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Fox is an [[S14 (classification)|S14 classified]] swimmer.<ref name=apc>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/daniel-fox |title=Daniel Fox |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Australia |year=2012 |accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref> He trains at the Brisbane-based Chandler Swimming Centre with Coach Rob Hindmarsh <ref name=apc/> and is a member of the [[Chandler Swimming Club]].<ref name=clubglciub>{{cite web|last=Alston |first=Josh |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/east/daniel-fox-breaks-two-swimming-world-records-on-way-to-games/story-fn8m0sve-1226330216705 |title=Daniel Fox breaks two swimming world records on way to Games | News, events and sport for Brisbane East |publisher=The Courier-Mail |date=2012-04-17 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}</ref> |
Fox is an [[S14 (classification)|S14 classified]] swimmer.<ref name=apc>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/daniel-fox |title=Daniel Fox |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Australia |year=2012 |accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref> He trains at the Brisbane-based Chandler Swimming Centre with Coach Rob Hindmarsh <ref name=apc/> and is a member of the [[Chandler Swimming Club]].<ref name=clubglciub>{{cite web|last=Alston |first=Josh |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/east/daniel-fox-breaks-two-swimming-world-records-on-way-to-games/story-fn8m0sve-1226330216705 |title=Daniel Fox breaks two swimming world records on way to Games | News, events and sport for Brisbane East |publisher=The Courier-Mail |date=2012-04-17 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}</ref> |
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[[File:Daniel Fox Gold Medals.jpg|left|thumb|Daniel Fox in the Czech Republic at the 2009 Global Games wearing the three gold medals he won in separate events.]] |
[[File:Daniel Fox Gold Medals.jpg|left|thumb|Daniel Fox in the Czech Republic at the 2009 Global Games wearing the three gold medals he won in separate events.]] |
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Fox started swimming when he was a toddler.<ref name="apc" /> He started competing in 2009 as an eighteen-year-old and made his national team debut that same year when he competed at the Global Games. At that competition, he earned three gold and two silver medals.<ref name="apc" /> This was Daniel's first international meet where he showed potential and enjoyed the experience. Daniel competed in the 2010 World Championships<ref name="apc" /> in the men's 200m freestyle event where he finished second.<ref name="abcstuff">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-21/cowdrey-leek-finish-with-world-records/952544 |title=Cowdrey, Leek finish with world records |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=2010-08-21 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}</ref> At the 2011 Arafura Games, he won four gold medals.<ref name="apc" /> He earned a bronze medal and three gold medals at the 2011 Can AM Championships in California.<ref name="apc" /> He competed in the 2012 Australian national championships.<ref name="clubglciub" /> He was selected to represent [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Australia]] at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in swimming<ref name="fromqld" /><ref name="teamrevealed">{{cite web|url=http://paralympic.org.au/news/paralympic-swim-team-revealed |title=Paralympic swim team revealed |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |date=2012-07-10 |accessdate=2012-07-10}}</ref><ref name="abc2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-10/cowdrey-leads-paralympic-swim-team/4121704?section=sport |title=Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team |publisher=ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date= |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref> in the 200m freestyle and backstroke events.<ref name="clubglciub" /> At these games, Daniel swam at the Aquatics Centre placing fourth in the 100m backstroke and winning silver in the 200m Breastroke. This placing was incredibly close: finishing 0.13 seconds behind Iceland's [[Jón Margeir Sverrisson|Jon Margeir Sverrisson]]. These achievements were mores notable for a games with record number of participants (4237) <ref>{{Cite book|title=From Stoke Mandeville to Sochi: A History of the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games|last=Brittain|first=Ian|publisher=Common Ground Publishing|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=265–300|quote=|via=}}</ref> Going into the Rio Paralympic Games, Daniel was ranked third in the world and trained four hours a day in the pool.<ref name="clubglciub" /> |
Fox started swimming when he was a toddler.<ref name="apc" /> He started competing in 2009 as an eighteen-year-old and made his national team debut that same year when he competed at the Global Games. At that competition, he earned three gold and two silver medals.<ref name="apc" /> This was Daniel's first international meet where he showed potential and enjoyed the experience. Daniel competed in the 2010 World Championships<ref name="apc" /> in the men's 200m freestyle event where he finished second.<ref name="abcstuff">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-21/cowdrey-leek-finish-with-world-records/952544 |title=Cowdrey, Leek finish with world records |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=2010-08-21 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}</ref> At the 2011 Arafura Games, he won four gold medals.<ref name="apc" /> He earned a bronze medal and three gold medals at the 2011 Can AM Championships in California.<ref name="apc" /> He competed in the 2012 Australian national championships.<ref name="clubglciub" /> He was selected to represent [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Australia]] at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in swimming<ref name="fromqld" /><ref name="teamrevealed">{{cite web|url=http://paralympic.org.au/news/paralympic-swim-team-revealed |title=Paralympic swim team revealed |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |date=2012-07-10 |accessdate=2012-07-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711022235/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/paralympic-swim-team-revealed |archivedate=2012-07-11 |df= }}</ref><ref name="abc2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-10/cowdrey-leads-paralympic-swim-team/4121704?section=sport |title=Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team |publisher=ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date= |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref> in the 200m freestyle and backstroke events.<ref name="clubglciub" /> At these games, Daniel swam at the Aquatics Centre placing fourth in the 100m backstroke and winning silver in the 200m Breastroke. This placing was incredibly close: finishing 0.13 seconds behind Iceland's [[Jón Margeir Sverrisson|Jon Margeir Sverrisson]]. These achievements were mores notable for a games with record number of participants (4237) <ref>{{Cite book|title=From Stoke Mandeville to Sochi: A History of the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games|last=Brittain|first=Ian|publisher=Common Ground Publishing|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=265–300|quote=|via=}}</ref> Going into the Rio Paralympic Games, Daniel was ranked third in the world and trained four hours a day in the pool.<ref name="clubglciub" /> |
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Daniel has a long list of achievements, notably:[[File:010912 - Daniel Fox - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.JPG|thumb|left|Fox at the 2012 London Paralympics|300x300px]]-Competing at the 2013 [[IPC Swimming World Championships]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]], Fox won the gold medal in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14.<ref name=montreal1>{{cite web|title=Golden start for the Australian swim team in Montreal|url=http://swimming.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=38053|work=Swimming Australia News, 13 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref> |
Daniel has a long list of achievements, notably:[[File:010912 - Daniel Fox - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.JPG|thumb|left|Fox at the 2012 London Paralympics|300x300px]]-Competing at the 2013 [[IPC Swimming World Championships]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]], Fox won the gold medal in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14.<ref name=montreal1>{{cite web|title=Golden start for the Australian swim team in Montreal|url=http://swimming.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=38053|work=Swimming Australia News, 13 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref> |
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Daniel Fox |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Cleveland, Queensland, Australia | 21 May 1991
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle |
Classifications | S14, SB14, SM14 |
Club | Chandler |
Coach | Rob Hindmarsh |
Medal record |
Daniel Fox (born 21 May 1991) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He represented Australia [1] at the 2016 Rio Paralympics being awarded a bronze[2] most recently in the 200m Freestyle S14. He has won gold at the Global Games, the Arafura Games, World Championships, Can-Am Championships, Para Pan Pacific Championships, EnergyAustralia Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Daniel also holds the world record for the 50m freestyle (24.77) and the 100m freestyle record (53.50[3]) in the S14 classification. Daniel Fox is also the Australian ambassador for the INAS Global Games in 2019.
Personal
Fox was born on 21 May 1991 and is from Cleveland, Queensland.[4][5] He has an intellectual disability and therefore competes in the S14 category.[4] Outside of swimming, Daniel is an Ambassador for Life Stream Australia, visiting Redland city’s primary schools, swimming clubs and children’s hospitals.[6] He is also actively involved in the local community often visiting his old High School Iona College with a goal to "inspire the younger generation and other kids with learning difficulties to do anything they put their mind to.[7]"
Swimming
Fox is an S14 classified swimmer.[4] He trains at the Brisbane-based Chandler Swimming Centre with Coach Rob Hindmarsh [4] and is a member of the Chandler Swimming Club.[8]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Daniel_Fox_Gold_Medals.jpg/220px-Daniel_Fox_Gold_Medals.jpg)
Fox started swimming when he was a toddler.[4] He started competing in 2009 as an eighteen-year-old and made his national team debut that same year when he competed at the Global Games. At that competition, he earned three gold and two silver medals.[4] This was Daniel's first international meet where he showed potential and enjoyed the experience. Daniel competed in the 2010 World Championships[4] in the men's 200m freestyle event where he finished second.[9] At the 2011 Arafura Games, he won four gold medals.[4] He earned a bronze medal and three gold medals at the 2011 Can AM Championships in California.[4] He competed in the 2012 Australian national championships.[8] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming[5][10][11] in the 200m freestyle and backstroke events.[8] At these games, Daniel swam at the Aquatics Centre placing fourth in the 100m backstroke and winning silver in the 200m Breastroke. This placing was incredibly close: finishing 0.13 seconds behind Iceland's Jon Margeir Sverrisson. These achievements were mores notable for a games with record number of participants (4237) [12] Going into the Rio Paralympic Games, Daniel was ranked third in the world and trained four hours a day in the pool.[8]
Daniel has a long list of achievements, notably:
-Competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Fox won the gold medal in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14.[13]
-At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland he won the gold medal in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14. In the heats, Fox broke the world record which he still holds.[14]
-At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Glasgow, Scotland, he finished fourth in the Men's 200m Freestyle S14, eighth in the Men's 100m Backstroke S14 and sixteenth in the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM14.[15]
-At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14. The leaders in this race were only separated by 0.37 seconds at the conclusion of the race.[16] He also competed in Men's 100m Backstroke S14 finishing sixth and Men's 200m Individual Medley SM14 but didn't qualify for the final.[17]
-In 2016, he is an Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship holder.[18]
Professional Results
Event | Year | Competition | Venue | Time | Position |
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100m Backstroke | 2009 | Global Games | Czech Republic | 1:07.86 | Silver |
50m Backstroke | 2009 | Global Games | Czech Republic | 30.87 | Gold |
4x50m Freestyle | 2009 | Global Games | Czech Republic | 1:46.90 | Gold |
4x50m Medley | 2009 | Global Games | Czech Republic | 1:59.62 | Gold |
50m Freestyle | 2010 | Australian Age Multi Class Championships | Canberra | 26.63 | Gold |
100m Freestyle | 2010 | Australian Age Multi Class Championships | Canberra | 57.62 | Gold |
50m Butterfly | 2010 | Australian Age Multi Class Championships | Canberra | 28.20 | Gold |
100m Butterfly | 2010 | Australian Age Multi Class Championships | Canberra | 1:04.25 | Gold |
400m Freestyle | 2010 | Australian Age Multi Class Championships | Canberra | 4:39.36 | Gold |
200m Freestyle | 2010 | IPC World Championships | Eindhoven | 2:03.61 | Silver |
200m Freestyle | 2011 | Pan Pacific Championships | Emerton | Gold | |
100m Backstroke | 2011 | Arafura Games | Darwin | 1:09.53 | Gold |
100m Butterfly | 2011 | Arafura Games | Dawrin | 1:04.31 | Bronze |
100m Freestyle | 2011 | Arafura Games | Darwin | 57.74 | Gold |
400m Freestyle | 2011 | Arafura Games | Darwin | 4:31.39 | Gold |
50m Freestyle | 2011 | Arafura Games | Darwin | 25.87 | Silver |
200m Freestyle | 2011 | Arafura Games | Darwin | 2:06.45 | Gold |
50m Backstroke | 2011 | Arafura Games | Darwin | 31.85 | Silver |
200m Freestyle | 2011 | Can-Am Championships | USA | Gold | |
100m Freestyle | 2011 | Can-Am Championships | USA | Gold | |
50m Freestyle | 2011 | Can-Am Championships | USA | Gold | |
100m Backstroke | 2011 | Can-Am Championships | USA | Bronze | |
200m Freestyle | 2011 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Canada | 2:01.54 | Gold |
50m Freestyle | 2011 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Canada | 25.68 | Gold |
100m Freestyle | 2011 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Canada | 55.53 | Gold |
100m Freestyle | 2012 | EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships | Adelaide | 54.38 | Gold |
200m Freestyle | 2012 | Paralympics | London | 1:59.62 | Silver |
200m Freestyle | 2013 | World Championships | Montreal | 2:00.57 | Gold |
200m Freestyle | 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Sochi | 1:57.89 | Gold |
200m Freestyle | 2014 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Sochi | 1:59.09 | Gold |
50m Freestyle | 2014 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Sochi | 24.77 | Gold |
100m Freestyle | 2014 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Sochi | 54.69 | Gold |
100m Backstroke | 2014 | Para Pan Pacific Championships | Sochi | 1:07.18 | Bronze |
100m Freestyle | 2015 | Australian Swimming Championships | Sydney | 53.53 | Gold |
200m Freestyle | 2015 | Australian Swimming Championships | Sydney | 1:59.32 | Gold |
200m Freestyle | 2016 | Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro | 1:56.69 | Bronze |
In reflection on preparing for Rio, Fox states "I have done the training and I feel ready to get back into the pool and in my crown back, I am focused on doing my best at Rio and I've got an extremely solid training schedule, early nights and very little socializing."[25]
References
- ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "World Records IPC Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved https://www.paralympic.org/swimming/records.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Daniel Fox". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b Kay, Ross (2012-08-09). "Who are our Queensland Paralympians?". ABC Wide Bay Qld - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ Kerr, Judith (2016-05-10). "Fox snares Rio Paralympics spot". Redland City Bulletin. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ Blair, Haydn (October 9, 2016). Interview with Haydn Blair. Redland City. Cleveland.
- ^ a b c d Alston, Josh (2012-04-17). "Daniel Fox breaks two swimming world records on way to Games | News, events and sport for Brisbane East". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ "Cowdrey, Leek finish with world records". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012-07-10. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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- ^ Brittain, Ian (2014). From Stoke Mandeville to Sochi: A History of the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. Common Ground Publishing. pp. 265–300.
- ^ "Golden start for the Australian swim team in Montreal". Swimming Australia News, 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Para gold for Daniel Fox in Glasgow". Ninemsn, 27 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Daniel Fox results". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle - S14 Final". Rio2016 Paralympic Games.
- ^ "Daniel Fox". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Daniel Fox". Queensland Academy of Sport website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "2011 Arafura Games". Retrieved http://websites.sportstg.com/medal.cgi?mt=18&bID=363&pID=.
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- ^ "Australia Fares Well at Can-Am Swimming Open". IPC. Retrieved https://m.paralympic.org/news/australia-fares-well-can-am-swimming-open.
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- ^ "Annual Report 2011-2012". Retrieved https://www.swimming.org.au/Assets/Annual-Reports/Annual-Report_2011-12.aspx.
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- ^ "Annual Report Swimming 2014-2015". Retrieved https://www.swimming.org.au/Assets/Annual-Reports/Annual-Report_2014-15.aspx.
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- ^ "Annual Report Swimming 2009-2010". Retrieved https://www.swimming.org.au/Assets/Annual-Reports/Annual-Report_2009-10.aspx.
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- ^ "Montreal Paralympic Results". Retrieved https://www.paralympic.org/montreal-2013/live-results.
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- ^ Kerr, Judith. "Cleveland Swimmer Daniel Fox set for Rio Paralympics". Local News. Redland City Bulletin. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- Male Paralympic swimmers of Australia
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Male freestyle swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- 1991 births
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- S14-classified Paralympic swimmers
- People from the Redlands, Queensland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming