Troyden Prinsloo
Troyden Prinsloo 
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| Surname: | Troyden Prinsloo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 South Africa
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team: | Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | November 16, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hercules Troyden Prinsloo (born November 16, 1985 ) is a South African swimmer specializing in long freestyle courses . He won three gold medals at the African Games in 2007.
successes
In Algiers in 2007 he won the 400, 800 and 1500 m freestyle. He beat the Tunisian Ahmed Mathlouthi (3: 55.75) over 400 m in 3: 55.29 min and over 800 and 1500 m (8: 02.84, 15: 24.93) his compatriot Riaan Schoeman (8 : 11.23, 15: 58.31).
A year earlier he won bronze over 1500 m in 15: 11.88 min (gold David Davies (14: 57.63), silver Andrew Hurd (15: 09.44)) and in the Pan at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Pacific Swimming Championships of the same year silver in 7: 56.82 in the 800 m freestyle behind Andrew Hurd (7: 55.88) and in front of Ryan Cochrane (7: 58.32).
Without any particular success, Prinsloo took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012 .
At the Midmar Mile , one of the world's largest open water events, he achieved the best time ever swum with 17:47 minutes.
In 2015 Prinsloo trained swimmers in the United Arab Emirates .
Web links
- Troyden Prinsloo on one side of the Georgia Bulldogs
- Prinsloo on southafrica.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ Melbourne 2006, participant ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Melbourne 2006, Results ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Troyden Prinsloo: South African Olympian making waves in the UAE's swim culture , The National of 29 July 2015 Retrieved on August 18, 2015
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| SURNAME | Prinsloo, Troyden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prinsloo, Hercules Troyden (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1985 |