Chad le Clos

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Competed in Youth Olympic Games • Other
Sex	Male
Full name	Chad Guy Bertrand•le Clos
Used name	Chad•le Clos
Born	12 April 1992 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (RSA)
Measurements	190 cm / 83 kg
Affiliations	Seagulls Swimming Club, South Africa
NOC	South Africa

Medals	OG	YOG
Gold	1	1
Silver	3	3
Bronze	0	1
Total	4	5

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
2010 Summer Youth Olympics	Swimming (Aquatics)	RSA			Chad le Clos
	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Mixed Youth (YOG)	South Africa	9
	200 metres Freestyle, Boys (YOG)		9
	400 metres Freestyle, Boys (YOG)		2	Silver
	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Boys (YOG)	South Africa	3	Bronze
	100 metres Butterfly, Boys (YOG)		2	Silver
	200 metres Butterfly, Boys (YOG)		2	Silver
	200 metres Individual Medley, Boys (YOG)		1	Gold
	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Boys (YOG)	South Africa	6
2012 Summer Olympics	Swimming (Aquatics)	RSA			Chad le Clos
	4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)	South Africa	7
	100 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)		=2	Silver
	200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)		1	Gold
	200 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic)		9
	400 metres Individual Medley, Men (Olympic)		5
	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men (Olympic)	South Africa	13
2016 Summer Olympics	Swimming (Aquatics)	RSA			Chad le Clos
	200 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)		2	Silver
	100 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)		=2	Silver
	200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)		4
2020 Summer Olympics	Swimming (Aquatics)	RSA			Chad le Clos
	100 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)		18
	200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)		5

Other participations

Games	Role	NOC	As
2020 Summer Olympics	Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony	RSA	Chad le Clos

Special Notes

Listed in Olympians Who Set a World Record in Short Course Swimming (100 m butterfly – 4 December 2014 - 21 November 2020: 48.44 (4 December 2014; Doha, QAT), 48.08 (8 December 2016; Windsor, CAN); 200 m butterfly – 7 August 2013 - 11 December 2018: 1:49.04 (7 August 2013; Eindhoven, NED), 1:48.56 (5 November 2013; Singapore, SGP))
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the African Swimming Championships (1–1–2 2008 Johannesburg silver: 200 m medley, bronze: 50 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke; 2016 Bloemfontein gold: 100 m butterfly)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships (4–1–2 2013 Barcelona SWI gold: 100 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly; 2015 Kazan SWI gold: 100 m butterfly, silver: 200 m butterfly; 2017 Budapest SWI gold: 200 m butterfly; 2019 Gwangju SWI bronze: 100 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships (25 m) (10–4–1 2010 Dubai gold: 200 m butterfly; 2012 İstanbul gold: 100 m butterfly, silver: 50 m butterfly; 2014 Doha gold: 200 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 100 m butterfly, and 200 m butterfly; 2016 Windsor gold: 50 m butterfly, 100 m butterfly, and 200 m butterfly, silver: 200 m freestyle; 2018 Hangzhou gold: 100 m butterfly, silver: 50 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly, bronze: 100 m freestyle)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (7–3–7 2010 Delhi SWI gold: 200 m butterfly and 400 m medley, silver: 4×100 m medley, bronze: 4×100 m freestyle (swam in heats only) and 4×200 m freestyle; 2014 Glasgow SWI gold: 100 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly, silver: 4×100 m freestyle, bronze: 50 m butterfly, 200 m medley, 4×200 m freestyle, and 4×100 m medley; 2018 Gold Coast SWI gold: 50 m butterfly, 100 m butterfly, and 200 m butterfly, silver: 100 m freestyle, bronze: 4×100 m medley)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Youth Olympic Games (1–3–1 2010 Singapore SWI gold: 200 m medley, silver: 400 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, and 200 m butterfly, bronze: 4×100 m freestyle)