[2] Williams won the Minnesota State Junior and Senior Championships in Judo numerous times before the age of 17.

He attended and Wrestled at Iowa State University and transferred to San Jose State University in 1985,[2] where he earned a degree in International Business, minoring in French and Japanese.

After completion of his first degree he moved to Tokai University in Kanegawa, Japan, where he trained on and off until the Olympic Trials in '96.

[1] Though he attempted to join the Olympic Team for the United States, he earned the alternate spot to Jimmy Pedro when he placed second in the 71 kg division.

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