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Natalie du Toit

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Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.


— Natalie du Toit


#even #happen #just #manner #out

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.


— Natalie du Toit


#dreams #go #goals #hard #really

Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.


— Natalie du Toit


#going #me #nothing #out #water

I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.


— Natalie du Toit


#am #autographs #because #hi #i

I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.


— Natalie du Toit


#disabled #i #myself #think

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.


— Natalie du Toit


#else #go #hard #i #out

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.


— Natalie du Toit


#anything #change #dream #games #had

I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.


— Natalie du Toit


#go #goals #i #just #my own

I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'


— Natalie du Toit


#achieve #anybody #dream #go #i

It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.


— Natalie du Toit


#different #dream #else #everybody #everybody else






About Natalie du Toit






Did you know about Natalie du Toit?

She won the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award in 2008. Major sporting achievements
100 m S9 freestyle swimming silver medal - Paralympics (2012)
100 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Commonwealth Games (2010)
100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal - Commonwealth Games (2010)
50 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Commonwealth Games (2010)
50 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2008)
400 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2008)
200 m SM9 individual medley swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2008)
100 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2008)
100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2008)
100 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability) gold – Commonwealth Games (2006)
50 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability) gold - Commonwealth Games (2006)
100 m S9 backstroke swimming silver medal – Paralympics (2004)
100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2004)
100 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2004)
200 m SM9 individual medley swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2004)
400 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2004)
50 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal - Paralympics (2004)
800 m freestyle swimming gold medal - All-Africa Games (2003)
800 m freestyle swimming silver medal - Afro-Asian Games (2003)
400 m freestyle swimming bronze medal - Afro-Asian Games (2003)
David Dixon Award for outstanding athlete – Commonwealth Games (2002)
100 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability) gold – Commonwealth Games (2002)
50 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability) gold - Commonwealth Games (2002)


Awards and honours
In August 2002 Natalie du Toit was awarded the Western Cape Golden Cross. Early life
Du Toit was born in Cape Town South Africa and attended Wynberg Girls' High School.

Du Toit became the first amputee ever to qualify for the Olympics where Natalie du Toit placed 16th in the 10K "Marathon" swim. Natalie du Toit (/dʉˈtɔɪ/; born 29 January 1984) is a South African swimmer.

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