A truly inspiring athlete
Natalie competed in the 10km women's swimming marathon at the Beijing Olympic Games. Did you see her carrying the flag for South Africa at the Opening Ceremony?
Natalie also competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, where she defended the five gold and one silver she won at the 2004 Athens Paralympics.
Contents at a Glance
- Video Interview with Natalie Du Toit - Watch this!
- How did Natalie du Toit go at the Beijing Paralympics?
- How did Natalie du Toit go in the 10km swimming marathon at the Beijing Olympics?
Video Interview with Natalie Du Toit - Watch this!
How did Natalie du Toit go at the Beijing Paralympics?
She won gold in the 400 metres freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle,100m butterfly and 200m individual medley events in her classification!
Talk about an all around fantastic swimmer! What a brilliant effort!
How did Natalie du Toit go in the 10km swimming marathon at the Beijing Olympics?
Natalie finished in 16th position in a time of 2:00:49.9 (2 hours and 49.9 seconds), congratulations Natalie!!
For the full results click here.
Natalie du Toit's Major Sporting Achievements
Beijing 2008
16th in the inaugural Women's 10km marathon
Paralympic Games
Beijing 2008
Gold:
- 50m Freestyle
- 100m Freestyle
- 400m Freestyle
- 100m Butterfly
- 200m Individual Medley
Athens 2004
Gold:
- 50m Freestyle
- 100m Freestyle
- 400m Freestyle
- 100m Butterfly
- 200m Individual Medley
Silver:
- 100m Backstroke
Commonwealth Games
Melbourne 2006
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Gold:
- 50m Freestyle EAD (multi-disability)
- 100m Freestyle EAD (multi-disability)
Manchester 2002
Gold:
- 50 m Freestyle EAD (multi-disability)
- 100m Freestyle EAD (multi-disability)
David Dixon Award
All-Africa Games 2003
Gold:
- 800m Freestyle
Afro-Asian Games 2003
Silver:
- 800m Freestyle
- 400m Freestyle
Natalie Du Toit's Official Website
"Be everything you want to be"
- Natalie Du Toit's Offical Website
- The best site to visit for the official news and information about Natalie Du Toit! Read her story, plus information on her public speaking, links to recent articles about her, and a 'resume' outlining her swimming achievements, community service and her dreams.
It's well worth a look!
The latest news about Natalie du Toit!
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Natalie du Toit would have been a perfect candidate for Abbott's mentoring. Already an internationally ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age ...
- Celebrating our youth
- South Africa's favourite sportswoman Natalie Du Toit lost her leg at the age of 17 in an accident, but that did not stop her from pursuing her dream. ...
- Pistorius, ¿circo o leyenda?
- Probablemente nadie se haya acordado de Natalie du Toit. A mi juicio, la mejor deportista paralímpica que existe en estos momentos. ...
- Vancouver 2010: Brian McKeever vuole fare meglio di Oscar Pistorius
- L'impresa, pur se con meno clamore, riuscì invece alla nuotatrice sudafricana Natalie Du Toit che vinse cinque medaglie d'Oro alle Paralimpiadi e concluse ...
"You can find the latest info about the Olympic 10km swim here"
What does Natalie du Toit do when she's not swimming?
Or perhaps you could read her story in the book "Tumble Turn" by Tracey Hawthorne:
Tumble Turn - Natalie Du Toit's story by Tracey Hawthorne
You can find a copy of Natalie Du Toit's story "Tumble Turn" on Amazon
(Simply click on the link below if you are interested in purchasing a copy)
Natalie Du Toit: Tumble Turn
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More information on "Tumble Turn" by Tracey Hawthorne
- Book Preview on Google Books!
- Read selected pages of Tumble Turn on Google Books. This page also has lots of info, such as where you can buy a copy.
- Review of Tumble Turn
- Book review on 'The Write Company' website.
- STRUIK
- Online book store.
- Kalahari.net
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- at>>velocity
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Natalie Du Toit on Wikipedia
Check out the Wikipedia link below for more great information!
Natalie du Toit OIS (born January 29, 1984) is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, becoming the first female amputee swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympics, where she placed 16th in a field of 24 in the 10,000m swim.Dreams carry Natalie Du Toit to Beijing - Olympics News - TelegraphGeorge Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics; the circumstances of Eyser's participation in the Games are unknown. Poland's...
Room to Read
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Natalie Du Toit Guestbook
All comments welcome!
Nixy
Natalie, you are amazing - thank you so much for taking the time to spend at St. Mary's today (sat 24th jan). My daughter is 8 years old and swimming is her passion. When the olympics was on she got up at 4am every morning to watch the swimming. You gave her an autograph today and she was so excited. It is wonderful to see someone like you giving back to the comunity and inspiring young children. Thank you so much. Michael (my daughter) only wanted 3 things for christmas. A bike, your book and Ryk's book. We got her Ryk's book as she met him at the Short Course Champs last year. As soon as she has finished reading it. We will get yours. You are truley an inspiration - thank you so much for the time you are giving back. It means a lot to others. Thank you. Nicole
Posted January 24, 2009
chrgr wrote...
amazing story - welcome to the Ultimate Olympic Games Group http://www.squidoo.com/groups/ultimateolympicgroup
Posted August 09, 2008
