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Olympic Gold and Bronze medallist Daniel Wiffen donates his full £25,000 portion of the Olympic Medallist Fund (£100,000) to St Patrick’s Grammar School Armagh.
6 Northern Ireland athletes received a total of £100,000 (Olympic Medallist Fund) from the Department of Communities distributed by Sport...
Jun 91 min read


Ready to row?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/videos/c62jdlw9n9lo
Jun 71 min read


New 800m Freestyle Mare Nostrum Record
Just back from altitude 3 days ago and breaks the Mare Nostum series record in Barcelona. Brilliant result Daniel.
May 211 min read


Ready to Race
Daniel is looking forward to a few days racing at Mare Nostrum, Barcelona and Canet en Roussillon
May 201 min read


Daniel Wiffen Celebrates St Patrick’s Day at Number 10 Downing Street with Kier Starmer
BBC Report RTE Report Irish Times
Mar 201 min read


Daniel donates £25,000 to St Patrick’s Grammar Armagh
As part of the Paris 2024 Olympic Legacy, Stormont allocated money to the medalists from the Paris Olympic Games. Daniel’s old school,...
Mar 91 min read
Mar 90 min read


The Late Late Show
Looking forward to seeing Daniel on the Late Late Show tonight https://about.rte.ie/2025/03/06/daniel-wiffen-heimir-hallgrimsson-carla-wa...
Mar 71 min read


Daniel features in new podcast with Not Quite Gold
New podcast out from Not Quite Gold featuring Daniel Wiffen. Aifric and Annalise talk with guests about the ups and downs of their...
Feb 201 min read


Wiffen Twins on podium again
What a race! Representing Loughborough University at the BUCS championships, the top three spots went to Loughborough in the 400m...
Feb 161 min read


Daniel and Nathan Take positions 1 &2 at BUCS
Representing Loughborough at the BUCS championships Daniel and Nathan Wiffen claim the gold and silver positions. 1,2 for the Wiffen...
Feb 141 min read


BUCS Tonight!!
Good luck to to Daniel Wiffen and Nathan Wiffen who are representing Loughborough in the 1500m freestyle at BUCS tonight. This is...
Feb 141 min read


Olympic Collaboration with WFN Gym
Avengers Assemble 🦾 We had some very special guests join us for this week’s Saturday Sweat at WFN Gym. 🚣🏻 Philip Doyle ☘️ Robbie Smyth...
Jan 221 min read


Daniel wins BBC NI Sportsperson of the Year 2024
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cly23q2zqvxo
Dec 24, 20241 min read


Daniel wins Today FM Person of the year 2024
https://www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/best-of-2024-the-ian-dempsey-bre-Y2Q5NzgzMmIwOTExZTc1NmFjNzU0Nzg5ZWVjZDRmMGM=
Dec 22, 20241 min read


RTÉ SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR NOMINEE - DANIEL WIFFEN
If 2023 was his breakout year with his 800m freestyle world record, 2024 was the year in which Wiffen arrived. Double World gold in Doha...
Dec 12, 20241 min read


Daniel Wiffen in Google top searches 2024
Daniel hit number 4 as the most searched person in Ireland in 2024
Dec 11, 20241 min read


Daniel Wins Inspiring the Nation and Breakthrough Olympian Awards
At the Team Ireland Olympic Centenary Ball 2024 last night, Daniel won the Sport Ireland Breakthrough Olympian and Inspiring the Nation...
Nov 10, 20241 min read


Nov 9, 20240 min read
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