Natalie du Toit

Natalie du Toit OIS (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, being one of the most successful disabled athletes of all time, often competing alongside with able bodied athletes.

Commonwealth Games Medal Record
Swimming
Gold	2002 Manchester	100 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability)
Gold	2002 Manchester	50 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability)
Special Award	2002 Manchester	David Dixon Award
Gold	2006 Melbourne	100 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability)
Gold	2006 Melbourne	50 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability)

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Olympian Natalie du Toit - Inspiration on one leg
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Bravo To Natalie du Toit, Summer Olympics' First Amputee
It was perhaps the Beijing Games' greatest human-interest story and nothing in the competition will be more unique and as inspiring as Natalie du Toit's circumstances. The endurance swimmer from South Africa, the first amputee to ...

Olympian Natalie du Toit - Inspiration on one leg
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P Mlambo-Ngcuka congratulates Natalie Du Toit on achievement at ...
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka congratulates Olympian swimmer Natalie Du Toit on her achievement at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China 21 August 2008 Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has congratulated South Africa's ...

Natalie Du Toit An Olympian Heroine
This woman is a true inspiration. She can achieve whatever she puts her mind to it, no matter how difficult the road ahead might be.

On Natalie du Toit
Natalie came 16th out of 24 swimmers in the 10km swim at the Olympics yesterday. Only 1 minute 22.2 seconds behind the winner. Imagine being the person responsible for knocking Natalie off her scooter in 2001. ...

Natalie Du Toit Makes Olympic History
South Africa's Natalie Du Toit reached her personal goal of participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and carved her place in history at the same time, as the very first amputee to compete at an Olympic Games event. ...

Natalie du Toit finishes marathon
Fulfilling her dream of being in the Olympics, she finished in 16th place in the marathon event and now looks forward to the upcoming Paralympics, where she'll compete in numerous swimming events. And du Toit says no quarter is given by ...

Natalie Du Toit: Be Everything You Want To Be
Natalie Du Toit is a South African swimmer who nearly qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics in three swimming events at age 16. The following year, however, she lost the lower part of her left leg in a terrible traffic accident. ...

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