Danyon Loader
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Danyon Joseph Loader Template:Post-nominals (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 metre freestyle short course.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Bio"/> In the 1997 New Year Honours, Loader was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.<ref name="Bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 past Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
See alsoEdit
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
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