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Natalie du Toit OIG MBE (/ d ʊ ˈ t ɔɪ /; [a] born 29 January 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.
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.
Kevin Paul (born 30 June 1991) is a South African Paralympic swimmer. Competing in the SB9-class 100 m breaststroke he won gold medals at the 2008 and 2016 Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2012 London Game.
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 .
Terblanche won a gold medal at the 1994 IPC Swimming World Championships in Malta, at the age of 14. [1] Terblanche competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta winning a gold and bronze medal. He won the gold in the 200m medley in a new world record time and won the bronze in the 100m butterfly.