![The man had been swimming in the Koau branch of the Clutha River. Photo: Nick Brook](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_landscape_extra_large_4_3/public/story/2023/02/clu26.1.23drowning.jpg?itok=eojZtJcg)
The man had been swimming in the Koau branch of the Clutha River. Photo: Nick Brook
He was Viko Leilani Matavao (29), of Balclutha, police said in a statement this morning.
Emergency services were called to reports of a man man missing in the Koau branch of the Clutha about 5.30pm on January 26, and a body was retrieved from the water.
The death has been referred to the Coroner.