Dan Veatch

Dan Veatch

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Hayward Veatch
Nickname	"Dan"
National team	United States
Born	(1965-04-18) April 18, 1965 Potomac, Maryland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	173 lb (78 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, medley
College team	Princeton University
Coach	C. Rob Orr (Princeton)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States World Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 1986 Madrid 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Games Gold medal – first place 1987 Brisbane 200 m backstroke Gold medal – first place 1987 Brisbane 4x100 m medley Gold medal – first place 1989 Tokyo 200 m backstroke Pan American Games Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana 200 m backstroke

Daniel Hayward Veatch (born April 18, 1965) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Veatch attended Princeton University where he swam for Hall of Fame Coach C. Rob Orr, graduating around 1986.  

Olympics

Veatch competed in his signature event, the men's 200-meter backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing seventh in the event final. He won the 200-meter backstroke at the Pan Pacific Games in Brisbane in 1987 and again in Tokyo in 1989. He pulled his hamstring at the U.S. Trials for the 1992 Summer Olympics just minutes before the 200-meter backstroke event and so was unable to qualify for those Games.

He is openly gay, and lives in San Francisco. At age 30, in January 1994, Veatch became the first masters swimmer to reach 6000 yards in one hour. In 2000, he swam for the University of San Francisco Masters, and credited Coach Valeriy Boreyko with helping him to retain his skills and stay motivated in training.

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Princeton University Olympians
• List of Princeton University people