Posted on November 11, 2019
University of Pretoria TuksSport swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker won the South African Sports Star of the Year award as well as the South African Sportswoman of the Year award at the SA Sport Awards in Durban recently.
Posted on November 07, 2019
The love of a real challenge led to the 17-year-old Tuks swimmer Ruan Breytenbach winning the 1500m and 3000m men's races during the recent Sun City Open Water-event.
Posted on October 15, 2019
The World Championship 200m-breaststroke silver medallist Tatjana Schoenmaker's coach prefers never to be the frontman, but facts can't be ignored; that is why he has been nominated for SA Sports Award coach of the year. The Tuks swimmer is in contention for the female sports star of the year award.
Posted on October 10, 2019
Tatjana Schoenmaker (Tuks) has been nominated by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) for their best athlete award.
Posted on September 23, 2019
A highly successful 2019 USSA Swimming Championship concluded in Bloemfontein on Saturday with the University of Pretoria – Tuks Swimming retaining their overall title that they claimed in Port Elizabeth in 2018.
Posted on September 17, 2019
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett, are going to set their own ambitions aside from Friday in Bloemfontein to try and help Tuks win the USSA Swim Gala overall for a third consecutive year.
Posted on August 16, 2019
Two seconds faster is the challenge Duné Coetzee is going to set herself from next week when she competes in the 200m-butterfly during the World Junior Championships in Budapest.
Posted on August 14, 2019
Mili-seconds is what it is going to be all about for Tatjana Schoenmaker as she prepares for next year's Tokyo Olympic Games.
Posted on August 12, 2019
There is a real chance of the Tuks swimmer, Kaylene Corbett, winning gold maybe even three medals in the breaststroke events during the African Games starting in Rabat, Morocco from next week.
Posted on August 05, 2019
Tuks's Tatjana Schoenmaker achieved another first over the weekend when she won two gold medals during the FINA Swimming World Cup Series in Tokyo.
Posted on July 28, 2019
Tatjana Schoenmaker continued her role as Swim South Africa's "poster girl" when she won a silver medal in the 200m-breaststroke during the World Championships in Korea today.
Posted on July 09, 2019
It is mission accomplished for Tatjana Schoenmaker, and Kaylene Corbett as both managed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games a second-time last night during the World Student Games in Napoli.
Posted on July 08, 2019
The Tuks swimmer, Tatjana Schoenmaker, seems to have taken a liking to gold medals as during last night's World Student Games in Napoli, Italy she won the 100m-breaststroke.
Posted on July 03, 2019
Friday when Tatjana Schoenmaker dives into the pool to contest the 100m-breaststroke at the Summer Universiade in Napoli, Italy it could be seen as a return to the event in which she kicked of her international swimming career.
Posted on June 19, 2019
The stats will indicate that the Tuks swimmer Nathania van Niekerk has qualified to represent South Africa next month at the World University Games in Italy and World Championships in Korea, but mere numbers will never tell a story of dedication and perseverance.
Posted on June 10, 2019
A Commonwealth Games champion, a World Cup gold medallist, two junior world champions and a current World Cup football player are amongst the Tuks athletes who will be representing South Africa at the World Student Games in Napoli, Italy next month.
Posted on April 10, 2019
Judging by what has been happening during the South African Senior Swimming Championships in Durban it would seem as if Tuks is where talented female swimmers learn how to become champions.
Posted on December 11, 2018
Duné Coetzee can justly feel it is mission accomplished after winning four gold medals during the Ausc Region 5 Under-20 Games in Gaborone, Botswana.
Posted on December 06, 2018
The Youth Olympic medallist who also represented South Africa at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games is selected to compete at the Ausc Region 5 Under-20 Games in Gaborone, Botswana from Saturday. The UP-Tuks swimmer is undoubtedly in for a hectic few days due to her decision to contest nine events.
Posted on October 22, 2018
Upping the tally of her international medal collection won’t be a priority next year for the Commonwealth breaststroke champion, Tatjana Schoenmaker, as her focus will be more on being at her best for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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