Troyden Prinsloo
Hercules Troyden Prinsloo (born November 16, 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 800 m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Games, and placed third at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the men's 1500 m 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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| Full name | Hercules Troyden Prinsloo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 November 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major Results
Individual
Long course
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing | |||||
| 2005 | World Championships | .svg.png){kind=small} |
18th (h) | 800 m freestyle | 7:59.69 |
| 11th (h) | 1500 m freestyle | 15:16.60 | |||
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | .svg.png){kind=small} |
10th (h) | 400 m freestyle | 3:53.91 |
| 3rd | 1500 m freestyle | 15:11.88 | |||
| Pan Pacific Championships | |
- | 400 m freestyle *1 | DNS | |
| 2nd | 800 m freestyle | 7:56.82 | |||
| 7th | 1500 m freestyle | 15:19.25 | |||
| 2007 | All-Africa Games |  |
1st | 400 m freestyle | 3:55.29 |
| 1st | 800 m freestyle | 8:02.84 | |||
| 1st | 1500 m freestyle | 15:24.93 | |||
| 2008 | Olympic Games |  |
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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing | |||||
| 2004 | World Championships |  |
11th (h) | 400 m freestyle | 3:49.3 |
| 5th | 1500 m freestyle | 14:57.76 | |||
| 17th (h) | 400 m medley | 4:27.21 | |||
Open water swimming
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing | |||||
| 2011 | World Championships | |
21st | 5 km | 56:37.3 |
| 38th | 10 km | 1:58:48.5 | |||
| 2012 | Olympic Games |  |
12th | 10 km | 1:50:52.9 |
| 2013 | World Championships |  |
51st | 10 km | 1:51:48.0 |
| 28th | 25 km | 5:03:19.8 | |||
Relay
Short course
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing | |||||
| 2004 | World Championships | |
10th (h) | 4 × 100 m freestyle | 3:27.64 |
| 6th | 4 × 200 m freestyle | 7:18.94 | |||
References
- "Troy Prinsloo Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
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