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| Born | 4 April 1990 Preston, England | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain England | |||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Event | Breaststroke | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Sliwinski (born 4 April 1990) is a British former breaststroke swimmer. [1] [2]
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]