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Chad le Clos. Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short course and long course 200-metre butterfly and the short course 100-metre butterfly.
Chad le Clos is the South African swimmer who has taken the world by storm becoming Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion, as well as winning FINA World Swimmer of the Year. At the end of 2022, Chad smashed the African record in the 200m Butterfly achieving a double Gold Medal in the 100m & 200m Butterfly at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne.
Sep 15, 2023 · It was a return to form for the 31-year-old Durban, South Africa native – one he dubbed “Chad le Clos 2.0,” saying had got back his “warrior spirit.”. Le Clos carried the positive World Cup momentum into the 2022 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Melbourne (AUS) where he took gold in both the men’s 100m and 200m butterfly.
Oct 15, 2023 · Hampered by injury, Chad le Clos has lost a bit of his lustre in recent years, but South Africa’s most decorated Olympian with four medals is hell-bent on returning to the podium at Paris 2024. The 31-year-old star swimmer failed to make it onto the podium in Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) and has been battling with niggling injuries and illness since ...
A fast learner. Born in Durban on 12 April 1992, Chad Le Clos took up swimming at an early age, entered his first competition when he was 10 and forced his way into South Africa’s senior national team at 14. The highly promising teenager showed his potential in 2010, winning five medals at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, another ...
#Paris2024 | Chad le Clos leads the eight-member South Africa swimming contingent to Paris 2024 Chad le Clos Exclusive: From taking the world by storm to… #UnitedByRacing | "My mind is strong, I am bulletproof and my body will have to give up first."
Chad was born in Durban, South Africa, in 1992 the son of Bert and Geraldine. He is one of four children and part of very tight-knit family. Football was Chad’s first love (he remains an avid Manchester United fan) and his competitive nature and determination to win shone through from an early age. But it was swimming where he really dominated.
