Troyden Prinsloo
FullnameHercules Troyden Prinsloo
StrokesFreestyle
CollegeteamUniversity of Georgia
Birth date16 November 1985 (age 40)

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

Individual

Long course

Representing
2005World ChampionshipsMontreal, Canada18th (h)800 m freestyle7:59.69
11th (h)1500 m freestyle15:16.60
2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia10th (h)400 m freestyle3:53.91
3rd1500 m freestyle15:11.88
Pan Pacific ChampionshipsVictoria, Canada-400 m freestyle *1DNS
2nd800 m freestyle7:56.82
7th1500 m freestyle15:19.25
2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria1st400 m freestyle3:55.29
1st800 m freestyle8:02.84
1st1500 m freestyle15:24.93
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China22nd (h)1500 m freestyle15:12.64
  • 1 Did not start in the final B. (At the heats, he finished 12th place with 3:54.10)

Short course

Representing
2004World ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States11th (h)400 m freestyle3:49.3
5th1500 m freestyle14:57.76
17th (h)400 m medley4:27.21

Open water swimming

Representing
2011World ChampionshipsShanghai, China21st5 km56:37.3
38th10 km1:58:48.5
2012Olympic GamesLondon, Great Britain12th10 km1:50:52.9
2013World ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain51st10 km1:51:48.0
28th25 km5:03:19.8

Relay

Short course

Representing
2004World ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States10th (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 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-01-09.