Chad le Clos

Chad le Clos is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion, born in Durban. He is the African, Commonwealth and South African record holder in the 200 metre butterfly in both short and long course, and holds African and South African records in the long course 200 metre freestyle and 100 metre butterfly. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won gold in the 200 metre butterfly and silver in the 100 metre butterfly, and at the 2016 Games he added silver medals in the 200 metre freestyle and 100 metre butterfly. He won five medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and was his country's opening flagbearer at an Olympic Games.