Dan Kutler
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Swimming | ||
| Summer Universiade | ||
Representing the  United States
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1991 Sheffield | 4x100m Medley |
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1991 Sheffield | 100m Butterfly |
Dan Kutler (born May 2, 1970 in Mountain View, California) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in the United States, and swam for Israel in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He is Jewish[1] and grew up in Santa Clara, California, competed for Cupertino High School, and competed for UCLA from 1988 to 1992 where he was a 7-time All American.[2]
Kutler then moved to Israel in 1994 to begin swimming for their national team in preparation for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. In Atlanta, he swam the four-man 4x100 meter medley with Yoav Bruck, Eitan Urbach, and Vadim Alexeev.[3] The team reached the final, taking eighth place.[4] He retired after the Olympics.[5]
In 1997 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jewish Post 5 June 1991 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
- ^ a b "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com.
- ^ "The Jewish Post & News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "Kutler, Dan". jewsinsports. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Uc_Hilal". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Dan Kutler at World Aquatics
- Dan Kutler at SwimRankings.net
- Dan Kutler at Olympics.com
- Dan Kutler at Olympedia
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