Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. (born September 13, 1943) is an American attorney and former competition swimmer. He was a Pan American Games gold medalist and former world record-holder.
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| Full name | Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Ed" | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 13, 1943 Santa Clara, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life, family and education
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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 was part of the school's water polo team as well.[1]
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).[1][2]
Townsend graduated from Yale in 1966 with a degree in psychology.[3] He subsequently received his Juris Doctor degree from University of California, Berkeley.[3]
Athletic career after college
editTownsend won a gold medal as a member of the winning US 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 US team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[3][4] Under the 1964 Olympic swimming rules, he was ineligible for a medal, however, because he did not swim in the relay final.[1]
Career after competitive swimming
editSee also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Did You Know: The 1964 Yale University Men's Water Polo Team Had Four Olympic Swimmers". collegiatewaterpolo.org. Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. May 25, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
- ↑ "History of the Ivy League: NCAA Championships (1957–Present)". IvyLeagueSports.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Robert Edward Jr [sic] Townsend". olympics.com. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Ed Townsend". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Townsend, R. Edward Jr. (March 1, 1979). "Letter to Mrs. J. Frank Wood" (PDF). Compiled Juhring Furniture Letters. Village Preservation – via media.villagepreservation.org.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Townsend". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
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