Adler Volmar is the name of the Haitian Judo Athlete who is competing for the U.S. Judo Team in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China.

Adler Volmar was born in Miami and raised in Cap Haitien, Haiti.

On Thursday morning Haitian American Adler Volmar, 31, is due on the mat in Beijing, competing for the U.S. judo team.

Adler Volmar is an alumni of the Union Judo Club in Cap-Haïtien, this where he began to take judo lessons under the tutelage of Leandre Innocent.

It's his second time at the Olympics. In 1996, he represented Haiti in the sport. If he wins, he would be the first athlete of Haitian descent to take a medal in judo.

When Adler Volmar was 13 he was beaten by a group of kids, after the incident his mother Yolette Volmar signed him up for judo so he could defend himself.

Now Adler Volmar is 31 and tomorrow he could very well be the 2008 Judo Olympic Gold Medalist.

Posted by Fouye on 8/14/08 6:23 AM

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