Charles Daniels was an American competition swimmer, an eight-time Olympic medalist and a world record holder in two freestyle events. Born in Dayton, Ohio in 1885, he began swimming around the age of eighteen with the New York Athletic Club, mentored by Hall of Fame coach Gus Sundstrom. He was an innovator of the front crawl and helped develop the American crawl. At the 1904 Games in St. Louis he became the first American to win a gold medal in an Olympic swimming event, and at the 1908 Games in London he won the 100 metre freestyle in a world record time of 1:05.6 and took bronze in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay.
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was an American competition swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalist
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At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, he became the first American to win a gold in an Olympic games swimming event.
Competed In: 1908 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
Four years later, at the 1908 Olympics in London, Daniels won gold in the 100-meter freestyle with a world record time of 1:05.6
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