Dan Veatch

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Daniel Hayward "Dan" Veatch (born April 18, 1965 in Potomac , Maryland ) is a retired American swimmer .

Life

Veatch was a member of the Princeton Tigers swimming team . At the 1986 World Swimming Championships in Madrid, he won the gold medal on the 4 × 100 meter individual medal. At the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 1987 in Brisbane, he won gold on the 200-meter back course and on the 4 × 100-meter individual medley course. In 1989 he won the gold medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo on the 200-meter back course.

Veatch achieved seventh place over 200 meters back with a time of 2: 02.26 minutes at the 1988 Summer Olympics . He lives openly gay in San Francisco .

Successes (selection)

  • 1986: Gold medal at the swimming world championships on the 4 × 100 meter individual medley
  • 1987: Gold medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the 4 × 100 m individualized course
  • 1987: Gold medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on the 200-meter backstroke course
  • 1988: 7th place at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
  • 1989: Gold medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on the 200-meter backstroke course
  • 1991: Silver medal at the Pan American Games on the 200-meter backstroke course

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LosAngelesTimes: Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Evans and Wharton Both Win Their Second Gold Medals
  2. ^ SanFranciscoGate: An Olympian in favor of dissent
personal data
SURNAME Veatch, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veatch, Daniel Hayward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Potomac, Maryland, United States