Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend (born 28 August 1984) is a competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who competed for South Africa. He became a U.S. citizen during the summer of 2014, and has subsequently represented the United States in international events. He was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Townsend was a member of the South African men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay team that won gold and broke the world record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Darian Townsend Retrieved 20 July 2014. Townsend attended the University of Arizona, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team in 2007 and 2008. He previously attended the University of Florida and competed for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in 2005 and 2006. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) * List of University of Florida Olympians * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * World re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swimming At The 2011 All-Africa Games
The Swimming competition at the 10th All-Africa Games was held on 5–10 September 2011 at the Zimpeto Olympic Pool in Maputo, Mozambique. It featured 46 long course An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ... (50m) events, 6 of which are disability/Paralympic classification. All events were prelims/finals format, except the 800 and 1500 freestyles, which was a timed final (each entrance swims one time, fastest heat swims at night). Event schedule m= men's event, w= women's event, S6-S10= disability classification Prelims begin daily at 9:00 a.m., finals at 5:00 p.m. Participating nations 25 nations entered in Swimming at the 2011 All Africa Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results Men's results Women's results Medal standings S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swimming At The 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion is Brazil. This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: The following new records were set during this competition. Schedule All times are Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a sma ... ( UTC-4). Results Heats The first round was held on July 14. As ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swimming At The 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States. This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: The following new records were set during this competition. Schedule All times are Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a sma ... ( UTC-4). Results Heats The first round was held o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 Pan American Games
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Pan American Games
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games. The only Winter Pan American Games were held in 1990. In 2021, the Junior Pan American Games was held for the first time specifically for young athletes. The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter. The XVIII Pan American Games were held in Lima from 26 July to 11 August 2019; the XIX Pan American Games will be held in Santiago from 20 October to 5 November 2023. Since the XV Pan American Games in 2007, host cities are contracted to manage both the Pan American and the Parapan American Games, in which ath ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the ... was held on 3 December. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held at 12:36. Final The final was held at 19:17. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the ... was held on 7 December. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 11:23. Final The final was held at 20:13. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 4 × 50 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Men's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the ... was held on 6 December. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held at 09:30. Final The final was held at 18:00. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Men's 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – 4 × 50 Metre Mixed Freestyle Relay
The 4 × 50 metre mixed freestyle relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the ... was held on 6 December. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held at 12:37. Final The final was held at 19:39. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - 4 x 50 metre mixed freestyle relay 4 x 50 metre mixed freestyle relay Mixed aquatics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the ... was held on 4 December. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 11:54. Final The final was held at 20:00. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the 2014 Short Course Worlds. In November 2011, the Italian Swimming Federation (FIN) withdrew their support of Catania as host for the event, due to the Italian regional government's missing deadlines related to financial guarantees for the event. FIN's withdraw of support for Catania made it unlikely that the event would stay in Italy. On 4 April 2012, the FINA Bureau announced that Doha, Qatar would host the event.WSC 25m: Doha (QAT) will be the host in 2014 , press release 2012-#20. Published by [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |