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Troyden Prinsloo

Personal information

Full name

Hercules Troyden Prinsloo

National team

Born

16 November 1985 (age 39)

Sport

Strokes

College team

Medal record

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 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]

Major Results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2005	World Championships	Montreal, Canada	18th (h)	800 m freestyle	7:59.69
2005	World Championships	Montreal, Canada	11th (h)	1500 m freestyle	15:16.60
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	10th (h)	400 m freestyle	3:53.91
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	1500 m freestyle	15:11.88
	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	-	400 m freestyle *¹	DNS
			2nd	800 m freestyle	7:56.82
			7th	1500 m freestyle	15:19.25
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	400 m freestyle	3:55.29
			1st	800 m freestyle	8:02.84
			1st	1500 m freestyle	15:24.93
2008	Olympic Games	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)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2004	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States	11th (h)	400 m freestyle	3:49.3
			5th	1500 m freestyle	14:57.76
			17th (h)	400 m medley	4:27.21

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2011	World Championships	Shanghai, China	21st	5 km	56:37.3
2011	World Championships	Shanghai, China	38th	10 km	1:58:48.5
2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	12th	10 km	1:50:52.9
2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	51st	10 km	1:51:48.0
2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	28th	25 km	5:03:19.8

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2004	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States	10th (h)	4 × 100 m freestyle	3:27.64
2004	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States	6th	4 × 200 m freestyle	7:18.94

^ "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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