Daniel McCormick
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 (Bronze)
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)
- Bronze - Belo Horizonte World Cup (+100kg)
- Bronze - U.S. Open (+100kg)
- Bronze - U.S. Open (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)
