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Du Toit was born in Cape Town, South Africa and attended Timour Hall Primary school. She began competing internationally in swimming at the age of 14. In February 2001, her left leg was amputated at the knee after she was hit by a car while riding her scooter back to school after swimming practice.
South African swimmers competed at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships as part of their Rio qualifying efforts. Hendri Herbst was one swimmer who set an A-Qualifying time at the event. The blind swimmer from Worcester, Western Cape qualified in the men's S11 100-metre with a time of 1:00.35.
Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics between South Africa and Iran. South Africa has competed at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. The country made its Paralympic début at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan, where it sent nine athletes to compete in archery, athletics, swimming and weightlifting. They finished ...
Hassiem was born on 6 May 1982 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [1] He attended Bergvliet High School in Bergvliet, a suburb of Cape Town. [2]In 2006, his right leg was severed by a four-and-a-half metre long great white shark whilst he was training for lifesaving exams at Muizenberg beach with his brother Tariq; the lower portion of his leg was subsequently amputated.
Ebert Kleynhans is a paralympic swimmer from South Africa competing mainly in category B3 events. Ebert competed at three Paralympics winning three gold medals and one silver. His first games were in 1996 where he won the 50m freestyle in a new games record.
Shireen Sapiro (born 25 January 1991 in Krugersdorp) is a South African Paralympic swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke. She also claimed a bronze medal at the London 2012 Paralympics in the 100m backstroke.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:South African swimmers. It includes South African swimmers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paralympic swimmers from South Africa .
South Africa sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China and finished 6th on the medal table. [1] Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events. [2] She also represented South Africa at the Beijing Olympics.