Chad Ho

Chad Ho running up the slipway at the Midmar Dam, winning his 6th consecutive aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Chad Ho winning his sixth consecutive aQuellé Midmar Mile with Matthew Mark Meyer following behind in an aerial photo courtesy of Helicam Productions

Chad Ho after winning his sixth consecutive aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa (in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015)

Olympian Chad Ho winning one of his 6 consecutive races at the aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Photo by Darren Goddard of Cychomedia

Chad Ho, South African open water swimmer

Chad Ho, Midmar Mile star

Chad Ho (born 21 June 1990) is a 27-year-old 2008 and 2016 South African Olympian and world-class open water swimmer.

Open Water Swimming Career

• He was awarded both the South Africa Open Water Swimmer of the Year and Performance of the Year in 2011.
• He was the overall series winner of the 2010 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series
• He is an annual star at the aQuellé Midmar Mile, winning 6 races in a row (in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2015 and 2016). He finished second in 2016 and 2018.
• He has won many other open water swims in his native South Africa including the SPAR Redhouse River Mile.
• He won the 2012 Great Manchester Swim in England
• He participated in Battle Training
• He annually competes in the King and Queen of the Sea competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
• He finished fourth in the 5 km race at the 2014 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain on 20 July 2014.
• He won the 2014 South African National Open Water Swimming Championships in the 10 km
• He won the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships 5 km race in Kazan, Russia.
• He finished 10th in the 2016 Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setubal to qualify for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
• He finished 11th in the 5 km race at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary on 15 July.
• He won the 10 km race at the 2016 South Africa Open Water Swimming Championships in Eikenhof Dam on 5 March 2016 in 1:58:26.29 over Troy Prinsloo in 1:58:26.64.
• He won the 10 km race at the 2016 South Africa Open Water Swimming Championships on 4 March 2016 in 1:51:26.25 over Nicolaos Manoussakis in 1:52:16.00.
• He finished 4rd in the 10 km race at the 2019 South African Open Water Swimming Championships in Jeffreys Bay.
• He competed on the 2019 FINA / CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Seychelles on 12 May 2019.

2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Results

Gold: Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands) 1:51:51.6
Silver: David Davies (Great Britain) 1:51:54.1
Bronze: Thomas Lurz (Germany) 1:51:54.6
4. Valerio Cleri (Italy) 1:52:06.5
5. Evgeny Drattsev (Russia) 1:52:08.9
6. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) 1:52:09.1
6. Brian Ryckeman (Belgium) 1:52:10.6
8. Mark Warkentin (United States) 1:52:14.0
9. Chad Ho (South Africa) 1:52:14.1
10. Erwin Leon Maldonado Savera (Venezuela) 1:52:14.6
11. Ky Hurst (Australia) 1:52:14.6
12. Igor Chervynskiy (Ukraine) 1:52:14.6
14. Francisco Jose Hervas (Spain) 1:52:16.
14. Allan do Carmo (Brazil) 1:52:16.6
15. Gilles Rondy (France) 1:52:16.6
16. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) 1:52:20.4
16. Rostislav Vitek (Czech Republic) 1:52:41.8
18. Luis Escobar (Mexico) 1:54:46.9
19. Saleh Mohammad (Syria) 1:54:46.6
20. Mohamed Elzanaty (Egypt) 1:55:16.0
21. Damian Blaum (Argentina) 1:55:48.6
22. Arseniy Lavrentyev (Portugal) 2:04:49.6
24. Xin Tong (China 2:09:14.4
Csaba Gercsak (Hungary) DNF
Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia) DSQ

2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results

1. Ferry Weertman, NED 1:52:59.8
2. Spyridon Gianniotis, GRE 1:52:59.8
4. Marc-Antoine Daniel Frede Olivier, FRA 1:54:02.0
4. Lijun Zu, CHN 1:54:02.0
5. Jordan Wilimovsky, USA 1:54:04.2
6. Simone Ruffini, ITA 1:54:04.5
6. Federico Vanelli, ITA 1:54:04.9
8. Yasunari Hirai, JPN 1:54:04.6
9. Christian Reichert, GER 1:54:04.6
10. Chad Ho, RSA 1:54:04.8
11. Evgenii Drattcev, RUS 1:54:04.8
12. Ous Mellouli, TUN 1:54:06.1
14. Mark Papp, HUN 1:54:11.6
14. Ventsislav Aydaski, BUL 1:54:16.1
15. Ivan Enderica Ochoa, ECU 1:54:16.2
16. Richard Weinberger, CAN 1:54:16.4
16. Allan Do Carmo, BRA 1:54:16.4
18. Kane Rae Francis Radford, NZL 1:54:18.6
19. Richard Nagy, SVK 1:54:45.4
20. Jarrod Poort, AUS 1:54:40.6
21. Erwin Maldonado, VEN 1:54:44.6
22. Marwan Ahmed Aly Morsy Elamrawy, EGY 1:59:16.2
DSQ Sean Ryan, USA
DSQ Vitaliy Khudyakov, KAZ (Asia)
DSQ Jack Burnell, GBR

External links

• Are You Tough? Really Really Tough? Check Out History's Tough Swimming Workouts
• Hector Pardoe, Out But Not Down At The Olympics
• Neville Smith Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
• Thank You For The Many Memories, Chad. Forward Ho
• Michael McGlynn Dominates aQuellé Midmar Mile
• 2016 Men's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Finalists
• Ous Mellouli Wins 5K Worlds Over Eric Hedlin
• 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup Rankings
• Open Water Swimming
• In A Pool Of Pain Preparing For The Open Water
• SPAR Redhouse River Mile From 1924 To The Present
• Forward Ho For Hercules
• The Strongest Survive…And Thrive
• A Royal Flush - The King And Queen Of The Sea
• Keri-Anne Payne, Chad Ho Team Up In Copacabana
• King And Queen Of The Sea Grid Race Results
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming - Bodysurfing Keys To Success
• Flying Fleet Of Foot After The Open Water
• Sam de Bona, Poliana Okimoto Are King, Queen Of The Sea
• Split Times, Average Times Of King And Queen Of The Sea
• The Enormity Of It All
• Ho High Fives At aQuellé Midmar Mile
• A Race For The Ages At aQuellé Midmar Mile
• Ho vs. Prinsloo Déjà Vu In Midmar
• Young Michelle Weber Is Growing Up
• Far-out Futuristic Inventions For Swimmers
• Great Scottish Swim - What A Honeymoon
• Sights From The King & Queen of the Sea - Part 1
• Sights From The King & Queen of the Sea - Part 2
• Forward Ho To Sanlam Cape Mile
• Chad Ho Attempts Pick Six In Midmar
• Relay Results At The 2015 aQuellé Midmar Mile
• aQuellé Midmar Mile
• World Open Water Swimming Series
• Chad Ho Enjoys A Six Pack At aQuellé Midmar Mile
• Winning From Above At aQuellé Midmar Mile
• Ho No, Here Comes Marais
• Chad Ho Swimming Out Of The Dark
• The Greatest Olympic Upset In History
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• What Will Scott Blackmun Advise Haley Anderson?
• Marcel Schouten Experiences Extreme Physicality
• What Men Will Qualify For The 2016 Rio Olympics?
• Zu Wins, China Sweeps Olympic 10K Marathon Quals
• The Men Are Pushing The Pace In Olympic Qualifications
• Swim-offs In The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualification
• Dutch Treat, Ferry Weertman Wins Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• No Thank You, We Are On A Chase
• Ferry Weertman In Lead Now
• Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oi! Chase Is On
• Is Poort Pulling A Bircher?
• Expect The Unexpected In The Men's Olympic 10K
• 24 Men Chasing Jarrod Poort
• Jarrod Poort Takes Off On A Risky Strategy In 10K
• Age Analysis Of Olympic Open Water Swimmers
• Ho, Marie, McGlen Favorites In South African Swims
• Ashley Twichell Will Be The Center Of Action
• Toweling Off At aQuellé Midmar Mile
• Olympic Champion Joins Tens Of Thousands
• Ashley Twichell Wins aQuellé Midmar Mile
• Terence Parkin Smiles His Way Across Midmar
• Kelvin Steyn And Gary Albertyn Reach Midmar Milestones
• Matthew Meyer Makes Money At Midmar
• Battle In Balaton
• Marc-Antoine Olivier Makes A Fast Statement In 5K
• History's Hardest Swimming Workouts
• 15 Funky, Uniquely Futuristic Products For The Open Water
• Who's Who Of South Africa Gather In Midmar