#TuksSport: Tuks athletes set to continue with a proud legacy at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Posted on July 05, 2021

Judging by the results, they are succeeding. So far, 24 Tuks athletes and five coaches and one referee have been selected to represent South Africa at the Tokyo Games. At least three more athletes and one coach could be named next week when the final team selection is announced.

#TuksSwimming: Pool superintendent, Abel Mokoena, always aims to keep swimmers afloat

Posted on June 18, 2021

The University of Pretoria’s swimming team as well as the elite athletes who train at its spotless facility are fortunate to have Abel Mokoena who enables their dreams and carries them in his heart.

#TuksSwimming: Penny Heyns backs Tatjana Schoenmaker to medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Posted on April 17, 2021

21 years. That is how long it has been since a South African female swimmer medalled at an Olympic Games. But this statistic is about to change. Penny Heyns is banking on the Tuks swimmer, Tatjana Schoenmaker, to break the "jinx" in Tokyo. "I am impressed by Tatjana's recent performances....

#TuksSwimming: Pieter Coetzé says his never give up attitude helped him qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Posted on April 14, 2021

If you don't succeed at first . . . try . . . try again - is what Pieter Coetzé was about during the 2021 South African National Aquatic Championships in Newton Park, Gqeberha.

#TuksSwimming: Pieter Coetzé wins three gold medals at the 2021 South African National Aquatic Championships

Posted on April 14, 2021

The "Oom" of TuksSwimming, Pieter Coetzé, completed a brilliant campaign when he won the 100m-backstroke during the South African National Aquatic Championships.

#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker wins big at the 2021 South African National Aquatic Championships

Posted on April 13, 2021

Tatjana Schoenmaker can, for now at least, claim to be the world's fastest female 200m breaststroke swimmer after yet again setting a new African record winning in 2:20.17 at the South African National Aquatic Champs in Port Elizabeth. She also staged a new African and South African record time...

#TuksSwimming: Pieter Coetzé sets himself a goal to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

Posted on March 06, 2021

The Tuks swimmer, Pieter Coetzé, has set himself the goal of trying to achieve what few South African male swimmers, if any, had been able to do, that is, qualify for the Olympic Games at the age of 16.

#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker sets a new African record of 1:05.89 in Stellenbosch

Posted on March 03, 2021

Tatjana Schoenmaker showed that qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be a breeze when she set a new African record during Swim South Africa’s Evaluation Camp Gala in Stellenbosch. The Tuks based swimmer won the 100m-breaststroke in a record time of 1:05.89 two weeks ago in...