Dan Meyer

 

Dan Meyer (born April 7, 1957) is an American performance artist, corporate entertainer, inspirational/motivational speaker, and professional sword swallower best known for swallowing swords underwater in a tank of sharks and stingrays.

Meyer is also internationally recognized as the world's foremost authority in the field of sword swallowing as a published author , Ig Nobel Laureate , and Chief Executive Director of the Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI).Meyer is an accomplished pop and jazz musician, and award-winning published songwriter.

In 1977, Meyer received his Associates Degree in Music from Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. In 1982 Meyer received his Bachelor's degree in Music Theory and Composition, Radio Broadcasting, TV, Film from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana.In 1983, Meyer won 1st Place in the Christian Artist's national songwriting competition in Estes Park, Colorado.From 1983 to 1985, Meyer worked as an audio engineer/recording studio engineer and record producer for the Bill Gaither Trio's Pinebrook Studios in Alexandria, Indiana.In 1985,

Meyer was certified as an SSI Scuba instructor. He worked as Out Island Activities Manager for Admiral Cruise Lines private out-island "Little Stirrup Cay" (renamed "Coco Cay") in the Berry Islands of the Bahamas from 1985 to 1987. He had previously served as manager and caretaker of the island periodically from 1979-1983.In 1989, Meyer wrote, directed and produced the music video for the song "Merry Christmas, Doll" which was co-written with Christian artists Steven Curtis Chapman and Brent Henderson.

The music video was aired on CMT heavily during Christmas 1989 and 1990.In 1990, Meyer worked in the music business with STIM in Stockholm, Sweden. During this time, he successfully climbed to the top of Mount Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden above the Arctic Circle.In 2007, Meyer received his certification as a certified hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists.

 On October 4, 2007, Meyer received the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University for co-authoring with Dr. Brian Witcombe the research article Sword swallowing and its side effects published in the December 2006 British Medical Journal. The event was featured on NPR Radio "Science Friday", and covered in media around the world including BBC, USAToday, New York Post, The Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, AOL News, ABC News, MSN, Forbes Magazine, Scientific American, to over 180 million Russian and Eastern European viewers on NTV Russia, and others.

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Awards and recognitions

• Guinness World Records (2002)
• Guinness World Records (2005)
• Guinness World Records (2007)
• Guinness World Records (2010)
• USA Network 2nd Place Winner You've Got Character! national contest (2006) [15]
• Ripley's Believe It or Not Underwater Sword Swallowing in Shark Tank, Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC (May 18, 2007)
• Ripley's Believe It or Not Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not syndicated cartoon for Underwater Sword Swallowing in Shark Tank (September 22, 2007)
• Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (October 4, 2007)
• America's Got Talent (third season, episodes 303, 308, 309, 310) (July 1-August 26, 2008)
• Ripley's Believe It or Not Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not book for Underwater Sword Swallowing in Shark Tank (August 5, 2008, page 99)http://www.firstnamestore.com/?p=27216

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