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Apr 21, 1975 Timaru, Canterbury Region, New Zealand 49 years old
New Zealand swimmer
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About Danyon Loader
- Danyon Joseph Loader (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. 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.
- In the 1997 New Year Honours, Loader was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming, and he 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.
