Birth Date: | 4 April 1990 |
Birth Place: | Preston, England |
Country: | |
Sport: | Swimming |
Event: | Breaststroke |
Daniel Sliwinski (born 4 April 1990) is a British former breaststroke swimmer.[1] [2]
Sliwinski, born in Preston, began swimming at the age of five.[3] He attended Bolton School and with his junior swimming accomplishments earned a full scholarship to Indiana University in the United States.[4]
A Stockport ITC swimmer, Sliwinski won both the 50 and 100 metre breaststroke events at the 2008 Youth World Championships. In 2010 he was a member of England's bronze medal-winning medley relay team at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. He is a former British record holder in the 100 metre breaststroke.[5] In 2012 he won the 100 metre breaststroke at the British Championships to earn a place on the London Olympic team, but had to withdraw a month before the games due to a shoulder tendon injury.[6]