Daniel Watters

Daniel Linton Watters (born March 18, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer for the University of Texas who participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's 100-meter breaststroke in Seoul, South Korea. After obtaining an MBA from the University of San Francisco, Watters worked as a business manager for several companies generally focusing in the field of information technology. Watters also competed and likely trained more intensely during his High School years with the Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club (GPAC) under Hall of Fame Coach Steve Bultman along with fellow Pensacolans and 1988 Olympians Beth Barr, and Andrea Hayes. At only 15 on August 13, 1986, while competing in his first National meet, Watters placed first in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:25.02 at the McDonalds-U.S. Swimming Junior Olympics in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Swimming around his Sophomore year for Booker T. Washington, at the Class 4A Florida State Swimming Championships on November 23, 1986, in Orlando, Watters took the state title in the 100 breaststroke, his signature event, with a 58.22, helping Booker T. Washington take the Florida State Championship that year. At the NSPI Invite, in mid-October 1987, Waters won the 100-meter breast stroke with a record time of 59.93, breaking the 1986 record by 2/10 of a second. He also swam anchor at the NSPI meet on a winning 400 freestyle relay.

1988 Olympics As a 17-year about to begin his High School Senior at Pensacola's Booker T. Washington, Watters qualified for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at the U.S. Trials in Austin, Texas on August 8 by placing second in the 100-meter breaststroke in a personal best time of 1:02.76, edging out the third place finisher by around half a second.

Watters competed in the B Final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke, and finished with the fifteenth-best time overall with a time of 1:04.17. In the highly competitive Olympic field, his time was within 2 seconds of the bronze medalist from Russia. No members of the U.S. team medaled in the event that year. Steve Bultman, Watters' coach at Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club, served as an Assistant Coach at the Olympics that year.