March 6. NATALIE DU TOIT, regarded by many as one of South Africa's most likely contenders at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, was injured in a traffic accident in Cape Town a week ago and had to have a ...

(AP) Impending retirement has done little to dim the lofty ambitions of Natalie du Toit, one of the most decorated athletes competing at the London Paralympics. Since losing her left leg in a motor ...

BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) - South African amputee Natalie du Toit snared her fifth swimming gold medal of the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday in an event 9,950 metres shorter than the race she took ...

Having won five gold medals and a silver at her first Games in Athens in 2004 before claiming a further five golds at Beijing in 2008, the 28-year-old from Cape Town (pictured), who lost her left leg ...

South Africa’s Paralympic star Natalie du Toit dominated the women’s S1-S10 race winning in a time of 1 hour 00min 22sec to finish more than six minutes ahead of silver medallist Elodie Lorandie of ...

BEIJING — Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in a world-record time for her disability group. Du ...

South African poet Mbali Vilakazi is also a performer and radio producer based in Cape Town. Vilakazi's poem pays tribute to South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, the first female amputee ever to ...