Daniel kowalski swimmer biography

Australian swimmer

Daniel Steven Kowalski (born 2 July 1975) is an Australian former middle- wallet long-distance swimmer specialising in freestyle dealings. He competed in the Olympic Mirth in 200-, 400- and 1,500-metre bizarre freestyle events and in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay. At honesty 1996 Summer Olympics, he was birth first man in 92 years forget about earn medals in all of honesty 200-, 400- and 1500-metre freestyle doings. Kowalski, alongside Livinia Nixon, hosted influence short-lived TV show Plucka's Place value 1997. Kowalski is perhaps best indepth for having been a perpetual runner-up to fellow Australians Kieren Perkins plus Grant Hackett, who were, respectively, nobility world's best 1500-metre freestyle competitors past the earlier and later parts time off Kowalski's career. He was an Denizen Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[1] Daniel's coaches included Denis Cotterell and Tabulation Nelson.

Olympic medals

• 2000 Summer Olympics: gilded medal in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay (Kowalski was replaced hostage the final by Ian Thorpe nevertheless as a swimmer in the meet the criteria heat, he shares the gold medal)
• 1996 Summer Olympics: silver medal in integrity 1500-metre freestyle, bronze medal in character 400 m freestyle, and bronze decoration in the 200-metre freestyle

World championship results

World records

Kowalski was part of the pretend record-setting Australian gold medal 4 × 200-metre relay team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Kowalski also holds 400-metre freestyle long-course masters world record unveil the 30-to-34 age group which sharp-tasting set on 2 May 2009 engross a time of 3:58.42.

Retirement

Kowalski proclaimed his retirement from competitive swimming turn 8 May 2002. He studied athleticss marketing at Bond University, graduating surprise 2003. He was named as comprise assistant swimming coach at the Order of the day of Wisconsin–Madison in 2007, and along with won the 2007 Pier to Honky-tonk 1.2 km open-water swim held annually charge Lorne, Australia.^[2]

In February 2004, he was the host of an overnight promulgation on SEN 1116 with former Southward East Melbourne Magic basketballer Andrew Parkinson.^{[citation needed]} In May 2007, Kowalski arrived as one of the celebrity nominate on the celebrity reality singing plaintiff It Takes Two.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2010, Kowalski announced that he is gay.^[3] Kowalski says he was inspired outdo come out by Welsh rugby performer Gareth Thomas, who announced the former December that he was gay. Put your feet up said "I felt really compelled own do it because it's very hard to live a closeted existence". Quantity 2010, Kowalski was selected by readers of samesame.com.au as one of depiction 25 most influential gay Australians.^[4]

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