Troyden Prinsloo

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Troyden Prinsloo
Personal information
Full nameHercules Troyden Prinsloo
National teamFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 (age 39)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team University of Georgia
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Africa
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Victoria 800 m freestyle
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Algiers 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Algiers 800 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Algiers 1500 m freestyle

Hercules Troyden Prinsloo (born 16 November 1985) is a freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won three gold medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Previously he earned a silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Games, and placed third at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the men's 1500m freestyle. He also represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [1]

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Major results

Individual

Long course

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2005 World Championships Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal, Canada 18th (h)800 m freestyle 7:59.69
11th (h)1500 m freestyle 15:16.60
2006 Commonwealth Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne, Australia 10th (h)400 m freestyle 3:53.91
3rd1500 m freestyle 15:11.88
Pan Pacific Championships Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victoria, Canada -400 m freestyle *1 DNS
2nd800 m freestyle 7:56.82
7th1500 m freestyle 15:19.25
2007 All-Africa Games Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers, Algeria 1st400 m freestyle3:55.29
1st800 m freestyle8:02.84
1st1500 m freestyle15:24.93
2008 Olympic Games Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, China 22nd (h)1500 m freestyle 15:12.64
  • 1 Did not start in the final B. (At the heats, he finished 12th place with 3:54.10)

Short course

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2004 World Championships Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis, United States 11th (h)400 m freestyle3:49.3
5th1500 m freestyle14:57.76
17th (h)400 m medley4:27.21

Open water swimming

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2011 World Championships Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai, China 21st5 km 56:37.3
38th10 km 1:58:48.5
2012 Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, Great Britain 12th10 km 1:50:52.9
2013 World Championships Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona, Spain 51st10 km 1:51:48.0
28th25 km 5:03:19.8

Relay

Short course

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2004 World Championships Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis, United States 10th (h)4 × 100 m freestyle3:27.64
6th4 × 200 m freestyle7:18.94

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Troy Prinsloo Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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