Judocast - Dr. David Martin - Chief Scientist, Director of Performance -Apeiron life Life

Dr. David Martin - Chief Scientist, Director of Performance -Apeiron life Life

10/09/20 • 89 min

Our Next guest is Dr. David Martin who is the Chief Scientist & Director of Performance at Apeiron Life, a start-up in Menlo Park California that uses leading-edge human physiology and performance science to help executives achieve improved performance while preventing injury, and increasing long-term health span.
His experiences working with high level Olympic and professional athletes from a range of different sports makes him one of the most sought after experts in the field of sports science and human performance.
He spent 4 years in the NBA as the Director of Performance Research and Development for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Prior to his time in Philadelphia, he spent 20 years at the Australian Institute of Sport. His body of work during at AIS was extremely vast, working with all types sports & Olympic Level Athletes.

As a Senior Sports Scientist at AIS He led the initiative for the development of the Combat sports Center which was developed to help the Olympic Combat sports prepare for the 2020 Games in Tokyo. This later connected David and his group to Olympic Judo Champion and Japanese National Team Coach Kosei Inoue
I hope you all enjoy this thought provoking conversation with one of the most interesting people in the world of Sports Science and Human Development.
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Prior to his time in Philadelphia, he spent 20 years at the Australian Institute of Sport. His body of work during at AIS was extremely vast, working with all types sports & Olympic Level Athletes.

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Nicolas Gill- Olympic Silver Medalist & CEO of Judo Canada

Our next guest is currently the CEO of Judo Canada. He has had a lifelong journey that has taken him to the highest levels of Judo in both competition and coaching. He earned his first Olympic medal at the age 20 at the 1992 Barcelona Games and followed that with Olympic Silver in 2000. During his illustrious career, he earned medals in nearly every major event around the globe. Highlights include 5 Pan American titles, 3 world Medals and 2 Olympic medals.

His achievements rank him among the most accomplished Judo players in the western hemisphere. He had one of the biggest honors an athlete could have when He was chosen to represent the Canadian Delegation as the Flag Bearer during the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic games Athens.

Today he will share some of his wisdom from competing, coaching and parenting. We will hear how an expanded family made him take a hard look at his time in Judo, this led him to his most recent position as CEO of Judo Canada. He has fought for Olympic Medals and he has coached for Olympic Medals and now his Canadian Judo program is catching the attention of program directors and other coaches all around the world. Please welcome the most prolific Judo player to ever come out of Canada, 4 time Olympian and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Nicholas Gill!
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Vlad Marinescu - IJF Chief Media & Marketing Officer

Vlad Marinescu is the Chief Media & Marketing officer for the International Judo Federation. As a graduate of Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad California and He went on to earn a finance degree from Oxford Brook University in England. Vlad soon found himself in Budapest working under Marius Vizer who was then heading up the European Judo Union. He followed Mr. Vizer once he was elected to the Presidency of the IJF. During this time Vlad Played a vital role in the modernization/creation of the World Judo Tour. He has played part in the creation of many of the IJF digital assets we all enjoy including the Judobase website as well as the organization of more than 70,000 Judo videos. He and his team have created some of the best marketing videos you have seen including the series I am Judo, Judo for world & Judo Values for Life. In today’s discussion, Vlad will share his passion for Judo along with the importance of relaying the message of Dr. Kano and presenting Judo to the world as an educational tool to help create better people that will make a positive contribution to society.
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