Ian Waltz

{{short description|American discus thrower}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| full_name = Ian Scott Waltz

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|April 15, 1977}}

| birth_place = Post Falls, Idaho, U.S.

| height = 6 ft 1 in

| weight = 269 lb

| country = {{USA}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = {{Discus throw}}

| pb = 68.91 m (2006)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition | IAAF World Cup in Athletics }}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Athens | Men's discus throw }}

}}

Ian Scott Waltz (born April 15, 1977) is an American discus thrower. He is originally from Post Falls, Idaho and attended Washington State University. Waltz competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Ian Waltz |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/ian-waltz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825114424/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/ian-waltz-1.html |archive-date=2011-08-25}} His personal best distance is 68.91 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Salinas, California.

He married Olympic Pole Vault Gold Medalist, Stacy Dragila on December 12, 2009. Dragila welcomed daughter Allyx Josephine Waltz on June 21, 2010, in Chula Vista, California.{{Cite web |first=Brandon |last=Penny |date=September 27, 2010 |url=http://trackfield.teamusa.org/news/2010/09/27/a-decade-later-stacy-dragila/38733 |title=A decade later: Stacy Dragila |website=TrackField.TeamUSA.org |access-date=February 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104144127/http://trackfield.teamusa.org/news/2010/09/27/a-decade-later-stacy-dragila/38733 |archive-date=November 4, 2010}}