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Yale University.
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He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he swam for the gold medal-winning United States. team in the preliminary heats of the men"s 4×200-meter freestyle relay. 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 Philosophy Moriarty"s Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team from 1963 to 1965.
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Townsend won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States. team in the men"s 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1963 Pan American Games. He won an National Collegiate Athletic Association 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).
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United States