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Connor Dantzler (born 23 February 1994), of Damascus, Maryland, is an accomplished American amateur athlete. Diagnosed with stribismus as a toddler, Dantzler began judo lessons to help improve his eye-hand coordination. In 2000, at the age of six, he won his first junior national title. At the close of 2012, Dantzler had accumulated sixty-seven US national championship crowns in judo, jujitsu, karate, powerlifting and wrestling. An All-America〔Singer-Bart, Susan. "Damascus Judo Students to Represent Maryland in Junior National Championship". Gazette.Net, 2010.http://www.gazette.net/stories/08112010/damanew232545_32539.php〕 and Athlete of the Year,〔"State Awards". USJA, 2010.http://www.usja-judo.org/Awards/StateAwds2010.pdf〕 Dantzler received his sports training in half a dozen countries and at national and Olympic training centers around the US. ==Biography== Dantzler discovered powerlifting as a youth accidentally while searching the internet for other sporting events. As a teen, he earned World and Pan-American gold medals in the sport.〔"2010 Joel Ferrell Award Winner for Powerlifting". AAU News, September 09, 2010.http://www.aaunews.org/news/?p=3720〕 He appeared in ''Sports Illustrated's'' "Faces in the Crowd"〔"Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated, December 06, 2004.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1114377/2/index.htm〕 at the age of ten, after winning the AAU World Championships. In 2005, he made a guest appearance on ABC’s ''The Tony Danza Show''.〔"2010 Joel Ferrell Award Winner for Powerlifting". AAU News, September 09, 2010.http://www.aaunews.org/news/?p=3720〕 During 2010 Dantzler earned the ''Joel Ferrell Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance'', “…the most prestigious award that recognizes outstanding athletic accomplishments and sportsmanship at the AAU Junior Olympic Games”.〔"2010 Joel Ferrell Award Winner for Powerlifting". AAU News, September 09, 2010.http://www.aaunews.org/news/?p=3720〕 In 2011, he set an American record at the Collegiate Powerlifting National Championships as a high school student.〔"Damascus Teen Sets National and State Powerlifting Records". The Baltimore Sun, Varsity Letters, February 09, 2011. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/varsityletters/2011/02/〕 A perrenial US medalist in the Olympic sport of judo,〔Beekman, Jennifer. "Should Young Athletes Wait on Weights?". Gazette.Net, 2010. http://www.gazette.net/stories/08182010/burtspo103215_32533.php〕 Dantzler volunteers as a youth instructor to boys and girls in his hometown. Since debuting as a national judo coach in 2010, his students have earned seven individual junior national championship titles. The President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition named Dantzler a recipient of the ''Community Leadership Award''〔"President's Council Quarterly". President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, December 2010.http://www.fitness.gov/news-highlights/newsletters/december-2010.html〕 for mentoring junior athletes. Dantzler’s work in the community is reflected in other notable honors, including the ''PARADE All-America High School Service Team'', ''Prudential Spirit of Community Awards'',〔Cassie, Ron. "Damascus Eighth-Grader Provides the Best Medicine." Frederick News-Post, 2008.http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/storyTools/print_archive_story.htm?storyID=82388〕 the ''Good Samaritan Medal'', a US Senate commendation and two State of Maryland Governor’s Citations. Connor Dantzler's articles on the benefits of fitness and sports have appeared in ''Natural Muscle Magazine'', ''Real Gainz Fitness Magazine'', ''USA Judo Magazine'', ''USJF Judo Magazine'' and ''Muscle and Brawn''.〔Dantzler, Connor. "Discovering the Power of Powerlifting".Muscle and Brawn, 2009.http://muscleandbrawn.com/discovering-the-power-of-powerlifting/ 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Connor Dantzler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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