Danyon Loader

Danyon Loader

ONZM

Personal information
Full name	Danyon Joseph Loader
Born	(1975-04-21) 21 April 1975 (age 49)[1] Timaru, New Zealand[1]
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	Freestyle, butterfly
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 400 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 200 m butterfly World Championships 1994 Rome 200 m butterfly 1994 Rome 200 m freestyle 1994 Rome 400 m freestyle Pan Pacifics 1993 Kobe 200 m butterfly 1995 Atlanta 200 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 400 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 100 m butterfly 1993 Kobe 4x200 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 4x100 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 4x200 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 4x100 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 4x200 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 200 m butterfly 1994 Victoria 400 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 4x100 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 4x200 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 200 m freestyle 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x200 m freestyle

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 metre freestyle short course.^[2]

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.^[3] In the 1997 New Year Honours, Loader was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming,^[4] and he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.^[3]

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.^[5]

See also

• 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

References

1. "Kiwi best bet". swimnews.com. Swimnews Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
2. "17 January 2022 SC Record Summary" (PDF). Swimming New Zealand. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
3. "Danyon Loader". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
4. "New Year honours list 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
5. "Marriage equality 'about love'". 3 News NZ. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

External links

• Danyon Loader at World Aquatics
• Danyon Loader at Swimrankings.net
• Danyon Loader at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Danyon Loader at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
• Danyon Loader at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Danyon Loader at Olympics.com
• Danyon Loader at Olympedia (archive)
• Danyon Loader at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

Records
Preceded by Franck Esposito	World Record Holder Men's 200m Butterfly (25m) 6 February 1993 – 26 March 1994	Succeeded by Franck Esposito
Preceded by Anders Holmertz	World Record Holder Men's 400m Freestyle (25m) 11 February 1995 – 25 September 1998	Succeeded by Ian Thorpe
Awards
Preceded by Team New Zealand	Halberg Awards – Supreme Award 1996	Succeeded by Beatrice Faumuina
Preceded by Martin Crowe	New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year 1992 1994 1996	Succeeded by Phil Tataurangi
Preceded by Phil Tataurangi		Succeeded by Jonah Lomu
Preceded by Jonah Lomu		Succeeded by Jeff Wilson
Preceded by Anna Simcic	Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee 1992 1996	Succeeded by Brenda Lawson
Preceded by Chris White		Succeeded by Beatrice Faumuina
Preceded by Scott Miller	Swimming World Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Michael Klim
Achievements
Preceded by Tim Shadbolt & Rebecca Nicholson	Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand) third place contestant Season 2 (2006 with Hayley Holt)	Succeeded by Brendon Pongia & Hayley Holt