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Tatjana Schoenmaker

1997 - Today

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Tatjana Smith (née Schoenmaker; born 9 July 1997) is a South African retired swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events. She is a two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history. Smith won the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games, setting Olympic records in both events and the world record in the former, and the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2024 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tatjana Schoenmaker has received more than 339,007 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tatjana Schoenmaker is the 525th most popular swimmer (down from 318th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 315th in 2019) and the 7th most popular South African Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Tatjana Schoenmaker ranks 525 out of 709Before her are Rachele Bruni, Matti Mattsson, Melvin Stewart, Barbora Seemanová, Kira Toussaint, and Nikita Lobintsev. After her are Katsumi Nakamura, Jiang Wenwen, Qin Haiyang, Alla Shishkina, Coralie Balmy, and Tom Dolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Tatjana Schoenmaker ranks 605Before her are Ryosuke Kojima, Gergely Siklósi, Niklas Larsen, Max Kanter, Yasser Triki, and Erik Jirka. After her are Thomas Bryant, Jordan Torunarigha, Gijs Blom, Hidayet Heydarov, Joe Rodon, and Temur Rakhimov.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Tatjana Schoenmaker ranks 412 out of 454Before her are Mmusi Maimane (1980), Hashim Amla (1983), Lebo Mothiba (1996), L. J. van Zyl (1985), James Thompson (1986), and Zane Weir (1995). After her are Gary Kirsten (1967), Wayne Odesnik (1985), Hezekiél Sepeng (1974), Akani Simbine (1993), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (1985), and Calvin Marlin (1976).

Among SWIMMERS In South Africa

Among swimmers born in South Africa, Tatjana Schoenmaker ranks 7Before her are Joan Harrison (1935), Chad le Clos (1992), Penelope Heyns (1974), Cameron van der Burgh (1988), Natalie du Toit (1984), and Roland Schoeman (1980). After her are Tamsin Cook (1998), Keri-anne Payne (1987), Tyler Christianson (2001), Brad Tandy (1991), Michelle Weber (1996), and Pieter Coetze (2004).