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She lives the ideals of Laureus.”The Boks are up against Liverpool, Mercedes, the US women’s football team, Toronto Raptors and the Spain men’s basketball team.“I think we’ve got a good chance. © Christian Fischer/Bongarts/Getty Images He is also an Olympic gold medalist.He is a South Korean kickboxer and mixed martial artist who started his career as a ssireum, or traditional Korean wrestler, in 2002. Her time was only 5.1 seconds off the winner in a race that made its first Olympic appearance in Beijing. Your message goes here Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. In 2006 Du Toit also won six gold medals at the fourth IPC World Swimming Championships, finishing third overall in a race which included 36 males and 20 females.On 3 May 2008, Du Toit qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after finishing fourth in the 10 km open water race at the Open Water World Championships in Seville, Spain. She began competing internationally in swimming at the age of 14. This made her stand out as the most inspiring and greatest disabled athlete of all time. [8] 13 June 2008On 27 August 2012, just three days before the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she announced her intention to retire at the end of the event.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. She was 17 at the time. © Lintao Zhang/Getty Images/Getty Images If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. At the closing of the Manchester Commonwealth Games, she was presented with the first David Dixon Award for Outstanding Athlete of the Games.In 2003, competing against able-bodied swimmers, Du Toit won gold in the 800 metres freestyle at the All-Africa Games as well as silver in the 800 metres freestyle and bronze in the 400 metres freestyle at the Afro-Asian Games.She narrowly missed qualifying for the Olympics in Athens in 2004, but during the Paralympics that were held in the same city, she won one silver and five gold medals.
If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. He retired from the game in 2012 as a result of a chronic hip problems.Starting her career in 2008, Parker, who hails from Tennessee, U.S., made great strides in her career by becoming the first player to earn Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Rookie of the Year in the same season. © Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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The Australian rules footballer plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. Dates of Aquarius are January 20 - February 18. Her major was in Genetics and Physiology. Du Toit was born in Cape Town, South Africa and attended Timour Hall Primary school. Du Toit swims without the aid of a prosthetic limb.She completed her scholastic education at the Reddam House in Cape Town after which she studied for a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Cape Town, specializing in genetics and physiology.