- Charles Daniels (swimmer)
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Medal record 
Charles DanielsMen's swimming Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1904 St. Louis 220 yds freestyle Gold 1904 St. Louis 440 yds freestyle Gold 1904 St. Louis 4x50 yds freestyle relay Gold 1908 London 100 m freestyle Silver 1904 St. Louis 100 yds freestyle Bronze 1904 St. Louis 50 yds freestyle Bronze 1908 London 4x200 m freestyle relay 1906 Intercalated Games Gold 1906 Athens 100 m freestyle Charles Meldrum "Charlie" Daniels (born March 24, 1885 in Dayton, Ohio - died August 9, 1973 in Carmel Valley Village, California) is a former American swimmer and eight-time Olympic medalist. Daniels was an innovator of the front crawl swimming style, inventing the "American crawl".[1]
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Career
Daniels began his swimming career with the New York Athletic Club in 1903. At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Daniels became the first American to win an Olympic medal, winning gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter freestyle races.[1]
Recognition
In 1965, Daniels was elected into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
References
- ^ a b Colwin, Cecil (February 2002). Breakthrough Swimming. Human Kinetics. p. 18. ISBN 0736037772.
- ^ "CHARLES M. DANIELS (USA), 1965 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF. http://www.ishof.org/honorees/65/65cdaniels.html.
Further reading
- "Eight Swimming Marks for Daniels", New York Times, January 1, 1911
External links
- Charles Daniels biography and Olympic results, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-09-21.
Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle 1896: Alfréd Hajós • 1904 (100 yards): Zoltán Halmay • 1906: Charles Daniels • 1908: Charles Daniels • 1912: Duke Kahanamoku • 1920: Duke Kahanamoku • 1924: Johnny Weissmuller • 1928: Johnny Weissmuller • 1932: Yasuji Miyazaki • 1936: Ferenc Csík • 1948: Walter Ris • 1952: Clarke Scholes • 1956: Jon Henricks • 1960: John Devitt • 1964: Don Schollander • 1968: Michael Wenden • 1972: Mark Spitz • 1976: Jim Montgomery • 1980: Jörg Woithe • 1984: Rowdy Gaines • 1988: Matt Biondi • 1992: Alexander Popov • 1996: Alexander Popov • 2000: Pieter van den Hoogenband • 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband • 2008: Alain Bernard
Categories:- 1885 births
- 1973 deaths
- American swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Dayton, Ohio
- Goodyear family
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1906 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
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