Tag: Natalie Du Toit
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Natalie du Toit on her Laureus Sports Award nomination
Former Paralympic swimmer Natalie du Toit speaks about her nomination for the Laureus Sporting Moment of the last 20 years.
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Natalie du Toit nominated for the Laureus Sporting Moment
Olympic swimmer Natalie du Toit has been nominated for the Laureus Sporting Moment of the last 20 years. Fans from around the world voted for her to take the category in Berlin on Monday.
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‘Swim Your Own Race’ Wins NPR’s Poetry Games
As athletes have sprinted and soared their way to bronze, silver and gold in London, Morning Edition has celebrated the Olympics with the Poetry Games. With thousands of listeners voting online, Mbali Vilakazi from South Africa won for her poem “Swim Your Own Race“, inspired by fellow South African Natalie du Toit, making history as…
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Natalie qualifyed for the Olympics despite of loosing half a leg
Natalie du Toit represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, at the age of just 14, before having half of her left leg amputated after a car hit her scooter in 2001. That didn’t stop her Olympic dreams though, first qualifying and winning five gold medals at the Paralympic Games in Athens, and…
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Amputee Qualifies For The 'Real' Olympics
South African Natalie Du Toit has made history by becoming the first amputee to qualify for the Olympic Games. Read all about it here on The Telegraph