Troyden Prinsloo

South African swimmer (born 1985)

Troyden Prinsloo

Personal information

Full name| Hercules Troyden Prinsloo
National team|  South Africa
Born|  (1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 (age 38)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle
College team| University of Georgia

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing South Africa
Pan Pacific Championships
|  2006 Victoria | 800 m freestyle
All-Africa Games
|  2007 Algiers | 400 m freestyle
|  2007 Algiers | 800 m freestyle
|  2007 Algiers | 1500 m freestyle

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

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### Individual

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#### Long course

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  South Africa
2005  | World Championships |  Montreal, Canada | 18th (h)  | 800 m freestyle  | 7:59.69
11th (h)  | 1500 m freestyle  | 15:16.60
2006  | Commonwealth Games |  Melbourne, Australia | 10th (h)  | 400 m freestyle  | 3:53.91
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)

#### Short course

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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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

#### Open water swimming

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  South Africa
2011  | World Championships |  Shanghai, China | 21st  | 5 km  | 56:37.3
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
28th  | 25 km  | 5:03:19.8

### Relay

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#### Short course

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  South Africa
2004  | World Championships |  Indianapolis, United States | 10th (h)  | 4 × 100 m freestyle  | 3:27.64
6th  | 4 × 200 m freestyle  | 7:18.94

## See also

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* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)

## References

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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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