Daniel Sliwinski (born 4 April 1990) is a British former breaststroke swimmer.[1][2]
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| Born | 4 April 1990 Preston, England | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain England | |||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Event | Breaststroke | |||||||||||
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Sliwinski, born in Preston, began swimming at the age of five.[3] He attended Bolton School and with his junior swimming accomplishments earned a full scholarship to Indiana University in the United States.[4]
A Stockport ITC swimmer, Sliwinski won both the 50 and 100 metre breaststroke events at the 2008 Youth World Championships. In 2010 he was a member of England's bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m medley relay team at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. He is a former British record holder in the 100 metre breaststroke.[5] In 2012 he won the 100 metre breaststroke at the British Championships to earn a place on the London Olympic team, but had to withdraw a month before the games due to a shoulder tendon injury.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Olympic Dreams: Swimmer Sliwinski". BBC Sport. 8 August 2011.
- ^ "East Lancs Olympic Hopefuls: Swimmer Daniel Sliwinski". Lancashire Telegraph. 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Daniel aiming for Olympic glory". The Bolton News. 11 November 2007.
- ^ "Daniel wins US swimming scholarship". The Bolton News. 19 December 2008.
- ^ "Sliwinski hit hard by funding cut". BBC Sport. 20 January 2013.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympics: swimmer Dan Sliwinski ruled out of Games due to injury". The Daily Telegraph. 17 June 2012.