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Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	100Fly	200Fly	200IndMed	400IndMed	4x200Free	4x100Medley M
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (1:45.20)	2nd (51.14)	4th (1:54.06)	-	-	-	-
2012	London, GBR	-	2nd (51.44)	1st (1:52.96)	SF (1:58.49)	5th (4:12.42)	7th (7:09.65)	H (3:35.23)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	100Fly	200Fly	200IndMed	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2010	Singapore, SIN	H (1:52.10)	2nd (3:51.37)	2nd (53.31)	2nd (1:56.85)	1st (2:00.68)	3rd (3:24.66)	6th (3:45.80)	H (4:06.14)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	50Fly	100Fly	200Fly	400IndMed	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (DNS)	-	-	3rd (51.16)	3rd (1:54.15)	-	-	H (3:38.18)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (DNS)	-	SF (51.48)	1st (1:53.33)	-	-	H (3:36.31)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	6th (1:46.53)	SF (23.49)	1st (50.56)	2nd (1:53.68)	-	-	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	H (23.76)	1st (51.06)	1st (1:54.32)	-	H (3:17.91)	H (3:36.22)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	-	SF (52.44)	5th (1:55.07)	-	-	H (3:36.47)
2009	Rome, ITA	-	-	-	-	H (1:56.90)	H (4:17.39)	-	-

African Championships

Year	Location	100Fly
2016	Bloemfontein, RSA	1st (52.69)

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	100Free	200Free	100Fly	200Fly	4x100Free
2019	1 x 4th	2 x 4th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	100m Butterfly	Budapest, HUN	51.25
2	2019	100m Butterfly	Guangzhou, CHN	51.66
2	2019	200m Butterfly	Guangzhou, CHN	1:58.31
2	2019	4 x 100m Freestyle Relay	Guangzhou, CHN	3:30.55
3	2019	200m Butterfly	Budapest, HUN	1:55.95
4	2019	100m Freestyle	Guangzhou, CHN	49.25
4	2019	200m Freestyle	Budapest, HUN	1:48.82
4	2019	200m Freestyle	Guangzhou, CHN	1:50.24

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	50Fly	100Fly	200Fly	4x50Free M
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	3rd (45.89)	H (1:43.19)	2nd (21.97)	1st (48.50)	2nd (1:48.32)	5th (1:24.14)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (48.31)	2nd (1:41.65)	1st (21.98)	1st (48.08)	1st (1:48.76)	6th (1:25.61)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Athlete

Partner Jeanni Mulder

English

Energy Standard Swim Club [Turkey]

James Gibson [club], GBR

In May 2020 he had surgery to remove a cyst on his foot, and stomach surgery to treat long-term abdominal pain. The surgeries kept him out of training for seven weeks. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 03 Nov 2020)

He was troubled by a groin injury ahead of the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 15 Jul 2019)

At age eight he joined Seagulls Swimming Club in Durban, South Africa. He began competing at age 10. (chadleclos.com, 24 Jan 2017)

His potential was recognised by primary school teacher Lindsay Manthey. (chadleclos.com, 24 Jan 2017)

To win multiple gold medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (iol.co.za, 09 Mar 2019)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (timeslive.co.za, 15 Sep 2015)

"I've always said there's only one person you have to fear, and that's the person that never gives up - and that's me. I don't quit, I'm not intimidated. I train really hard, I leave nothing out there. I'd love to train with my competitors, see if they could hang with me." (thetimes.co.uk, 10 Apr 2020)

He was named the 2018 Best Male Swimmer of the Year at the International Swimming Federation's [FINA] World Aquatics Gala in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 16 Dec 2018)

He was named the 2018 South African Sportsman of the Year at the annual South Africa Sports Awards. He also won the award in 2014. (swimswam.com, 19 Nov 2018)

He was named the Best Male Athlete at the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor, ON, Canada. (enca.com, 12 Dec 2016)

In February 2015 he received the South African Ubuntu Sport Diplomacy Award. (swimswam.com, 15 Feb 2015)

He was named Male Swimmer of the Meet at the 2014 World Short Course Championships in Doha, Qatar. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 07 Dec 2014)

He was named the 2014 FINA Male Swimmer of the Year. (swimswam.com, 01 Dec 2014)