Person in history
Chad le Clos
Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1992 · April 12
- Age this year
- 34No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 34th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short course and long course 200-metre butterfly and the short course 100-metre butterfly. He also holds African and South African records in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly, as well as the short course 100-metre freestyle. Formerly,
Why this date
Chad le Clos appears on our April 12 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1992.
- September 14Bosnia and Herzegovina
- September 12Abimael Guzmán
- September 16Manuel Noriega
- September 16Pound sterling
- September 16Black Wednesday
Born the same day
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- 1992Darren WallerSeptember 13
- 1992Zach HymanJune 9
Sources
Cite this page
“Chad le Clos”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/chad-le-clos, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Chad le Clos
When was Chad le Clos born?
April 12 1992.
How old would Chad le Clos be today?
34 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 12?
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oliver Norwood, Pedro Cachin and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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