# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darian-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:28.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darian-townsend"
name: "Darian Townsend"
slug: "darian-townsend"
description: "Darian Roy Townsend was a competition swimmer who swam for the University of Arizona and a 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay 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. After retiring from elite competition, he later worked as a swimming coach in the Tucson area."
tagline: "South African and American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1984-08-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.54409733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "达里安·汤森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داریان تاونزند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_Townsend"
    title: "Darian Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Даріан Таунсенд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump