discontinue competing in the 1500 m event, concentrating instead on the 50 m and 100 m freestyle events. He is the only men's swimmer in Olympic history to swim in the 100 to 1500m freestyle finals At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle and came 4th in the 50 m freestyle events. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won silver in the 100 m freestyle and was part of the S.A gold medal winning 4×100 m freestyle relay team. He currently holds the South African record in the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events, and recently held 4×100 m freestyle relay world record. He also broke three world records in the 100m individual medley. The highlight of his career thus far has been winning a gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also placed 4th in the individual 100 m freestyle. In November 2005, he announced that he had refused a multimillion-dollar offer by Qatar's Olympic body to switch nationalities and swim for Qatar at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 4×100 m freestyle relay world record was subsequently broken in 2006 by the United States. After finishing the 2008 Summer Olympics. He became the first South African to participate four successive Olympic Games. He is now shareholder and marketing director of Val de Vie Estate a luxury property development in Paarl, South Africa. See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay References External links Official website 1977 births Living people Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent South African male swimmers Sportspeople from Bloemfontein Olympic swimmers of South Africa Olympic gold medalists for South Africa Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein World record setters in swimming South African male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25