Club: Burnaby Mountain W.C.

Coach: Mike Jones, Dave McKay

Weight Class: 74 kg

Hometown: Surrey, BC

Birthdate: Feb 3, 1974

The defending gold medalist from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games (69kg), Daniel has had to deal with injuries since 2001 and the adjustment to a higher weight class. In 2002 he won the Commonwealth Games gold medal and was fifth at the World Championships. In limited action in 2003 he won the Canada Cup and was 11th at the World Championships narrowly missing out on advancing to the medal round. He wrestled in the 2004 Canada Cup in Guelph and was second winning his first three matches before facing a strong Cuban opponent in the final. Daniel's international accomplishments include being Canada's first male World Champion in 1999 and gold medalist in numerous events including the Austrian Grand Prix (1997), Canada Cup (1998, 2000, 2003), German Grand Prix (1999) and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He has won five Senior National Championships (1998-2002). Daniel is coached by Dave McKay and Mike Jones at the Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club at Simon Fraser University where he is a Master's student.

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