Daniel Diehl (born October 26, 2005) is an American competitive

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. He win gold medalist in 4×100 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle, and 4×100 m medley with silver medalist in 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley in 2023 World Junior Championships. He is a world junior record holder in the

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4×100 meter freestyle relay and the

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4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay. At the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, he won gold medals in the 100 meter backstroke, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, 4×100 meter medley relay, and the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay.

Background

Diehl was born October 26, 2005, in

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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. He trains under the guidance of coach Brian Dowling as part of the Cumberland

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swim team.Scott, Michael J. (November 8, 2021)
"Special Sets: Sea Otters' Daniel Diehl – Definitely Driven"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Kendall, Jordan (August 4, 2022)
"Daniel Diehl wins five events at YMCA Nationals"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

Career

2021–2022

2021 Swimming World Cup

Swimming the first leg of the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay at the

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stop held in

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, Diehl contributed to a gold medal-win in a world junior record time of 1:31.50 with finals relay teammates Quintin McCarty, Kristina Paegle, and Carly Novelline.

(October 2, 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Hart, Torrey (October 6, 2021)
"U.S. Team Swims Under Mixed 4x50 Free Relay WJR In Berlin, Pending Ratification"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. Six days later, at the stop held at

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, he helped win the gold medal in the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay again, this time splitting a 22.45 to contribute to the final mark of 1:32.34.

(October 8, 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Fastest Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. The following day, he won the bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke, finishing 1.77 seconds behind gold medalist and fellow American

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with a time of 52.27 seconds.

(October 9, 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

2022 International Team Trials

The following year, at the 2022 USA Swimming International Team Trials, held in

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in April, Diehl earned spots on the

roster for the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships based on his results in the 100 meter backstroke, in which he placed eighth with a time of 54.15 seconds.

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(April 30, 2022)
"2022 Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Results Book"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022."2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships U.S. Roster - Version 2"
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''. 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022. Leading up to the Championships, he competed at the 2022

National Championships, winning national titles in five events, including the 200 meter backstroke where he won the event with a personal best time of 1:57.62 at 16 years of age.Penland, Spencer (July 20, 2022)
"Daniel Diehl Rockets To 1:57.62 200 Back At YMCA Nationals, #3 All-Time 15-16 Boys"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships

Commencing competition on day one at

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for the

2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 24 to 27 August 2022 at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

, held in

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in August, Diehl set a new Championships record with a personal best time of 53.40 seconds in the morning preliminaries of the 100 meter backstroke and qualified for the final ranking first.Kaufman, Sophie (August 24, 2022)
"Daniel Diehl Blasts 53.40 For A New 15-16 NAG In Boys' 100 Back"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022."Junior Pan Pacs: Daniel Diehl Opens Prelims With NAG Record in 100 Backstroke; Erin Gemmell Looks Sharp"
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''. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022. In the evening finals session, he won the gold medal with another Championships record time, this time finishing over one full second ahead of the second-place finisher with a personal best of 53.27, which set a new National Age Group record in the event for the boys 15–16 age group.De George, Matthew (August 24, 2022)
"Daniel Diehl Goes 53.27 in Downing 100 Back NAG Again at Junior Pan Pacs"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Gibbs, Robert (August 24, 2022)
"Clips Own 15-16 100 Back NAG For The Second Time Today"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Sagendorph, Kyle (August 25, 2022)
"U.S. Opens Junior Pan Pacs With Six Titles, Four Meet Records"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. Later in the finals session, he led-off the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay with a 53.42 to help win the gold medal in a new Championships record time of 3:46.83.Hy-Tek (August 27, 2022)
"2022 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results"
''swmeets.com''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. The following day, he won the b-final of the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 50.08 seconds. In the morning on day three, he swam a 1:59.55 in the preliminaries of the 200 meter backstroke to qualify for the b-final ranking fastest out of all b-final qualifiers.

(August 26, 2022)
"Day 3 Prelims , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. He withdrew from further competition in the event prior to the start of the finals.

(August 26, 2022)
"Day 3 Finals , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. Instead, he focused on the final of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, swimming the fastest split time of his relay teammates with a 48.66 to contribute to a final time of 3:15.79, which set a world junior record and Championships record in the event and won the gold medal.Lohn, John (August 26, 2022)
"United States breaks World Junior Record in 400 Freestyle Relay at Junior Pan Pacs"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Penland, Spencer (August 27, 2022)
"U.S. Breaks Boys 4×100 Free Relay World Junior Record (3:15.79), Diehl Splits 48.6"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Sagendorph, Kyle (August 27, 2022)
"U.S. Captures World Junior Record in 4x100 Free Relay at Junior Pan Pacs"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. Day four of four, Diehl finished in a time of 23.22 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 meter freestyle to qualify for the b-final ranking second behind

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(August 27, 2022)
"Day 4 Prelims , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022. He won the b-final by over two-tenths of a second, finishing first in a time of 23.32 seconds. Later in the session he led-off the 4×100 meter medley relay with a 54.24, helping achieve a Championships record time of 3:36.65 and win the gold medal.

(August 27, 2022)
"Day 4 Finals , Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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''. Retrieved August 27, 2022.Penland, Spencer (August 28, 2022)
"Heilman Throws Down 51.71 Fly Split As U.S. Breaks 4×100 Medley Jr Pan Pac Record"
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''. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

At the

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stop conducted in short course meters and held at the

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in Indianapolis in November, Diehl swam a personal best time of 1:53.71 in the morning preliminary heats of the 200 meter backstroke on day one, advancing to the final ranking sixth.

(November 3, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved November 3, 2022. For his second event of the morning, he swam a personal best time of 54.15 seconds in the 100 meter individual medley and placed twelfth.

(November 3, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved November 3, 2022. In the evening session, he took 0.42 seconds off his 200 meter backstroke personal best time with a 1:53.29 and placed eighth.

(November 3, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 3, 2022. Day two of three, he placed seventeenth in the 50 meter backstroke with a time of 24.29 seconds.

(November 4, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved November 4, 2022. Later in the morning, he finished in a time of 48.66 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter freestyle, placing twenty-fifth.

(November 4, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved November 4, 2022. The final day, he placed fourteenth in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 52.29 seconds.

(November 5, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

2022 U.S. Open Championships

On day two of the 2022 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, December 1, Diehl swam a personal best time of 2:00.50 in the preliminary heats of the 200 meter individual medley and qualified for the final ranking second.

(December 1, 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 1, 2022. He won the bronze medal in the evening final, this time finishing in a personal best time of 1:59.89, which was 3.37 seconds behind gold medalist

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(December 1, 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 1, 2022. The morning of day three, he set a new National Age Group record for the boys 17–18 age group in the 100 meter backstroke preliminaries with a time of 53.11 seconds, which qualified him to the final ranking first and lowered the former record of 53.38 seconds set by Ryan Murphy (swimmer), Ryan Murphy in 2013 by 0.27 seconds.

(December 2, 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 2, 2022."National Age Group Records: LCM 17-18"
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''. Retrieved December 2, 2022.Sutherland, James (December 2, 2022)
"Daniel Diehl Blasts 53.11 100 Back To Crack 17-18 National Age Group Record"
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''. Retrieved December 2, 2022. In the evening, he won the gold medal in another personal best and National Age Group record time of 53.07 seconds.

(December 2, 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 2, 2022.Overend, Riley (December 2, 2022)
"Daniel Diehl Lowers 17-18 NAG Record from Prelims with 53.07 100 Back in Final"
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''. Retrieved December 2, 2022. The final morning, he tied his personal best time in the 200 meter backstroke in the preliminaries with a time of 1:57.62 and qualified for the final ranking first.

(December 3, 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 3, 2022. For the evening final, his last race of the Championships, he swam 1.21 seconds faster than in the morning, winning the gold medal with a personal best time of 1:56.41.

(December 3, 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

2022 Winter Junior National Championships

The following week, Diehl placed second in the 200 yard individual medley at the 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships edition East with a personal best time of 1:43.01. For day three, he swam personal best times of 46.40 seconds and 46.01 seconds in the preliminary heats and final, respectively, of the 100 yard backstroke and placed fourth."2022 East Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Results"
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''. December 10, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023. On the fourth and final day, he won the 200 yard backstroke in the evening finals session with a personal best time of 1:39.62, which was 2.10 seconds faster than the personal best time of 1:41.72 he swam in the morning to qualify for the final ranking first.Lohn, John (December 10, 2022)
"Hot Streak For Daniel Diehl Continues With Sub-1:40 Blast in 200 Backstroke At Winter Juniors"
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''. Retrieved December 10, 2022.

2023

Diehl achieved four wins in individual events at the 2023 Speedo Sectionals conducted in long course meters in March in Indianapolis, the 200 meter backstroke with a 1:56.59 on March 23, the 100 meter butterfly with a personal best time of 53.03 seconds on March 24, the 100 meter backstroke with a 53.70 on March 25, and the 200 meter individual medley with a 2:00.18 on March 26.Rieder, David (March 26, 2023)
"Drew Kibler, Alex Shackell, Aaron Shackell, Daniel Diehl Swim World-Class Times at Indianapolis Sectionals"
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''. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

International championships

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminary heat

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

World records

World junior records

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Awards and honors

* The Dapper Dan Club, George Stevenson/Nick Perlozzo Dapper Dan Top Award: 2021,"Diehl repeats as Dapper Dan Top Awards winner"
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''. April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023. 2022

References

External links

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