Former double gold Olympic champion Penny Heyns has called current swimming star Tatjana Smith SA's greatest Olympian.
'I’m glad she is the one that has taken the baton and is the golden girl.'South Africa’s two-time Olympic gold medalist Tatjana Smith has been hailed the country’s greatest Olympian by none other than swimming legend Penny Heyns.
Heyns herself is a former double gold winner from Atlanta in 1996 when she won the 100m and 200m breaststroke titles.. “I had two golds and a bronze, and she has two golds and a silver, and will most likely getSmith, who was still swimming under her maiden surname Schoenmaker in Tokyo in 2021 “Tatjana is the highest decorated Olympian of all sports in South Africa,” said Heyns.
“But quite honestly, most American, and Australian swimmers don’t swim World Cups and World Shorts, and Tatjana doesn’t compete in Short Course. The only thing that really matters for a lot of swimmers is the Olympic events. “But the more I saw her stroke the more I thought it was a very clever way to swim and I think that comes naturally to her. I don’t think anyone has taught her this way.
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