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| Full name | Charles Meldrum Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Charlie" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 24, 1885 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 9, 1973 (aged 88) Carmel Valley Village, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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)[1] 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".[2]
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.[2] Four years later, at the 1908 Olympics in London, Daniels won gold in the 100-meter freestyle.[3][4]
Daniels was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1965.[5]
- ^ "Charles Daniels | American swimmer | Britannica". britannica.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Colwin, Cecil (February 2002). Breakthrough Swimming. Human Kinetics. p. 18. ISBN 0-7360-3777-2.
- ^ "Charles Daniels". Olympedia. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ 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 April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Charles Daniels (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.