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Chad le Clos
Le Clos in 2013
Personal information
Full nameChad Guy Bertrand le Clos
National teamSouth Africa
Born (1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 (age 32)
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle, individual medley
ClubEnergy Standard
CoachDirk Lange
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Africa
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 3 0
World Championships (LC) 4 1 2
World Championships (SC) 12 5 3
Commonwealth Games 7 4 7
African Games 9 1 0
African Championships 1 1 2
Total 34 15 14
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 200 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m butterfly
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m medley
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 100 m butterfly
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bloemfontein 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Johannesburg 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Johannesburg 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Johannesburg 200 m breaststroke
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle

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. He also holds the African records and South African records in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly, and the short course 100-metre freestyle. Formerly, he was a world record holder in the short course 100-metre butterfly and 200-metre butterfly.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly and a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly, as well as silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, he won five total medals. Le Clos has won the Swimming World Cup overall male winner title four times: 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2017. Across the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games, he has won a total of 18 medals, including seven gold medals, four silver medals, and seven bronze medals. He has won a total of 19 medals, 12 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals, in individual events at Short Course World Championships.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he tied the record set by Ian Thorpe for the most number of medals won at a single Commonwealth Games with seven medals. When he won his fourth Olympic medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, he became South Africa's most decorated Olympian. In 2017, he became the first male to win the overall title in the Swimming World Cup four times. Upon his completion of the 2018 Swimming World Cup, he won the Guinness World Record for "most gold medals won in the FINA Swimming World Cup by a male swimmer" for the 143 gold medals he won between 2009 and 2018, inclusive. In the same year, he became the most decorated Commonwealth Games swimmer, with 17 total medals, and the first man to win the Commonwealth Games title in the 200-metre butterfly three times in a row. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he became the third person to win 18 medals at the Commonwealth Games and tied for the title of the most decorated competitor.

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