Chad le Clos

Athelete Bio

DOB

12 April 1992

170

Gold

70

Silver

32

Bronze

Personal

3 x Olympian 2012, 2016, 2020 4 x Commonwealth Games 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Swimming 
PB: (50m butterfly) 23.23
 PB: (men’s 100m butterfly) 50.56
 PB: (men’s 200m butterfly) 1:52.96
 PB: (men’s 50m freestyle) 22.22 PB: (men’s 100m freestyle) 48.15 
PB: (men’s 200m freestyle) 1:45.20
 PB: (men’s 200m Ind Med) 1:58.49 
PB: (men’s 400m Ind Med) 4:12.24

Major medals 

4 Olympics (1 Gold 2012, 3 Silver 2012, 2016) 
18 Commonwealth Games (7 Gold 2010, 2014, 2018, 4 Silver 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 7 Bronze 2010, 2014, 2018) 
7 World Championships (LC) (4 Gold 2013, 2015, 2017; 1 Silver 2015, 2 Bronze 2019)
222 Medals in Swimming World Cup (25m) (151 Gold, 55 Silver, 16 Bronze)
19 Medals in World Short-Course Championships (7 Gold, 7 Silver, 7 Bronze) 
*Times based on 50m Long Course pool.

About

The most successful South African swimmer of all-time. He defeated the great Michael Phelps to win gold at the 2012 London Olympics and has gone on to win nearly 300 medals a various international meetings. This includes being only the third person to win 18 medals in a Commonwealth Games career. He attended Westville Boys High, matriculating in 2010 and the school named their main pool after him. He started competing at the age of 10.