The dance and performance student made a remarkable recovery after losing his right leg to a shark when he was in his first year at UCT.
He returned to the water two months later and has since excelled at surfing and swimming. He won his division in the International Surfing Association Adaptive Surfing Championships and is eyeing the world championships in California.
Swanepoel, who is also a motivational speaker and has aspirations to act in productions of Shakespeare’s plays in the UK, said after the 2015 shark attack in Buffels Bay, near Knysna,"I thought I wouldn’t go back to varsity for a while." But staff at UCT’s Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, told him:"We’re going to do everything we can to accommodate you, but please, come back."
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