Egan Inoue is an American racquetball competitor, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and former mixed martial artist, born on June 4, 1965, in Honolulu, Hawaii, into a family of Japanese descent. He took up racquetball at 16 and was state champion by 18. On the International Racquetball Tour he won two tournaments, finished in the top 10 four times and briefly became the number one ranked player in December 1990 before ending that season ranked sixth. His racquetball career is highlighted by two International Racquetball Federation World Championships, in 1986 in Orlando, Florida, when he beat Canadian Roger Harripersad in the final, and in 1990, when he beat Tim Doyle. He is also a two time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion in colored belts and the first non-Brazilian to win gold at the World Jiu Jitsu Championship.
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He started practicing Shotokan Karate from a young age taught by his grandfather.
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Four years later, in 1990, Inoue defeated fellow American Tim Doyle in the final
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