Originally posted by: grumble
Date: November 25, 2015 at 06:53 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/interview-with-dr-de-mars-rondas-mother.67849/
Nowt to do with Ronda/Edmund etc.
Dr. AnnMaria De Mars
— the Co-Founder, President and one of two full-time Developers at
7 Generation Games
— is also a brilliant statistician, a world-class judoka and overall living legend filled with humor and wisdom. Born AnnMaria Waddell in 1958, Dr. De Mars has since achieved the highest levels of success found in each of her four largest endeavors: academics, judo, business and motherhood.
She became the first American to take Gold at the World Judo Championships in 1984 — winning the Austrian Open, Canada Cup and the U.S. Senior Nationals in the same year.
Since acquiring her PhD in 1990, she has written approved grants in excess of $10 million dollars, co-authored an entire book on self-defense and continuously remained active in her community with selfless charity donations and volunteer actions.
Equally as remarkable as her accomplishments are those of her four daughters:
María Burns-Ortiz
:
New York University
graduate; Co-Founder / CEO of 7 Generation Games; co-author of
New York Times
best-seller
My Fight / Your Fight
Jennifer Rousey:
San Francisco State University
graduate;
University of Southern California
Master’s Degree and teaching credentials recipient; middle-school history teacher
Ronda Rousey
: first American
Olympics
medal winner in women’s judo (Bronze: 2008, Beijing); 12–1 professional MMA athlete; former
Strikeforce
/
UFC
Women’s Bantamweight champion
Julia De Mars: prep school scholarship soccer player
Rest of article:
https://medium.com/@MatteoUrella/pro-files-dr-annmaria-de-mars-3afc3fbf89f4#.oh9uh8tr7