CHELIUS Emma

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x100Medley W
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (3:43.35)	H (3:32.89)	H (4:05.12)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (25.73)	-	H (3:31.38)	H (4:15.47)

African Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2019	Casablanca, MAR	3rd (25.25)	3rd (55.86)	Finals (27.40)	4th (1:01.90)	1st (3:48.88)	1st (3:31.24)	1st (4:12.42)	1st (3:50.76)

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

Em, Ems (heslopsports.co.za, 07 Jan 2017)

Travelling, reading, spending time with family, thrift shopping. (heslopsports.co.za, 07 Jan 2017; speedo.co.za, 01 Jan 2021)

Athlete

Accounting, Business, Commerce - Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Husband Troyden Prinsloo

English

Graham Hill [national]

Her husband Troyden Prinsloo has also represented South Africa in swimming, and competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in Beijing and London. (iol.co.za, 12 Apr 2021)

She was first taught water safety at eight months old, first received swimming coaching at age six and started competing at club level at age 11. (heslopsports.co.za, 07 Jan 2017)

"When I was eight months old, I accidentally fell into the pool and sank like a stone. My parents got a huge fright and my mum immediately started teaching me water safety and enrolled me in swimming lessons. I have always really loved being in the water since then." (heslopsports.co.za, 07 Jan 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 31 May 2021)

Qualifying for her first world championship after winning silver at the 2017 South African Championships in Durban, South Africa. (speedo.co.za, 01 Jan 2021)

"I love to compete and have goals to strive towards. Swimming is a very big part of my life and it has helped to shape who I am today. I love the unity that swimming brings to people, being part of such a sport means being a part of a different world, where people from all backgrounds speak the same language." (heslopsports.co.za, 07 Jan 2017)