In February of this year, 2024, Daniel set a world record in the indoor weight throw, a indicator of his aptitude for the heavy implements. An experienced international competitor, he contested the 2019 world championships in Doha, Qatar, reaching 72.85m/239-0 in the qualifying rounds and failing to advance. At the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, he reached the final, placing 11th with a heave of 76.22m/250-1.
His inexorable advance continued in 2023, when he placed sixth at the world championships in Budapest (78.64m/258-0), as it did at this year’s US Olympic Trials when he turned back the challenge of NYAC teammate, Rudy Winkler, to take the victory with a mighty throw of 79.51m/269-10, the ninth farthest in the world to that point in the season.
Paris Result:
32nd place (no legal mark); Eliminated in qualification round.