Snyman Prinsloo (born 22 May 1984) is a South African former

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

. A sprinter, Prinsloo had personal bests of 10.32 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.70 seconds for the 200 metres. He was a member of South Africa's silver medal-winning 4 × 100 metres team at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

in Melbourne and also ran in the relay at 2007 World Championships. At the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ...

in Algiers, Prinsloo came fifth in the individual 100 metres final with a time of 10.39 seconds, putting him .02 seconds off the podium. Prinsloo married heptathlete Mariska Meintjies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prinsloo, Snyman 1984 births Living people South African male sprinters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for South Africa