His remarkable swim not only secured Commonwealth gold but also broke the games record with a smashing time of 28.06 at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre on July 29.

The title was previously held by Australia's Matthew Levy with a time of 28.60 set at Australia's Gold Coast in 2018.

He started swimming competitively in 2015 for Stellenbosch University and in 2017 competed at his first international competition which was the World Para Swimming Championships held in Mexico earning himself 3 silver medals.

Since then he has taken part at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he received a silver and at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.