HE WAS in the prime of his life when he took the podium in all his muscled magnificence at the 2004 Olympics.
Roland Schoeman and teammates Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns and Darian Townsend became known as the Awesome Foursome when they won gold in the 4x100m swimming relay, setting a new world record in the process.
But that was nearly 20 years ago.
In the past two decades Roland quit competitive swimming, moved to America and got a job as a real estate agent. He made a good living abroad – yet he always felt like a fish out of water.
Now at the age of 42, he’s come out of semi-retirement and is once
