Darian Townsend

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Medal record
Darian Townsend
Competitor for  South Africa
Men’s Swimming
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	4x100m Freestyle
All-Africa Games
Bronze	2007 Algiers	200m Medley

Darian Townsend (born August 28, 1984 in Pinetown) is a South African swimmer. He was part of the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay team that won gold and broke the world record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Townsend is currently attending the University of Arizona but he also attended the University of Florida.

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m freestyle relay 1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) | 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) | 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) | 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) | 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling)