Troyden Prinsloo
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| Full name | Hercules Troyden Prinsloo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Major results
[edit | edit source]Individual
[edit | edit source]Long course
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing South Africa
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| 2005 | World Championships |  Montreal, Canada
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18th (h) | 800 m freestyle | 7:59.69 |
| 11th (h) | 1500 m freestyle | 15:16.60 | |||
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games |  Melbourne, Australia
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10th (h) | 400 m freestyle | 3:53.91 |
| 3rd | 1500 m freestyle | 15:11.88 | |||
| Pan Pacific Championships | Victoria, Canada
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- | 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
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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
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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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing South Africa
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| 2004 | World Championships |  Indianapolis, United States
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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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing South Africa
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| 2011 | World Championships | Shanghai, China
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21st | 5 km | 56:37.3 |
| 38th | 10 km | 1:58:48.5 | |||
| 2012 | Olympic Games |  London, Great Britain
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12th | 10 km | 1:50:52.9 |
| 2013 | World Championships |  Barcelona, Spain
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51st | 10 km | 1:51:48.0 |
| 28th | 25 km | 5:03:19.8 | |||
Relay
[edit | edit source]Short course
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing South Africa
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| 2004 | World Championships | Indianapolis, United States
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10th (h) | 4 × 100 m freestyle | 3:27.64 |
| 6th | 4 × 200 m freestyle | 7:18.94 | |||
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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