Dave Dunipace is a disc golf

Disc golf

Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc." Of the more than 3000...

 champion and World Distance Champion. Dave Dunipace is co-founder and CEO of Innova Champion Discs (Innova discs

Innova discs

Innova is a company founded in 1983 to produce equipment for the growing number of disc golf players. In that year, Dave Dunipace created the world's first disc designed specifically for the sport of disc golf. That first disc, the Eagle -- U.S. Patent # 4,568,297, established Innova as the...

). The company was founded in 1983 to produce the new triangular rim golf discs designed by Dave. Dave was inducted into the inaugural class of the Disc Golf Hall of Fame in 1993 with the following acknowledgment: “A world-class competitor and coach of champions, Dave Dunipace engineered advances in disc technology that hurtled disc golf into the space age. Thanks to Dave's ingenuity and innovation in flying disc design, today's disc golfers are able to throw the shots of their dreams.” Dave continues to design golf discs for Innova, is still an active competitor in the sport of disc golf and continues to coach world class players.

• 1983 US Open Champion, source: http://www.wfdf.org/index.php?page=history/discgolf.htm
• 1980 WFDF World Distance Champion source: http://www.wfdf.org/index.php?page=history/distance.htm
• 1993 Inductee Disc Golf Hall of Fame source: http://www.discgolfhalloffame.org/dghof-members.html