
Harry Mallin
Harry Mallin (Henry William Mallin, 1892-1969), British middleweight amateur boxer and Metropolitan Police officer; Olympic middleweight gold at Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924, first boxer to defend an Olympic title, five ABA titles, undefeated in over 300 bouts.
Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell (Harold James Mitchell, 1898-1983), British amateur light-heavyweight boxer of the Polytechnic BC; ABA champion 1922-25 and Olympic gold medalist at Paris 1924, beating Thyge Petersen in the final.
Harry Spanjer
Harry Spanjer (Henry John Spanjer, 1873–1958), American boxer of the National Turnverein, Newark; won 1904 Olympic lightweight gold and welterweight silver, later an AAU wrestling champion and Chicago sign manufacturer.
Harry Steel
Harry Dwight Steel (1899–1971), American freestyle wrestler for Ohio State, won gold in men's heavyweight (over 87 kg) at the 1924 Paris Olympics, coached there by Robin Reed; not the British shooter Henry Steele.
Harsh Singh (judoka)
Harsh Singh (हर्ष सिंह), Indian judoka, men's -60 kg, from Dwarka Delhi, Indian Army Havaldar. First Indian male judoka to win Commonwealth Games gold, Glasgow 2026, beating Joshua Katz 10-0 by waza-ari.
Hart wrestling family
Hart wrestling family (Hart dynasty), Canadian family led by Stu Hart, founder of Stampede Wrestling (1948) and the Dungeon training school; produced Bret, Owen, and Natalya.
Haruka Tachimoto
Haruka Tachimoto (田知本 遥), born 1990 in Imizu, Toyama, is a Japanese judoka, women's 70 kg. Seventh at London 2012, she won Olympic gold at Rio 2016, beating Yuri Alvear by ippon, then retired.
Haruki Uemura
Haruki Uemura (上村春樹), born 1951 in Kumamoto, Japanese judoka, 1976 Montreal Olympic open-class gold medalist, 1975 world champion, later president of the Kodokan Judo Institute and All Japan Judo Federation.
Hasan Gemici
Hasan Gemici (15 June 1927 – 25 June 2001) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler, 1952 Helsinki Olympic flyweight (52 kg) gold medalist and 1951 Mediterranean Games champion, later a coach; birthplace sources differ (Giresun vs Samsun-Terme).
Hasan Gungor
Hasan Gungor (Hasan Güngör, 1934–2011), Turkish freestyle wrestler, Olympic middleweight gold medalist at Rome 1960 and silver medalist at Tokyo 1964; later coached Turkish national teams for over 20 years.
Hasan Isaev
Hasan Isaev (Хасан Мурселов Исаев, born 1952, Bisertsi, Razgrad) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, Olympic 48 kg gold medalist at Montreal 1976, two-time world champion (1974, 1975), later a coach at Ludogorets Razgrad.
Hasim Rahman
Hasim Rahman, "The Rock," is an American former professional boxer who won the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles by knocking out Lennox Lewis in 2001.
Hassan Yazdani (حسن یزدانی چراتی)
Hassan Yazdani (حسن یزدانی چراتی), Iranian freestyle wrestler born 1994, 'The Greatest': Rio 2016 74kg gold, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 86kg silver, three world titles, Iran's most decorated wrestler, David Taylor's chief rival.
Haystacks Calhoun
Haystacks Calhoun (William Dee Calhoun, 1934-1989), American 601-lb professional wrestler from McKinney, Texas; WWWF World Tag Team Champion with Tony Garea, 2017 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Inductee; distinct from British namesake Giant Haystacks (Martin Ruane).
Headbutt
Headbutt: a strike with the forehead or crown against an opponent's head or face. Banned as a foul under MMA Unified Rules, legal and central in Burmese Lethwei (gaung tike); typical force 652 N (men), facial bone injury risk.
Heath Slater
Heath Slater, ring name of Heath Miller (born 1983), American professional wrestler from Pineville, West Virginia; WWE Nexus founding member, 3MB frontman, and first-ever SmackDown Tag Team Champion with Rhyno, later competing independently and in TNA.
Heather Reckless
Heather Reckless (Jaime Catherine Chambers, Heather By Elegance), American pro wrestler from Denver; TNA Elegance Brand member, two-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion, AAW Women's Champion, Black and Brave graduate.
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is boxing's top professional weight division, open above cruiserweight with no upper mass limit. Covers its history from James Figg, weight-limit changes, championship statistics, and current titleholders Usyk, Dubois, Kabayel, and Gassiev.
Hebert Conceicao
Hebert Conceicao (Hebert Conceição, Hebert Wilian Carvalho da Conceição Sousa), Brazilian boxer born 1998 in Salvador, Bahia; Tokyo 2020 Olympic middleweight gold by knockout of Oleksandr Khyzhniak; undefeated professional, WBO Latino super middleweight champion.
Héctor Camacho
Héctor "Macho" Camacho (Héctor Luís Camacho Matías), Puerto Rican southpaw boxer, 1962-2012; world champion at super featherweight, lightweight, and junior welterweight; 79-6-3, never knocked out; IBHOF 2016.