Daniel Fox (swimmer)
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| Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Chandler Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||
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Daniel Fox (born 21 May 1991) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming.
Personal
Fox was born on 21 May 1991 and is from Cleveland, Queensland.[1][2] He has an intellectual disability.[1] As of 2012, he was a full-time swimming competitor[1] while also working part-time at McDonalds in his home town.[3]
Swimming
Fox is an S14 classified swimmer.[1] He trains at the Brisbane based Chandler Swimming Centre [1] and is a member of the Chandler Swimming Club.[3]
Fox started swimming when he was a toddler.[1] He started competing in 2009 at a thirteen-year-old and made his national team debut that same year when he competed at the Global Games. At that competition, he earned three gold and two silver medals.[1] He competed in the 2010 World Championships[1] in the men's 200m freestyle event where he finished second.[4] At the 2011 Arafura Games, he won fourfold medals.[1] He earned a bronze medal and three gold medals at the 2011 Can AM Championships in California.[1] He competed in the 2012 Australian national championships.[3] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in swimming[2][5][6] in the 200m freestyle and backstroke events.[3] Going into the Paralympic Games, he was ranked third in the world and training four hours a day in the pool.[3]
Competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada, Fox won the gold medal in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14. .[7]
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Daniel Fox". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kay, Ross (2012-08-09). "Who are our Queensland Paralympians?". ABC Wide Bay Qld - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Alston, Josh (2012-04-17). "Daniel Fox breaks two swimming world records on way to Games | News, events and sport for Brisbane East". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ↑ "Cowdrey, Leek finish with world records". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ↑ "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team". ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ "Golden start for the Australian swim team in Montreal". Swimming Australia News, 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.