Danny McDaid

{{Short description|Irish Olympic athlete (b.1941)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Cross Country Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1979 Limerick | Long Race}}

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Daniel McDaid ({{langx|ga|Dónall Mac Daibhéad}}; born 4 August 1941) is a 2-time Irish Olympic athlete and four times national marathon champion from Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He is a former member of the Dublin-based athletic club Clonliffe Harriers.[http://www.clonliffeharriers.com/ch_halloffame_f.html Cloniffe Olympians]

He competed for Ireland at two Olympic Games, Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976. He was the first Irishman to cross the finish line at the 1972 games. He took part in nine World Championships, first competing for Ireland in the International Cross Country Championships in Madrid in 1969. He finished 11th in Limerick in 1979 when John Treacy lifted the world title for Ireland. He was captain of the Irish Senior Cross Country team from 1975 to 1981.[http://www.lac.ie/july_news_03_08.html Danny McDaid 15km Run] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125305/http://www.lac.ie/july_news_03_08.html |date=2011-07-21 }}

The running track at the Letterkenny Regional Sports and Leisure Complex is named in his honour.[http://www.auraleisurecentres.ie/news/aura-letterkenny-regional-special-olympics-2008.html Aura Letterkenny hosts Special Olympic Regional Games]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Danny McDaid 15k, which begins and concludes at this track, is also named after him.

He once served as a postman in the Letterkenny area.[http://www.finnvalleyac.com/2008/080805/index.html Beijing Diary Number 2] He is currently a member of Letterkenny Athletic Club.

He has three daughters. Orla, Niamh, Ciara and a son Daragh.