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Natalie Du Toit
Natalie Du Toit is a South African Swimmer, and a disabled athlete. She was a gold medalist at the 2004 Paralympic Games, and will be the first ever amputee to qualify for the Olympics, she will compete in Beijing in the 2008 Olympic... [more]
Natalie Du Toit is a South African Swimmer, and a disabled athlete. She was a gold medalist at the 2004 Paralympic Games, and will be the first ever amputee to qualify for the Olympics, she will compete in Beijing in the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2001, her left leg was amputated from the knee after a car drove into her while she was riding her scooter to school. She swims without the aid of a prosthetic limb.
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Inspirational amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit will carry South Africa's flag at the Olympic Games opening ceremony. Cape Town-bred du Toit was identified as a potential Olympian in her early teens. But she lost her left leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001...
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Swimmer Natalie du Toit will compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics at the Beijing Games after she was named in South Africa's team. Du Toit, who lost her left leg after a road accident in 2001, qualified for the Olympics last month when she finished fourth in the 10km race in the open water world championships in Seville. Du Toit won five golds and a silver at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. "Natalie is setting history as the first athlete to compete in both the Paralympics and Olympics...
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20 August 2008BEIJING — South Africa's Natalie du Toit says she wants to inspire others to realise their dreams after fulfilling her ambition to compete at the Olympic Games despite having her leg amputated seven years ago. The 24-year-old finished 16th in the women's 10 kilometres marathon swim...
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BEIJING - Michael Phelps may be the most astounding athlete of the Beijing Olympics.
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Phelps' eight gold medals and seven...
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Michael Phelps may have 14 gold medals and universal acclaim as the world's greatest swimmer, but he doesn't have to pause to feed himself in the middle of a race due to its length or fend off competitors who ...
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Michael Phelps may be the most astounding athlete of the Beijing Olympics. Natalie du Toit is the most inspirational.
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Natalie du Toit pulled herself onto the dock and waited for someone to bring her prosthetic leg. She stretched out the other leg the one she didn't lose in that horrendous motorcycle accident and chatted with an official about the first open water race in Olympic history.
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Beijing, Aug 20 (DPA) Amputee swimmer Natalie Du Toit has made plenty of waves ever since she qualified for the Olympics with a fourth-place finish at the world championships in May in Spain.Things did not go quite so well as the 24-year-old competed against able-bodied athletes Wednesday at the...
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- Du Toit to carry SA flag at Olympic opening (topix.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) - Natalie du Toit fulfilled her Olympic dream against all odds on Wednesday, refusing to allow crippling injury to deflect her. Du Toit had her left leg amputated at the knee after a motorcycle accident in 2001 but seven years on ...
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[Image via AP.] Natalie du Toit, of South Africa, center, removes her prosthetic leg before the start of the women's marathon swimming during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Portugal's Daniela Inacio, left, and Italy's Martina Grimaldi, right, look on. (AP Photo...
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WINNERS: Larisa Ilchenko continued her domination of open water swimming events, while amputee Natalie du Toit was disappointed with her 16th place finish AFP, BEIJING Thursday, Aug 21, 2008, Page 18 Russia s ...
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Natalie du Toit, a world-class swimmer who lost her leg in a motorcycle accident, made Olympic history Wednesday in open-water swimming.
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