Daniel Wallace (born 14 April 1993) is a retired Scottish
swimmer
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who has represented Great Britain in the
Olympic Games
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and FINA world championships, and Scotland in the
Commonwealth Games
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. The 2014 Commonwealth Games champion at 400 metre individual medley, he was part of the Great Britain 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay team that won gold at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships, and silver at the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
Competing for Scotland at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
held in Glasgow, Wallace won the gold medal in the
men's 400-metre individual medley with a first-place time 4:11.28. He also won a silver medal in the
200-metre individual medley and silver as a member of the second-place Scottish team in the
4x200-metre freestyle relay.
[Dan Wallace]
Scottish Swimming. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
He was born in Edinburgh, and trained under head coach Laurel Bailey at
Warrender Baths Club
Warrender Baths Club is a swimming club which originated at Warrender Baths in Edinburgh, Scotland, established in 1888. In 2013 the Club had 600 members with an active membership of 350 swimmers training at nine swimming pools across Edinburgh ...
.
[ In 2011, Wallace won a silver medal for the 200-metre individual medley and a bronze for the 400-metre individual medley at the ]2011 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 6–10 July 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Championships were organized by Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the European Swimming League, and were held in a 50-meter pool. Per LEN ru ...
in Belgrade, Serbia.[
Wallace accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the ]University of Florida
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in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy
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's Florida Gators swimming and diving
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team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) and Southeastern Conference
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(SEC) competition from 2012 to 2015. In his four seasons of college swimming, he was a member of the Gators' NCAA national championship relay team in the 4x200-yard freestyle relay as a sophomore in 2013, and was NCAA national runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle event in 2014 and 2015. He was the recipient of twelve All-American honours.[GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, 2014 Roster]
Dan Wallace
Retrieved 6 September 2014.
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...
in Kazan, Russia, Wallace won a gold medal as a member of the first-place British team in the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
On 11 April 2018, after winning two Bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
in Australia, Wallace announced his retirement from swimming at the age of 24. He said, "I'd done everything I wanted to do within the sport so it was just about enjoying the last moments, the last Games, and the last chance to represent Scotland."
See also
* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
50 metre backstroke
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References
External links
Dan Wallace
– Scottish Swimming athlete profile
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1993 births
Living people
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
Florida Gators men's swimmers
Scottish male swimmers
Sportspeople from Edinburgh
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Scottish Olympic medallists
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games