Søren Dahl (born 15 July 1993) is a Danish swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Born | 15 July 1993 Aarhus, Denmark |
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| Sport | Swimming |
He studied at North Carolina State University, where he was a member of the NC State swimming and Diving team.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] In May 2018, Dahl was awarded a prestigious NCAA scholarship - the Jim Mckay Scholarship.[5]
Personal life
editDahl is openly gay, and is in a relationship with American retired NFL player Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to come out as gay.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Soren Dahl". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Soren Dahl - 2014-15 - NC State University". gopack.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Watch NC State Demolish US Open Record in 800 Free Relay". SwimSwam. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Four Wolfpack Student-Athletes Earn ACC Postgraduate Recognition". NC State University. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Dahl Awarded Jim McKay Scholarship". NC State University. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (22 September 2022). "Olympic swimmer Soren Dahl is out as gay on social media". Outsports. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ "Carl Nassib, il giocatore di football americano fa coppia con il nuotatore olimpico Søren Dahl - Gay.it" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
