Daniel McCormick

  • Home:  Arlington, Texas
  • Birthday:  05/30/1986

Weight Category: +100kg and Open
Date of Birth: May 30, 1986
Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Current Residence: Wakefield, Mass.
Club: NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE
Coach: Jimmy Pedro
Current U.S. Ranking: #1 in the Senior +100kg Division and #3 in the Senior Open Division

Personal: One of the top young heavyweights in the nation, McCormick advanced to his first Senior National final as a 19-year-old in 2005.  Although McCormick was injured early in 2008, he came back to upset the #1-ranked player three times to win the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo.  McCormick would go on to place ninth in Beijing.

Olympic Teams: 2008 (Ninth) 
Senior World Championship Teams: 2009
Senior Pan American Championship Teams: 2009, 2008
Junior World Championship Teams: 2004
Junior Pan American Championship Teams: 2005 (Silver)

Recent Career Highlights:

2009:

  • Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships (+100kg)
  • Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships (Open)

2008:

  • Gold - U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo (+100kg)
  • Bronze - Pan American Championships (Open)
  • Fifth - U.S. Open (+100kg)
  • Ninth - Olympic Games (+100kg)

2007:

  • Gold - Fall Classic National Championships (+100kg)
  • Silver - U.S. Open (+100kg
  • Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (Open)
  • Bronze - U.S. Open (Open)
  • Bronze - British Open (+100kg)
  • Bronze - Tre-Torri International (+100kg)
  • Bronze - New York Open (+100kg)
  • Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (+100kg)
  • Bronze - Rendez-Vous Canada (+100kg)

2006:

  • Gold - San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament (+100kg)
  • Silver - Midwestern Championships (+100kg)
  • Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (+100kg)
  • Bronze - U.S. Open (+100kg)

2005:

  • Gold - Collegiate National Judo Championships (+100kg)
  • Gold - Dallas Invitational (+100kg)
  • Gold - Fall Classic National Championships (+100kg)
  • Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships (+100kg)
  • Silver - Northglenn Judo Championships (+100kg)
  • Silver - Pan American Junior Championships (+100kg)
  • Silver - Pan American Cup (+100kg)
  • Bronze - British Open (+100kg)
  • Bronze - Junior British Open (+100kg)
  • Bronze - Irish Open (Open) (+100g)
  • Bronze - U.S. Open (+100kg)

2004:

  • Gold - Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior, +100kg)
  • Gold - USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships (IJF-Junior, +100kg)
  • Bronze - Rendez-Vous Canada (+100kg)