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]

Troyden Prinsloo
Personal information
Full nameHercules Troyden Prinsloo
National team South Africa
Born (1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 (age 38)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamUniversity of Georgia
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Africa
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Victoria 800 m freestyle
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers 1500 m freestyle

Major Results

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Individual

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Long course

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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

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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

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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

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Short course

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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

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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.