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Nick Wilson

Identity of swimmer found dead in river confirmed

Rescue crews have recovered a man's body after he went missing during an evening river swim. (HANDOUT/Facebook: Michelle Dracoulis, Derwent Valley Council Mayor)

The identity of a man who vanished during an evening swim with friends has been confirmed after his body was found. 

Police began searching for the swimmer shortly after 7pm on Monday after he disappeared from sight while swimming off a River Derwent pontoon at New Norfolk, in Tasmania's southeast. 

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