Ellie Daniel
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| Full name | Eleanor Suzanne Daniel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Ellie" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 11, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arden Hills Swim Club, Vesper Boat Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eleanor Suzanne Daniel (born June 11, 1950), also known by her married name Ellie Drye, is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
As a teenager, Daniel trained with coach Mary Freeman Kelly at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia.[1] In her second year, she came in eighth in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the AAU national championships.[1] Afterward, she switched to the butterfly stroke, which came naturally to her because she was double-jointed in her back and her strength was in her shoulders, and won seven national championships.[1] At the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she won gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly (1:05.24), and swimming the butterfly leg in the 4×100-meter medley relay with her teammates Kendis Moore (backstroke), Catie Ball (breaststroke), and Wendy Fordyce (freestyle) (4:30.0).
Daniel represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she competed in three events.[2] She received a gold medal by swimming the butterfly leg for the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, together with teammates Kaye Hall (backstroke), Catie Ball (breaststroke), and Sue Pedersen (freestyle). The American women set a new Olympic record of 4:28.3, defeating the Australians (4:30.0) and West Germans (4:36.4).[2] In individual competition, she won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly.[2]
She received a bronze medal in 200-meter butterfly at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She also competed in the 100-meter butterfly, finishing sixth in the event final.[2]
Daniel is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.
She held the 200-meter butterfly (long course) world record (2:18.4) from August 1971 to August 1972. Daniel was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1997.[3]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Pennsylvania people
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- 1 2 3 Ivy50.com, Ivy Women in Sports, Ellie Daniel. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ellie Daniel. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Elie Daniel (USA). Retrieved March 15, 2015.
External links
- Elie Daniel (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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