Daniel Lee Fogg (born 24 August 1987) is an English competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, World and European Championships as well as England in the Commonwealth Games. Daniel Fogg specialises in the 1500-metre freestyle and

open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ...

events.

Early career

Daniel started his career swimming for London Borough of Waltham Forest (Gators) Swimming Club, representing the club at all levels, also captaining the club. In 2005, Daniel was selected to swim for the Great British Junior team at the

European Junior Swimming Championships The European Junior Swimming Championships (50 m) is an annual swimming competition for European swimmers organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation and held over five days.

in Budapest, Hungary. Daniel came 8th in the 1500m freestyle in a time of 15:42.61. Daniel Fogg started his education at Chase Lane and later moved on to Rush Croft Sports College in

Chingford Chingford is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The town is approximately north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walthamstow to the ...

, London. He then attended

Chingford Foundation School Chingford Foundation School is a coeducational state secondary school and sixth form located in Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a specialist Humanities College and has been an academy since October 2012. History Chingfo ...

CHINGFORD FOUNDATION SCHOOL PE DEPARTMENT Hall of Fame
/ref> to study A levels in the Sixth form. Daniel went on to swim for

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

swim team, as well as study sports science at the University.

International career

Daniel was first selected for the senior British team in for the

2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 took place in Rijeka, Croatia from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2008. Medal table Medal summary Legend: * WR = World record * ER = European record * CR = Championships record Men's e ...

, competing in both the 400-metre freestyle and 1500-metre freestyle. In 2009, Fogg was selected for the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

in Rome, competing in the 10-kilometre event. Fogg won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competing in the men's 1500-metre freestyle. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, Fogg came 5th in the open water 10-kilometre and 8th in the 1,500-metre freestyle.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fogg, Daniel English male swimmers 1987 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Alumni of Loughborough University Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games European Open Water Swimming Championships medalists Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Early career

International career

See also

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