Charles Daniels (swimmer)
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| Full name | Charles Meldrum Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Charlie" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 24, 1885 Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 9, 1973 (aged 88) Carmel Valley Village, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Florence Goodyear Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Meldrum Daniels (March 24, 1885 – August 9, 1973) was an American competition swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in two freestyle swimming events. Daniels was an innovator of the front crawl swimming style, inventing the "American crawl".[1]
Daniels began his swimming career with the New York Athletic Club in 1903. At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, Daniels became the first American to win an Olympic medal, winning gold medals in both the 220- and 440-yard freestyle races.[1] Four years later, at the 1908 Olympics in London, Daniels won gold in the 100-meter freestyle.
Daniels was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1965.[2]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
References
- ^ a b Colwin, Cecil (February 2002). Breakthrough Swimming. Human Kinetics. p. 18. ISBN 0-7360-3777-2.
- ^ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Charles Daniels (USA). Retrieved March 15, 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to C.M. Daniels.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Daniels". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- "Eight Swimming Marks for Daniels", New York Times, January 1, 1911
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Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1973 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Dayton, Ohio
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1906 Intercalated Games
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games