Troyden Prinsloo

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]

Troyden Prinsloo

Personal information
Full name	Hercules Troyden Prinsloo
National team	South Africa
Born	(1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 (age 39)
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

Major Results

Individual

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

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

Open water swimming

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

Short course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)