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Full name | Daniel Owen Jervis | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Neath, Wales | 9 June 1996|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Owen Jervis (born 9 June 1996) is a British swimmer, from Resolven in South Wales.[1][2]
Jervis competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[3][4] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, competing for Wales, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event.[5]
In 2023, he won the two gold medals at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 800 metres freestyle and the 1500 metres freestyle. It was the third time he had won the 800 metres event and the fifth consecutive time that he had won the 1500 metres event.[6]
In 2022, Jervis came out as gay.[7] He is a devout Christian.[8]