Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. (born September 13, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Pan American Games gold medalist, and former world record-holder.
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Full name | Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. | |||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Ed" | |||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||
Born | (1943-09-13) September 13, 1943 (age 78) Santa Clara, California | |||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||
College team | Yale University | |||||||||||||
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Townsend won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1963 Pan American Games. He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[1] Under the 1964 Olympic swimming rules, he was ineligible for a medal, however, because he did not swim in the relay final.
Townsend attended Yale University, where he was a standout swimmer for coach Phil Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team from 1963 to 1965. He won an NCAA national championship in the 400-yard individual medley (1963), and three more as a member of winning Yale teams in the 400-yard freestyle relay (1963, 1964, 1965).[2]
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Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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NCAA Champions in Men's 400 y Individual Medley | |
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