Daniel McKim, 6-time World Champion Thrower

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Episode 259

Daniel McKim is one of the most unique athletes we've ever had on the podcast. He is one of the best to ever compete in the Scottish Highland Games where he's won three world titles, four national championships and two world records. Training and humor are two of his passions, which has made him a large, funny man who is a sought after athlete, speaker and author. McKim resides in the Kansas City area with his wife, Natalie, and their five boys.

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Daniel's unique journey to the Scottish Highland games, what type of training he goes through to compete, spiritual battles he's faced on his walk with Christ and how he lives out his faith every day.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:19.9	Welcome everyone to the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:22.8	I am Jason Romano.
0:23.9	Thank you for being a part of our show today.
0:26.7	Wherever you're listening, iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify,
0:31.7	thank you for joining us.
0:33.1	Thank you for subscribing and downloading this episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:39.4	Today on the show, we welcome Daniel McKim to the program. Now, Daniel is a 6'5-300-pound
0:46.1	world champion thrower. He's a strength athlete and a professional Scottish Highland Games
0:53.6	athlete who competed up until 2017.
0:57.5	As I mentioned, six-time U.S. national champion, four-time world champion thrower.
1:03.4	He's a world record holder in the Scottish Highland Games.
1:06.9	He's also one of the more unique athletes we've had on this podcast because he's also an author.
1:12.4	Published three books. He's a dad to five boys and a husband to Natalie. This is a fun podcast.
1:20.3	I think you guys will enjoy getting to know Daniel McKim and getting to know the world of
1:24.6	throwing, which I knew nothing about. But Daniel loves the Lord.
1:29.3	And like I said, one of the more unique athletes we've had here on the podcast. So take a listen to
1:34.2	our conversation with Daniel McKim on Sports Spectrum.
1:41.4	Welcome, Daniel, to the podcast. And thanks. I appreciate it. Jason's good to be here, dude.
1:45.8	It's good to have you here. It is good to be here as well, Daniel. And I think, you know, you are what we call a strength athlete. This is how I wrote down my notes here for you. Strength athlete, professional Scottish Highland Games athlete. So I have no idea what that was until about
2:04.0	20 minutes ago when we first started talking. So forgive me and maybe for our fans that are
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