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| Full name | Daniel Owen Jervis | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 28) Resolven, Neath, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Owen Jervis (born 9 June 1996) is a British swimmer, from Resolven, Neath in South Wales.
Career
Jervis competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, competing for Wales, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event.
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.
After winning the 1500 metres freestyle for the sixth time, at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Jervis sealed his place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
In 2022, Jervis came out as gay. He is a devout Christian.
References
- ^ https://www.eurosport.com/swimming/daniel-jervis_prs448466/person.shtml
- "Second Commonwealths and still painting". BBC Sport.
- "DANIEL JERVIS Goes for Gold….Again – Resolven District News".
- "Daniel Jervis - Swimming".
- "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Daniel Jervis wins silver medal in 1500m freestyle". ITV News. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "Swimmer Dan Jervis comes out as gay ahead of Commonwealth Games". BT.com.
- "Dan Jervis: 'I want to be that role model for someone' - swimmer opens up on being gay". BBC Sport. 29 June 2022.
External links
- Daniel Jervis at British Swimming
- Daniel Jervis at World Aquatics
- Daniel Jervis at Team GB
- Daniel Jervis at Olympics.com
- Daniel Jervis at Olympedia (archive)
- Daniel Jervis at Team Wales
- Daniel Jervis at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Daniel Jervis at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Daniel Jervis at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Resolven
- Welsh male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- LGBTQ swimmers
- Welsh gay sportsmen
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- British male long-distance swimmers
- 21st-century British sportsmen