![]() Daniel Speers at the 2015 european Games | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Daniel Speers | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Dan" "Speersy" | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Bournemouth, England | 17 June 1997|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81.5 kg (180 lb; 12.83 st) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Club | University of Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||||
Coach | Jol Finck, Euan Dale | |||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Speers (born 17 June 1997) is a retired English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the 2015 European Games. Speers specialized in the 50-metre freestyle.
Speers began swimming as a breaststroker, joining Bournemouth Dolphins in 2007. Speers took up freestyle as his main event shortly after joining Poole Swimming club.[1] Head coach Robin Armayan,[2] worked extensively on Speers' freestyle technique. In September 2013, Speers joined Millfield School where he was coached by Euan Dale and Jol Finck.[3] Speers later represented Great Britain at the European Games, in his second year of Millfield, winning two relay medals.[4] Speers swam at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Matthew Tallman.[5]