Olympic Gold Medallist Chad Le Clos Signs with Professional Sports Group
July 3, 2013
Sports marketing company, price The Professional Sports Group have announced they have added Chad Le Clos, viagra buy 2012 Olympic Swimming Gold Medallist to their roster of clients.
21 year old Chad has had a successful career which peaked when he beat his hero Michael Phelps to win gold in the 200m butterfly. He also won a silver medal in the 100m butterfly.
Speaking about the signing Chad commented: “I’m delighted to join Professional Sports Group. I believe they are the right team to help me with the next stage of my career and I’m looking forward to working with them.”
Professional Sports Group will be the exclusive agent handling all Chad’s commercial and media activities globally and will work with Chad on the development of his own brand, media profile and partnership strategy in the build-up to Rio 2016.
Commenting on the new signing, Jamie Cunningham, CEO and Founder of Professional Sports Group added: “We’re delighted to be working for Chad. Chad is one of the few global stars of swimming in this post-Phelps era. He could well be one of the stars of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and should peak at Rio in in 2016.”
“Chad is one of the few international swimmers who can work globally with brands outside of his sport and make a real commercial impact. We’ll be working on his digital platforms as well as developing a new brand media strategy.”
“Chad’s a great communicator with a strong work ethic and family values. Whilst home is South Africa, where he enjoys incredible support, Chad can become a global sports star – of that I have no doubt. Most importantly, Chad’s a winner. He has that competitive fire that separates the great from the good, as we saw in London last year.”
Chad’s father Bert, who was also became a star of London 2012 following his Claire Balding BCC interview, has represented Chad since the Olympics and will remain involved with his son’s career. Cunningham commented: “Bert has done an amazing job as a father, mentor and adviser to Chad. We’re delighted to be working with Bert and will help him with media opportunities.”
Chad joins a strong stable of Olympic athletes at Professional Sports Group including Sir Matthew Pinsent, Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, Nicola Adams and Tom Daley.
Chad will compete for South Africa in the FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona later this month.