Danielle Joyce
Danii with her first gold of the games
Personal information
Born (1996-06-14) June 14, 1996 (age 27)
Stevenston, Scotland
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun 50m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun 100m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Samsun 50m backstroke

Danielle Joyce (born June 14, 1996) is a Scottish swimmer, who swims freestyle and backstroke in the S15 hearing impaired category. In 2017, she became a double gold medallist at the 23rd Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey. She was born with moderate hearing loss which deteriorated rapidly from about the age of 12. She is now profoundly deaf in one ear and severely deaf in the other.[1]

Early life

Joyce was born on 14 June 1996,[citation needed] and grew up in Stevenston, North Ayrshire. While she was still a toddler she took up swimming at the North Ayrshire Swimming Club but experienced numerous physical problems. In September 2011 Joyce broke a bone in her foot and gave up swimming altogether. However, a number of years later at a disability sports day she was encouraged to consider deaf swimming.[2]

She was Head Girl at Auchenharvie Academy[2] before studying BSc Sport and Exercise at the University of Stirling.[1]

List of records and awards

She is currently coached by Bradley Hay.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Record breaking University of Stirling swimmer on track for first Worlds". Winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Danielle Joys Swims into the Record Books". Slfirst.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "Danielle Joyce Earns Scottish Sportswoman of the Year". Swimswam.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Great British Deaf Swimming". Gbdeafswimming.org. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Youth Sports Personality of the Year 2014". Gbdeafswimming.org. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Stevenston swimmer Danielle Joyce backs National Deaf Children's Society initiative". Ardrossanherald.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Young Persons' Sports Panel". Scottishdisabilitysport.com. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Danielle Joyce". Scottishswimming.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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