Søren Dahl (born 15 July 1993) is a Danish

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. He studied at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...

, where he was a member of the NC State swimming and Diving team. Dahl won two NCAA titles at the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. His first title came as part of the NC State 400 freestyle relay squad, the first national relay championship for NC State and the ACC conference. Then in 2017, the NC State 800 freestyle relay squad won the national championship. Held, Vazaios, Ress, and Dahl put up the fastest time in history setting both NCAA and U.S. open records. In 2018, Dahl was named as a recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference Postgraduate Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to student-athletes that has performed with distinction in both the classroom and their respective sport, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community. In May 2018, Dahl was awarded a prestigious NCAA scholarship - the Jim Mckay Scholarship.

Personal life

Dahl is openly gay. In 2023, Dahl was in a relationship with retired

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player

Carl Nassib Carl Paul Nassib (born April 12, 1993) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lio ...

, the first active NFL player to come out as gay.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahl, Soren 1993 births Living people Danish male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Denmark Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) LGBTQ swimmers Danish LGBTQ sportspeople Gay sportsmen Danish gay men 21st-century Danish LGBTQ people Sportspeople from Aarhus NC State Wolfpack men's swimmers 21st-century Danish sportsmen