Darian Townsend
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Full name | Darian Roy Townsend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | South Africa United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1984-08-28) 28 August 1984 (age 39) Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Claire Townsend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | YMCA Westside Silverfins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Florida University of Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darian Roy Townsend (born 28 August 1984) is a competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who competed for South Africa. He became a U.S. citizen during the summer of 2014, and has subsequently represented the United States in international events.
He was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[citation needed]
Townsend was a member of the South African men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay team that won gold and broke the world record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[1]
Townsend attended the University of Arizona, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team in 2007 and 2008. He previously attended the University of Florida and competed for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in 2005 and 2006.
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Florida Olympians
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Darian Townsend. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Darian Townsend". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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Preceded by | Men's 200-metre individual medley world record-holder (short course) 15 November 2009 – 17 December 2010 | Succeeded by |
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- 1964: Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman, Don Schollander (USA)
- 1968: Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Ken Walsh (USA)
- 1972: David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz (USA)
- 1984: Chris Cavanaugh, Mike Heath, Matt Biondi, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1988: Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992: Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Shaun Jordan, Joel Thomas (USA)
- 1996: Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Brad Schumacher, Gary Hall Jr., David Fox, Scott Tucker (USA)
- 2000: Michael Klim, Chris Fydler, Ashley Callus, Ian Thorpe, Todd Pearson, Adam Pine (AUS)
- 2004: Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling (RSA)
- 2008: Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Nathan Adrian, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Matt Grevers (USA)
- 2012: Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, Clément Lefert, Yannick Agnel, Alain Bernard, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
- 2016: Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Ryan Held, Nathan Adrian, Jimmy Feigen, Blake Pieroni, Anthony Ervin (USA)
- 2020: Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker, Zach Apple, Brooks Curry (USA)
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