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Natalie du Toit South African swimmer Natalie du Toit celebrating winning a gold medal at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa, December 7, 2006. Du Toit won six gold medals during the tournament.

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January 29, 1984, Cape Town, South Africa (age 40)

Natalie du Toit (born January 29, 1984, Cape Town, South Africa) is a decorated former swimmer from South Africa who in Beijing in 2008 became the first female amputee to compete at the Olympic Games. Also that year she was one of the first two athletes to compete in both the Olympics and the Paralympics. Natalie du Toit is the second child of Dawid and Deirdre du Toit. She began swimming competitively at a young age and gained international recognition when at age 14 she represented South Africa at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Like most ambitious elite athletes, she set ...(100 of 741 words)

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