[3] His bronze at Rio in 2016 is the first Olympic medal South Africa has won in the sport.

[4] In 2021, he competed in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

He switched sports to take up the triathlon in his mid-teens and won the Under 19 South African championship in consecutive years.

[9] Schoeman was due to finish 3rd, but Alistair Brownlee slowed to help his brother Jonny over the line.

In the run-up to the Rio games, Schoeman had developed a suspected respiratory illness, stating after the race: "I have had fever the whole week.