Daniel Wiffen
Irish swimmer (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Wiffen (born 14 July 2001) is an Irish swimmer who competes at the Olympic Games, world championships and European championships for Ireland and at the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland. He is the Olympic and world champion at 800 metres.
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Born | (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 23) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Magheralin, County Down[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ireland Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wiffen won gold at the men's 800 metre freestyle final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting an Olympic record time of 7:38.19.[1] He won the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, the first time a male Irish swimmer had become world champion.[2][3] He won the 400, 800 and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2023 European Swimming Championships (25m) in Otopeni, and the inaugural European Under-23 title in 2023 in Dublin.
Wiffen holds the 800 metres freestyle short-course world record with a time of 7:20.46.[4]