Charles Meldrum Daniels (born March 21, 1885 in Dayton, Ohio – died August 9, 1973 in Carmel Valley, California) was a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of five Olympic golds during his career. Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ... participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The mens 220 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. ... participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The mens 440 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. ... participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The mens 4 x 50 yard freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. ... participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The mens 100 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. ... participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The mens 50 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. ... The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England. ... The mens 100 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England. ... The mens 4x200 metre freestyle relay, or 800 metre team race, was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Montgomery Founded April 1, 1796 Incorporated 1805 Government  - Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area  - City  56. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Carmel Valley is a town located in Monterey County, California, and has a population of 6,019. ... Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ...

In the 1904, 1906 and 1908 Summer Olympics, Daniels won five gold medals [(220 yard freestyle, 440 yard freestyle, 4 x 50 yard freestyle relay, 100m freestyle (twice)], one silver medal (100 yard freestyle), and two bronze medals (50 yard freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle relay). His totals of eight Olympic medals and five gold medals have been exceeded by only Mark Spitz among American swimmers. His victory in the final of the 100m freestyle in 1906, on the fourth day of competition, was the first of the twelve gold medals won by America's team that year. participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The 1906 Summer Olympics, also called the 1906 Intercalated Games, were held in Athens, Greece. ... The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England. ... Mark Andrew Spitz (born Friday, February 10, 1950) is an American swimmer. ...

Daniels was the first great American swimmer and was a major influence on the development of that sport in the U.S. He perfected the Australian crawl and developed what is now called the freestyle breaststroke. He won a record 31 Amateur Athletic Union individual championships, and set world freestyle records at every distance from 25 yards to one mile. Daniels was a versatile athlete. At the turn of the century he was a national junior small-bore rifle champion and also the squash champion of the New York Athletic Club. In later life he was a top-ranked amateur golfer. Swimmer breathing during front crawl Front crawl is the fastest swimming style known. ... - The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in United States. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... The New York Athletic Club was founded in 1868 and is located in New York City. ...

His father, Thomas Porter Daniels, was an attorney whose own father was at one time a member of the New York State Supreme Court. His mother, the former Alice Meldrum, was the daughter of a dry goods store owner who had controlling interest in a company called Dayton Dry Goods. Thomas Daniels worked for this company, which was located in downtown Dayton. He married Alice Meldrum on June 19, 1884 in a lavish wedding in Buffalo, New York. Their return to Dayton on July 14, 1884, after their honeymoon, was heralded by an article on the society page of a Dayton newspaper. Charles was one of two children; the second child, also a boy, died in infancy. An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... New York County Supreme Court building at 60 Centre Street, from across Foley Square The Supreme Court of the State of New York is one of several New York State trial courts in which cases originate. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

It is unknown how long the Daniels family lived in Dayton, but the business eventually vacated the city and the family moved to New York, where Daniels enrolled in the Dwight Preparatory School. There he was a miler and high jumper and captained the basketball team. He also began to frequent the New York Athletic Club, where he became interested in swimming.

In a story Charles repeated several times to his grand-daughters, he told how he got into competitive swimming. He had read of the winning times in some 100 yard races held in New York City, and wondered if he could match those times. He measured off what he thought was a 100 yard course at Stony Creek Ponds in the Adirondack Mountains in eastern New York State and had himself timed. His times were comparable to the reported winning times, so he went back to New York City and entered a race at the New York Athletic Club. He was soundly beaten by the captain of the Yale University swimming team. Discouraged, he went back to his homemade course in the Adirondacks. He soon discovered it was only 90 yards long! He corrected the course and resumed practice, determined to get his time down to the competition. That was the hook that got him started. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... The Adirondack mountain range is located in the northeastern part of New York that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. ... “Yale” redirects here. ...

When Daniels retired from swimming competition in 1911 at the age of 26, he held 53 national championships and had won 314 swimming medals and cups. In an interview sixty years later, he commented that while the current time records were considerably lower than the marks he set, one had to realize that training conditions were much different in his day. Swimmers competed wearing full-length suits with shoulder straps and with pants down to the knees. Also, meets were often held outdoors in bays and rivers, where conditions were much affected by the weather. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In 1909 Daniels was named Athlete of the Year by the Amateur Athletic Union. He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF), and the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame.
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