Hercules Troyden Prinsloo (born November 16, 1985) is a

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from

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, who won three gold medals at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nig ...

. Previously he earned a silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle at the

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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.

Major Results

Individual

Long course

*¹ Did not start in the final B. (At the heats, he finished 12th place with 3:54.10)

Short course

Open water swimming

Relay

Short course

References

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1985 births Living people Afrikaner people South African male freestyle swimmers Georgia Bulldogs men's swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics South African people of Dutch descent Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub

Major Results

Individual

Long course

Short course

Open water swimming

Relay

Short course

See also

References