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Daniel Wiffen

IRISH OLYMPIC SWIMMER

2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES SILVER MEDAL

Daniel Wiffen is an Irish Olympic Swimmer from Magheralin Co Armagh; Daniel holds all 8 Irish National records in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle (Long Course and Short Course, Junior, and Senior).

Daniel has represented Ireland at Olympic (Tokyo 2020), World Championship and European Championship level, and Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games, in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in the 1500m freestyle.

In December 2022, Daniel broke the European record for the 800 metres freestyle, becoming the first Irish man to hold a recognised European record in swimming. His swim was also the fourth fastest in history.

In April 2023, Daniel World Ranking was the following:

1500m Freestyle World Ranking No.1
800m Freestyle World Ranking No.1
400m Freestyle World Ranking No.2

Daniel trains with other international Olympic athletes in the prestigious distance training squad in Loughborough where he also studies Computer Science.

Daniel is also a part-time actor and has been in shows such as Game of Thrones, Frankenstein Chronicles, and CBBC dramas.

Daniel identical twin Nathan is also an elite swimmer.

Daniel also has YouTube channel called Wiffen Twins where he posts weekly Vlogs and Race Highlights.

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DANIEL WIFFEN

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Wiffen Posts 4th Fastest Time in History as Swimming Star Emerges
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen has exploded onto the World radar this past weekend not only breaking three Irish National Records but the fastest time in the world this season in the 1,500 metres and the fourth fastest time in history behind only three Olympic and World Champions. His time of 14:34.91 was a full 15 seconds off his own national record and only three seconds off the World Record. This is a level of achievement in one of the key Olympic sports that puts him in contention as one of the Irish sporting stars of 2023, only just over a year away from the Paris Olympic Games.
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LEN ratifies Daniel Wiffen’s 800m European record
LEN is delighted to confirm that Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen’s 800m freestyle gold medal-winning time of seven minutes and 25.96 seconds has been officially ratified as a new European short course record. Wiffen achieved the landmark time at the Irish Winter Championships on 15th December 2022. It was an achievement made all the more remarkable given it was quicker than the time achieved by gold medallist Gregorio Paltrinieri at the World Swimming (25m) Championships, which were taking place at the same time in Melbourne, Australia.
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Daniel Wiffen sets new European record for 800 metres freestyle
Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen has set a new European record in the 800 metres freestyle at the Irish National Winter Championships in Dublin. Wiffen won the race in a time of 7:25.96, which is only 2.5 seconds off a world record set by Grant Hackett in 2008. The achievement, which is subject to ratification by the European Governing Body LEN, saw the 21-year-old distance star eclipse the previous record set in 2021 by Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (7:27.94). Wiffen also secured what is the fourth-fastest swim of all time in this event in the short course pool.
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Daniel Wiffen: ‘I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in’
He thinks for a few seconds making a sound. “Ehhhhhh … I’m not exactly sure,” he says. “But it has been over 20 times.” That will do. It is hard to keep up. Irish records have tumbled over the past two years. Even Daniel Wiffen has lost count and he has been the one smashing and bending everything out of shape at the long-range end of swimming. The 21-year-old also broke through a magical swimming barrier this year, when he became the first Irish athlete to crash through the 15-minute mark for the 1,500m freestyle event.
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Daniel Wiffen // A Day in the Life of an Olympian

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Daniel Wiffen // 800m Freestyle – Olympics 2021

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