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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1981)}}
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| fullname       = Daniel Ketchum
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| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = [[Cincinnati Marlins]]
| collegeteam    = [[Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving|University of Michigan]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|7|mf=y}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 FINA Short Course World Championships|2004 Indianapolis]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
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'''Daniel Ketchum''' (born October 7, 1981) is an American former [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and Olympic gold medalist.  At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, Greece, Ketchum earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Dan Ketchum |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/dan-ketchum-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203102233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/dan-ketchum-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

Ketchum spent two years in Ireland from 1994 to 1996, where he swam with Limerick Swimming Club and was educated at [[Villiers School]].<ref>[http://www.tipperarystar.ie/sport/dan-ketchum-1-4018317 Daniel Ketchum profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153134/http://www.tipperarystar.ie/sport/dan-ketchum-1-4018317 |date=April 2, 2015 }}, Tipperarystar.ie; accessed March 3, 2015.</ref> He swam for the [[Cincinnati Marlins]] swim club as an age group swimmer, and later for [[Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Sycamore High School]] in Cincinnati.  While swimming for Sycamore High, he won six individual Ohio state swimming championships in 1998, 1999 and 2000—three each in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sd/default.asp|title = OHSAA Swimming & Diving Information|website=Ohssa.org}}</ref>  He then attended the [[University of Michigan]], where he swam for the [[Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition.  He was a member of Michigan's NCAA national championship team in the 800-meter freestyle relay, together with [[Peter Vanderkaay]], [[Davis Tarwater]] and [[Andrew Hurd]], in 2004.<ref name=mgoblue>MGoBlue.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, [http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/052209aab.html Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA Champions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630003526/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/052209aab.html |date=June 30, 2017 }}.  Retrieved February 18, 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickok |first=Ralph |title=History - NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions |url=http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncaamswim.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929190651/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncaamswim.shtml |archive-date=2012-09-29 |website=HickokSports.com}}</ref>

He assumed the role of head coach of the swim team at [[Loveland High School (Ohio)|Loveland High School]] starting in the 2009-10 high school swim season.<ref name="Enquirer Zipperstein">{{cite news|title=Olympic medalist dives into coaching|first=Leah|last=Zipperstein|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|date=December 23, 2009|access-date=December 26, 2009|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20091223/SPT0301/912240355/|format=fee required|quote=[Dan] Ketchum, a [[Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Sycamore High]] graduate who swam for [[Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving|Michigan]] and competed in the 2004 Olympics, is in his first season as coach at Loveland High. ... Ketchum works as an engineer for [[General Electric]] and lives in Loveland with his wife, a schoolteacher.}}</ref> During his first season as head coach he led the Tigers to their best results in history at the 2010 OHHSA Swimming and Diving Championship Meet where his boys finished seventh overall and the girls finished 14th overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sd/2010/State/Div1FinalResults.htm|title= 2010 OHIO STATE HIGH SCHOOL - 2/24/2010 to 2/27/2010 : SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS : C.T. BRANIN NATATORIUM  CANTON, OHIO|website=Ohsaa.org|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Michigan alumni]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509072417/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_22004.htm |title=Dan Ketchum at the U.S. Olympic Team}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:American male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers]]
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[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
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[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:People educated at Villiers School]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Loveland, Ohio]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportsmen]]


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