Danyon Loader

Danyon Loader, born in Timaru in 1975 and based in Dunedin, is a New Zealand swimmer who became an Olympic champion and a former world record holder. He swam for New Zealand at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and at three Commonwealth Games in 1990, 1994 and 1998. He won silver in the 200 metre butterfly at Barcelona in 1992, and at Atlanta in 1996 he won gold in both the 200 and 400 metre freestyle. He set short course world records in the 200 metre butterfly and the 400 metre freestyle and still holds the New Zealand short course record in the 400 metre freestyle. He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1997 and entered the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.