Danyon Loader

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for New Zealand
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	200 m Freestyle
Gold	1996 Atlanta	400 m Freestyle
Silver	1992 Barcelona	200 m Butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Silver	1994 Rome	200 m Butterfly
Bronze	1994 Rome	200 m Freestyle
Bronze	1994 Rome	400 m Freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1994 Victoria	200 m Butterfly
Bronze	1994 Victoria	200 m Freestyle
Silver	1994 Victoria	400 m Freestyle
Silver	1994 Victoria	4x100 m Freestyle
Silver	1994 Victoria	4x200 m Freestyle

Danyon Joseph Loader ONZM (born on April 21, 1975 in Timaru) is a swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin. He represented New Zealand at three Commonwealth Games; 1990, 1994 and 1998 and two Olympic Games; 1992 and 1996. In 1992, at Barcelona, he won a silver medal in the 200 m Butterfly. In 1996, he won two gold medals in Atlanta, in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle races. He set World Records in the 200 m butterfly and 400 m freestyle (short course) and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2002.

He has recently reappeared on the local swimming scene after years spent away from it. He is now interested in coaching and takes part in youth development programmes.

Records
Preceded by Franck Esposito	Men's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (short course) February 6, 1993 – March 26, 1994	Succeeded by Franck Esposito
Awards
Preceded by Scott Miller	World Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Michael Klim

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 200 m freestyle

1900: Frederick Lane \| 1968: Michael Wenden \| 1972: Mark Spitz \| 1976: Bruce Furniss \| 1980: Sergey Kopliakov \| 1984: Michael Gross \| 1988: Duncan Armstrong \| 1992: Yevgeny Sadovyi \| 1996: Danyon Loader \| 2000: Pieter van den Hoogenband \| 2004: Ian Thorpe