Dan Millman

Dan Millman

Personal information
Date of birth	February 22, 1946 (1946-02-22) (age 63)
Website	www.danmillman.com
Sport
Country	USA
Sport	Gymnastics
Event(s)	Trampoline
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	#1 at 1964 Trampoline World Championships
Medal record Competitor for  United States Men's Trampolining Trampoline World Championships Gold 1964 London Men's Trampolining

Dan Millman (born February 22, 1946) is a former Trampolining world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor and college professor, and an author of fourteen self-help books, currently published in 29 languages, the most famous of which is the semi-autobiographical novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior (1980), which was adapted into a feature film, Peaceful Warrior (2006) directed by Victor Salva and starring Nick Nolte^[1][2].

In 1964, he became the first World Men's Trampoline Champion at the 1964 Trampoline World Championships in London^[3].

Career

Presentation of trophy winners at Royal Albert Hallat 1964 First World Trampoline World Championships, Royal Albert Hall, London; Dan Millan in the middle front row.

At the age of 17, he won the United States Gymnastics Federation (USGF)'s Trampoline Championship and competed in gymnastics at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles. While a freshman at U.C. Berkeley, he won the 1964 Trampoline World Championships in London, also in same year, he won three All-American titles, including national titles in FX and V. Later in 1968, he recovered from his injury, and co-captained the 1968 NCAA University of California gymnastics team; also in 1968 he was appointed as Director of gymnastics at Stanford University, here he coached U.S. Olympian, Steve Hug, and brought the Stanford team to national prominence, subsequently in 1972 he became an assistant professor of physical education at Oberlin College at Oberlin, Ohio.

His early background includes training in modern dance, gymnastics, and martial arts. He earned a black belt in aikido. Later he studied various yogas and other martial arts, and traveled around the world researching integrative disciplines, which resulted in his calling since 1980 — writing about and teaching an approach to living he calls the "way of the peaceful warrior." in his career as a motivational speaker. Due to the varied topics of his books, his work is difficult to label, but is generally connected to the human potential movement ^[4][5].

Personal life

Dan Millman and his wife Joy live in Northern California, they have three grown daughters and two grandsons.

Works

• Way of the Peaceful Warrior
• The Journeys of Socrates,
• The Life You Were Born to Live
• No Ordinary Moments

References

External links

• The Peaceful Warriors Way - Dan Millman's personal website.
• Peaceful warrior Movie website
• Dan Millman's Blog

Interviews

• Dan Millman - Video Interview with Conscious Media Network
• Interview with Spiritual Endeavors discusses training philosophy, fiction in book
• Working and Living Life Smarter Conference - keynoted by Dan Millman (November 2006)