Chad le Clos
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos was born in Durban on 12 April 1992. His father is Mauritian, and his mother is a South African. He attended Westville Boys' High School, where he was coached by Graham Hill and swam for the Seagull's SC. He matriculated in 2010.
My father was born in Mauritius and moved to SA when he was nine-years-old and he couldn’t speak a word of English. Actually, my family from the Mauritius side, is really big. My dad is one of 10 children so you must understand the support that I have (laughter) millions of aunts and uncles and cousins. Just alone at the SA trials, I had 62 people there, supporting me. And then on my mom’s side, they are South African, so I am South African.
Chad le Clos has been the most successful Olympian in South African history, with one gold and three silver medals won in 2012, and 2016. He has won a total of 31 international medals by August 2018.
In 2017 Chad broke with coach Graham Hill and moved to Cape Town, where he is creating a swimming school at Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck.
He is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion as well as the Commonwealth record holder in the 50 and 100-meter butterfly. He won gold in the 200-meter butterfly and silver in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2012 Olympics in London.
At the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016 he won silver in the 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly.
Chad has won numerous other medals at the Commonwealth Games, FINA World Championships, and All-Africa Games. In July 2019 he won two bronze medals at the FINA LC Championships in South Korea.
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