Nationality New Zealand Role Olympic swimmer Sport Swimming Height 1.88 m | Weight 84 kg Name Danyon Loader | |
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Full name Danyon Joseph Loader, ONZM Olympic medals Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle Similar People Daniel Kowalski, Melvin Stewart, Gustavo Borges, Franck Esposito | ||
Danyon loader wins 200m gold atlanta 1996
Danyon Joseph Loader, ONZM (born 21 April 1975) is an Olympic champion, former world record holder swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin. He remains the national record holder in the 400 and 1500 metre freestyle short course.
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He swam for New Zealand at two Summer Olympics (1992, 1996) and three Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994 and 1998).
At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he garnered a silver medal in the 200 metre butterfly. In 1996 in Atlanta, Loader won two gold medals: in the 200 and 400 metre freestyle. He set world records in the short course 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle; and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.
In December 2012, Loader starred in an online video campaign supporting same-sex marriage, alongside New Zealand singers Anika Moa, Hollie Smith and Boh Runga, as well as former Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard.