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“Chad le Clos”
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos (born 12 April 1992) is a South African swimmer who is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion as well as the Commonwealth record holder in the 50 and100 meter butterfly. He won gold in the 200 meter butterfly and silver in the 100 meter butterfly in the 2012 Olympics in London. He also won five medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics inSingapore.
He attended Westville Boys' High School in Durban, South Africa, matriculating in 2010. He has been swimming from a very young age, and when he started competing at the age of 10 he already had afew years of training under his belt.
Le Clos won the Daily News SPAR Sports Person of the Year in 2010 in which the top school sportsmen are nominated.
On the first day of the 2012 SummerOlympics in London Le Clos finished fifth in the 400 meter individual medley. On the fourth day, Le Clos won the gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly in 1min 52.96 sec, edging out the 2004 and 2008 Olympicchampion and world record holder, Michael Phelps, by 0.05 seconds. Le Clos had stated before the games, in personal information given to the media, that his sporting hero is Michael Phelps, and thatbeating his hero was totally unexpected. The next day Le Clos qualified for the final of the 200 meter individual medley by swimming the (tied) seventh time in the semifinals, but he withdrew tofocus on the 100 meter butterfly. On the seventh day of the competition Le Clos won the silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly, tied with Yevgeny Korotyshkin in a time of 51.44 sec, at 0.23 sec behindPhelps.
In the course of the 2012 Games, Chad's father, Bert le Clos, became an instant media personality as a result of being interviewed on British television about his son's achievement of winninga gold medal.
Chad Le Clos of South Africa has beaten Michael Phelps in the 200-meter butterfly finals, ending the American swimming star's Olympic reign in what was dubbed his "signature event."
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos (born 12 April 1992) is a South African swimmer who is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion as well as the Commonwealth record holder in the 50 and100 meter butterfly. He won gold in the 200 meter butterfly and silver in the 100 meter butterfly in the 2012 Olympics in London. He also won five medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics inSingapore.
He attended Westville Boys' High School in Durban, South Africa, matriculating in 2010. He has been swimming from a very young age, and when he started competing at the age of 10 he already had afew years of training under his belt.
Le Clos won the Daily News SPAR Sports Person of the Year in 2010 in which the top school sportsmen are nominated.
On the first day of the 2012 SummerOlympics in London Le Clos finished fifth in the 400 meter individual medley. On the fourth day, Le Clos won the gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly in 1min 52.96 sec, edging out the 2004 and 2008 Olympicchampion and world record holder, Michael Phelps, by 0.05 seconds. Le Clos had stated before the games, in personal information given to the media, that his sporting hero is Michael Phelps, and thatbeating his hero was totally unexpected. The next day Le Clos qualified for the final of the 200 meter individual medley by swimming the (tied) seventh time in the semifinals, but he withdrew tofocus on the 100 meter butterfly. On the seventh day of the competition Le Clos won the silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly, tied with Yevgeny Korotyshkin in a time of 51.44 sec, at 0.23 sec behindPhelps.
In the course of the 2012 Games, Chad's father, Bert le Clos, became an instant media personality as a result of being interviewed on British television about his son's achievement of winninga gold medal.
Chad Le Clos of South Africa has beaten Michael Phelps in the 200-meter butterfly finals, ending the American swimming star's Olympic reign in what was dubbed his "signature event."
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