page_title: Daniel Bell (Australian swimmer)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Daniel Bell (Australian swimmer) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Photographic reflections of Australian swimmer Daniel Bell in action during Day 03 of the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games
context_page_description: Daniel Bell is an Australian swimmer born in American Samoa, who has won five Paralympic medals from 2000 to 2008.
context_section_description: Bell began his international career with a bronze medal at the 1999 FESPIC Games in Bangkok, Thailand. He competed in five events at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics and one a bronze medal in the men's 4x100 m medley relay 34 pts event.  At the 2004 Athens Games, he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay 34 points and three silver medals in the men's 100 m butterfly S10, men's 100 m breaststroke SB9 and men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 34 points events.
  He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for winning the gold medal, but resigned as a member of the Order and returned the medal on 8 July 2013. He competed in four events at the 2008 Beijing Games but did not win a medal.
  At the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, he won a bronze medal in the men's 100 m butterfly S10 and at the 2006 Championships in Durban, South Africa he won a gold medal in men's 4 x100 m medley relay S34 points.
  From 2003 to 2008 he held an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship. He is coached at Geelong City Aquatic Club by Lucky Weerakkody.
caption: Bell in the pool at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
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