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

Dan Madwed

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Lawrence Madwed
National team	United States
Born	(1989-03-15) March 15, 1989 (age 33) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Club Wolverine
College team	University of Michigan
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Guadalajara 200 m butterfly Universiade 2007 Bangkok 4×200 m freestyle 2007 Bangkok 4x100 m medley 2007 Bangkok 200 m butterfly Maccabiah Games 2005 Israel 100 m butterfly 2005 Israel 200 m butterfly 2005 Israel 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Israel 4×200 m freestyle

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.[1]

He competed at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, and was the youngest American male swimmer at the event. He placed 10th in the 200 m butterfly,[2] 15th in the 100 m butterfly,[3] and 15th in the 200 m individual medley.[4]

In 2007, Madwed competed at the World University Games in Bangkok, 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 Omaha, Nebraska, Madwed placed 5th in the 200 m butterfly[5] and 6th in the 200 m individual medley.[6] 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 Peter Vanderkaay in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:47.24,[7] earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. At Nationals, Madwed also placed third in the 200 m butterfly final[8] and 7th in the 200 m freestyle preliminaries.[9] At the World Championships, Madwed placed ninth in the 400 m freestyle in 3:45.95, barely missing a place in the final.[10] Madwed also competed in the preliminaries of the 4 × 200 m freestyle, where he swam the second leg in 1:45.63.[11] The US won the gold medal in the final.

Personal

Madwed is an Industrial and Operations engineering Masters student at the University of Michigan and trains with Club Wolverine. Prior to attending Michigan, he swam with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club for two years.

Personal bests

Long course
Stroke	Distance	Time	Date
Freestyle	100 m	49.97	July 2008
Freestyle	200 m	1:47.31	July 2009
Freestyle	400 m	3:45.95	July 2009
Butterfly	100 m	53.14	July 2008
Butterfly	200 m	1:56.13	July 2009
Medley	200 m	2:00.62	July 2008

References

External links

• Dan Madwed at USA Swimming
• Dan Madwed – Michigan Wolverines athlete bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-04-21)
• Daniel Madwed at FINA

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