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Neil Ohlenkamp is an American judoka and judo coach.

Education
Ohlenkamp attended CSU Northbridge, where he earned a BA in child development.

Career
Ohlenkamp was awarded a shodan in 1975, and is currently a 7th-degree black belt.

He has taught judo and jujutsu since 1973, including training coaches, and is head instructor of the Encino Judo Club in Oxnard, California. He coached the United States judo team at the 1988 Paralympics and the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled, coached the Braille Institute of America judo team from 1976 to 2006, and played a major role in creating the United States national blind judo program. He was the 1999 United States Judo Association Coach of the Year, and in 2009 was elected to the association's board of directors.

Publications
In 2006, Ohlenkamp published Judo Unleashed (United Kingdom title Black Belt: Judo Skills and Techniques). He wrote the forewords to the reissues of The Art and Science of Judo and Judo Formal Techniques.