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| Full name | Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Ed" | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1943-09-13)September 13, 1943 (age 82) | ||||||||||||||
| 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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Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. (born September 13, 1943) is an American former competitionswimmer,Pan American Games gold medalist, and former world record-holder.
Townsend won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the1963 Pan American Games. He participated in the1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of themen'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 attendedYale University, where he was a standout swimmer for coach Phil Moriarty'sYale 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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