Daniel Tranter
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel John Tranter |
| Nickname | "Dan" |
| National team | Australia |
| Born | 11 January 1992 Campbelltown, New South Wales |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley, breaststroke, butterfly |
| Club | North Baltimore Aquatic Club (USA) |
| Coach | (US) Bob Bowman |
Daniel John Tranter (born 11 January 1992)[1] is an Australian swimmer who has competed for the Australian Swim team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. He won the Australian championship in the 200-metre individual medley from 2012 to 2016.
At the 2012 Olympics, he qualified for the semi-finals of the 200-metre individual medley, finishing in 13th place and placed 32nd in the heats of the 400-metre individual medley.[2]
After deciding to cease competing in the 400-metre individual medley to focus his training on the 200-metre individual medley, he placed 6th in the final of the 200-metre individual medley (1.57.88) at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, and finished the season with the 7th fastest time (1.57.55) in the world for the year.
At the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships, Tranter placed 1st in the 200-metre individual medley (1.57.66), 2nd in the 200-metre breaststroke (2.12.26), and 3rd in the 200-metre butterfly (1.57.48), and in doing so qualified to compete in all three events for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Tranter won Gold in the 200-metre individual medley,[3] winning in a new Commonwealth Games record time of 1.57.66.[4] South African Chad le Clos, lead the field after the Butterfly and Backstroke legs, but Tranter surged to the lead in the breastroke leg and won the race.[4]
Competing in the 200-metre butterfly, Tranter finished 6th in the final recording a personal best time of 1:57:31.
He attended Bradbury Public School and Westfields Sports High School.
References
[edit]- ^ "Daniel TRANTER | Profile | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Tranter". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Daniel TRANTER | Medals | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ a b Way, Peter (4 August 2014). "Campbelltown swimmer Daniel Tranter wins Commonwealth Games gold has Pan Pacs and Olympics in sights". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Tranter on Twitter
- Daniel Tranter at Swimming Australia (archived)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australian male breaststroke swimmers
- Australian male butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Australian male medley swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales