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Daniel Krueger
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| Education | U. of Texas ('22, Engineering) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 50, 100 yard freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | McFarland Spartan Sharks Longhorn Aquatics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas at Austin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Derrick O'Donnell (Sharks) Eddie Reese (U. Texas) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel "Danny" Krueger (born 1999) is an American competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. He is a three-time medalist at the World Junior Championships with two silver and one bronze medal.[1]
Born around 1999, Krueger grew up in greater McFarland, Wisconsin, the son of Steven and Julia Krueger and was largely homeschooled growing up. By the age of six, he began swimming with the McFarland Spartan Sharks, where through his high school years from 2010-2016, he swam for Shark's coach Derrick O'Donnell. Swimming with the Sharks at the age of 13, in July 2012, at the Bird Bath Invitational in Appleton, Wisconsin, he won the 100 freestyle in a time of 59.49.2, and competed on a sixth place 4x100 freestyle relay.[2] He announced his intent to attend the University of Texas in May of 2017.[3][4]
2016 Olympic trials
[edit | edit source]Krueger qualified and participated in the July, 2016 Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebraska in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events.[5] He placed 46th with a 22.89 in the 50 freestyle preliminaries and placed 43rd in the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.01, not making the finals of either event.[6]
University of Texas Austin
[edit | edit source]Majoring in Engineering, Krueger competed collegiately for the University of Texas at Austin, roughly from 2017-2022, where he was a three-time NCAA Champion, a nine-time All-American, a seventeen-time Big 12 champion, and a 2019, 2020 & 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American.[7] Krueger swam for Hall of Fame Coach Eddie Reese at the University of Texas, who was the schools head coach from around 1980-2024.[8] After the 2020 season and the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, Krueger was named the Big 12 Conference Swimmer of the Year as a sophomore. In 2021 Krueger was named Big 12 Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year.[9] Krueger was part of the University of Texas's 2021 NCAA National Championship Team in swimming, and part of a Texas team that placed second at the NCAA National Championships in 2019, and 2022. In the off-season, Krueger swam for Longhorn Aquatics in Austin associated with the University of Texas.[3]
Honors
[edit | edit source]Krueger was a multi-time honoree as an All American Scholar as voted by the College Swimming Coaches Association of American (CSCAA), and was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Scholastic Honorary each of his years at Texas.[10][11]
See also
[edit | edit source]- NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
- Texas Longhorns swimming and diving
- Texas Longhorns
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Daniel Krueger". swimswam.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "Swimming, Bird Bath Invitational, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, July 10, 2012, pg. B8". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ a b "University of Texas Swimming and Diving, Daniel Krueger". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ "Gerber, Amber, "Sights Set on Olympics", HG News.com June 24, 2016". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ "SwimSwam Bio, Daniel Krueger". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ ""Men's 50 freestyle, 2016 Trials", Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 2016, pg. 64". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ "2020-21 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster". texassports.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "University of Texas Swimming and Diving, Eddie Reese". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ "2021 Winter Scholar-Athletes of the Year Announced". big12sports.com. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Swimming & Diving has 42 selected as CSCAA Scholar All-Americans (Including Krueger)". Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ^ "Grushey, Collins, "How 3-time national champion Daniel Krueger thrives with swimming, engineering classload", The Daily Texan Online, November 11, 2022". Retrieved October 22, 2026.