Daniel Lawrence Madwed (born March 15, 1989) is an

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swimmer.

Career

Madwed was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He swam in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, Israel. He won a gold medal and set a new Maccabiah Games record in the men's 200-meter butterfly. He competed at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in

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, and was the youngest American male swimmer at the event. He placed 10th in the 200 m butterfly, 15th in the 100 m butterfly, and 15th in the 200 m individual medley. In 2007, Madwed competed at the World University Games in

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, where he won a gold medal as a part of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, a silver as a part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, and a bronze in the 200 m butterfly. At the 2008 US Olympic Trials in

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, Madwed placed 5th in the 200 m butterfly and 6th in the 200 m individual medley. Madwed also entered the 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, and the 100 m butterfly. He did not advance past the preliminaries in those events. At the 2009 US National Championships and World Championship Trials, Madwed placed second to

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in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:47.24, earning a place to compete at the

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. At Nationals, Madwed also placed third in the 200 m butterfly final and 7th in the 200 m freestyle preliminaries. At the World Championships, Madwed placed ninth in the 400 m freestyle in 3:45.95, barely missing a place in the final. Madwed also competed in the preliminaries of the 4 × 200 m freestyle, where he swam the second leg in 1:45.63. The US won the gold medal in the final.

Personal

Madwed is an Industrial and Operations

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Masters student at the

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and trains with Club Wolverine. Prior to attending Michigan, he swam with the

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for two years.

Personal bests

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