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Dan Kutler

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Dan Kutler
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Summer Universiade
Representing the  United States
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 4x100m Medley
Bronze medal – third place 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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Jewish Post 5 June 1991 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  2. ^ a b "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com.
  3. ^ "The Jewish Post & News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "Kutler, Dan". jewsinsports. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Uc_Hilal". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
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