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.

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.