Natalie du Toit

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...