﻿{"id":598987,"date":"2024-11-06T13:27:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=598987"},"modified":"2024-11-06T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:27:17","slug":"irish-international-nathan-wiffen-commits-to-cal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/irish-international-nathan-wiffen-commits-to-cal\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish International Nathan Wiffen Commits to Cal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Irish International Nathan Wiffen Commits to Cal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Irish international <strong>Nathan Wiffen<\/strong> has committed to the University of California, he announced on social media Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan i<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daniel-wiffen-on-his-world-record-twin-brother-nathan-playstation-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s the twin brother<\/a> of <strong>Daniel Wiffen,<\/strong> the gold medalist at the Paris Olympics in the men\u2019s 800 free and bronze medalist in the 1,500 free. The brothers turned 23 last July.<\/p>\n<p>Wiffen has previously trained at Loughborough University. 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Thanks all who helped me through and to the process.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GO BEARS!!!\ud83d\udc3b<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Born in Leeds, England, and raised in County Down, Northern Ireland, the brothers have represented Ireland internationally. Nathan finished eighth in the 800 free at the 2024 European Championships and fourth in the 1,500 free. He was eighth in the 800 free (a final in which his brother set the world record) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eighth in the 1,500 free<\/a> at the 2023 European Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Wiffen Best Times<\/p>\n<h5>LCM<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>200 freestyle 1:53.41<\/li>\n<li>400 freestyle 3:54.65<\/li>\n<li>800 freestyle 7:54.60<\/li>\n<li>1,500 freestyle 15:06.48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>SCM<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>200 freestyle 1:47.81<\/li>\n<li>400 freestyle 3:43.69<\/li>\n<li>800 freestyle 7:34.78<\/li>\n<li>1,500 freestyle 14:38.75<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish International Nathan Wiffen Commits to Cal Irish international Nathan Wiffen has committed to the University of California, he announced on social media Tuesday. 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