Marc Dawson

Marc Dawson from Ottawa, Ontario is a judoka from Canada, is a two time World Judo Championships Bronze medalist in 2010 and 2011. He has also received bronze medals at the 2011 Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games. He is a gold medalist at the 2009 Francophonie Games. Dawson won a gold medal in 2009 and silver medal in 2010 at the Canadian Judo Championship. He has since retired from competition, and joined the coaching team for Team Canada for the 2012 Summer Olympics in Judo.

Dawson first became involved with combat sports in 2000 when he was 14 years old when he joined the High School Wrestling Team. He wrestled in high school for four years, capturing multiple top-5 placements in provincial wrestling competitions. It was based on his interest in Greco-roman and  Freestyle wrestling that he took an interest in  Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Dawson began his judo training in 2002, receiving his first dan black belt in 2007 and his second dan black belt in 2009. It was at this time that he discovered his passion for teaching the art of judo and began training his fellow judoka for competition. His most recent endeavors are completion of his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has started training mixed martial artists in judo.