Posted on September 15, 2021
#TuksSwimming: “I would not be a gold medallist and have earned a degree if it was not for UP and TuksSport,” says Tatjana Schoenmaker The University of Pretoria (UP) recently welcomed Tatjana Schoenmaker back to her alma mater when the country’s golden girl lunched with the...
Posted on August 26, 2021
#TuksSwimming: 17 years of perseverance is the reason why Hendrik van der Merwe is competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Rumour has it that Hendrik van der Merwe used to pack quite a mean punch in his younger days at school, but he was not a fighter at heart, so he took up...
Posted on August 03, 2021
South Africa's Olympic champion and world record holder, Tatjana Schoenmaker, can swim faster in the 200m-breaststroke. Rocco Meiring is the man who is making the prediction, and he should know as he is the coach. The Tuks based swimmer amazed everyone when she won the 200m-breaststroke...
Posted on August 01, 2021
#TuksSwimming: Penny Heyns ‘blown’ away by Tatjana Schoenmaker’s world record performance in Tokyo 2020 Olympics The South African swimming legend, Penny Heyns, admits to being blown away by Tatjana Schoenmaker's world record performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. "The...
Posted on July 30, 2021
Tatjana Schoenmaker saved her best for on Friday, 30 July by winning the women’s 200m-breaststroke in a world record time of 2.18.95 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tuks based swimmer's winning time is 0.17s faster than the record set by Rikke Pedersen (Denmark) in 2013. The moment...
Posted on July 29, 2021
Another day, another race, but that is about all that changes as Tatjana Schoenmaker is still dominating the breaststroke events at the Tokyo Olympic Games. This morning she won her 200m-breaststroke semifinal in a time of 2:19.33. But, unfortunately, the Tuks based swimmer again just missed...
Posted on July 28, 2021
#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker sets a women’s 200m breaststroke Olympic record in Tokyo 2020 Olympics There seems to be no slowing down for Tatjana Schoenmaker at the Tokyo Olympics. This afternoon she just missed out on setting a new world record in the 200m-breaststroke. She won...
Posted on July 25, 2021
South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker set a new Olympic and Africa record today in Tokyo when she won her 100m-breaststroke heat in a time of 1:04.82. It means Schoenmaker is now ranked in the top ten of FINA's all-time list in the 100m-breaststroke and the 200m-breaststroke. Only four female...
Posted on July 25, 2021
#TuksSwimming: The 17-year-old, Pieter Coetzé aims to qualify for 100m-backstroke semi-finals in Tokyo 2020 Olympics The 17-year-old, Pieter Coetzé will be the youngest swimmer to compete in the 100m-backstroke at the Tokyo Olympic Games on 25 July 2021. On a greater note, he is not...
Posted on July 25, 2021
Tatjana Schoenmaker made sure that she will contest her first-ever Olympic final tomorrow morning when she won her semi-final heat in the 100m-breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. For the second consecutive day, the Tuks based swimmer clocked the fastest time. She won her semifinal heat this...
Posted on July 24, 2021
#TuksSwimming: The stage is now set for Tatjana Schoenmaker to make her Olympics debut in Tokyo Tatjana Schoenmaker (now a TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksSwimming Academy graduate), will only "test" the waters on Sunday in Tokyo when she dives in to compete in the...
Posted on July 24, 2021
A total of 25 athletes from the University of Pretoria (UP) and six alumni are participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from Saturday. In addition to the competing athletes, eight TuksSport coaches will be in Tokyo to provide advice to the athletes, along with a Tuks referee to ensure the...
Posted on July 05, 2021
It is Monday. Rocco Meiring is next to the Tuks swimming pool overseeing the training of Tatjana Schoenmaker, Kaylene Corbett, Pieter Coetze more as they hone their skills for the Tokyo 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.
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.
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....
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.
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.
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...
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.
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