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Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics winners rewarded by Toyota

By Abigail Javier

Car manufacturer Toyota has rewarded South Africa’s Olympic and Paralympic medallists after the Tokyo Games 2020. #Tokyo2020

  • Some of the Olympic and Paralympic medalists receiving their cheques from Toyota on 10 September 2021. Pictures: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    SA's Olympic & Paralympic medallists honoured by Toyota for Tokyo performances

    On Friday, sponsors Toyota gifted seven athletes with cash at a ceremony in Johannesburg.

    255 days ago
  •  South Africa’s 100 metre breaststroke gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker set new record in the 100m breaststroke heat on Sunday, 25 July 2021 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. Picture: Twitter/@TeamSA2020

    Crowdfunding campaign for Schoenmaker, Buitendag gets R100k in first hour

    Mike Sharman, founder of Matchkit, started the campaign to encourage local businesses to contribute towards the athlete's bonuses after it was initially thought Sascoc would not be paying to the duo following their exploits in Tokyo.

    286 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker with her goldmedal  after winning the final of the women's 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 30, 2021.

    Sascoc clarifies position on incentives for Olympic, Paralympic medallists

    In a statement on Tuesday morning, Sascoc president, Barry Hendriks, said that reports that the governing body would not be rewarding Tatjana Schoenmaker and Bianca Buitendag were wide of the mark.

    286 days ago
  •  South Africa’s 100 metre breaststroke gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker set new record in the 100m breaststroke heat on Sunday, 25 July 2021 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. Picture: Twitter/@TeamSA2020

    Sascoc negotiating with partners to pay Olympic bonuses for medallists

    Sascoc on Monday confirmed that Tatjana Schoenmaker and Bianca Buitendag, South Africa’s only two medallists at the Games, would not be getting bonuses.

    286 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker with her goldmedal  after winning the final of the women's 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 30, 2021.

    Sascoc: Olympic medallists Schoenmaker, Buitendag won’t receive medal bonuses

    Schoenmaker and Buitendag were the only athletes from Team South Africa to win medals at the Tokyo games.

    287 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker picked up Team SA's first gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games when she won the 200m breaststroke in a world record time on 30 July 2021. Picture: Anton Geyser/SASPA/SASI

    Schoenmaker happy to put a smile on SA faces after winning Olympic gold

    Olympic gold medallist Tatjana Schoenmaker is now back in South Africa and said that it was all still sinking in.

    292 days ago
  • South Africa has picked up three medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo so far. We look at the two athletes who have stood tall on the international stage. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Meet SA's Olympic medalists

    South Africa has picked up three medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo so far. We look at the two athletes who have stood tall on the international stage.

    293 days ago
  • Tatjana Schoenmaker with her silver medal after placing second in the Olympic women's 100m breaststroke final on 27 July 2021. Picture: Anton Geyser/SASPA/SASI

    A week of glory & disappointment for Team SA in week 1 of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

    Despite the low medal total, it was a week that many South Africans will never forget as a few shining lights put their names on the world map.

    295 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker with her goldmedal  after winning the final of the women's 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 30, 2021.

    Five memorable moments from Tokyo Olympics swimming

    Tatjana Schoenmaker announced herself on the Olympic stage in style when she smashed the women's 200m breaststroke world record to claim South Africa's first gold in the pool since 1996.

    295 days ago
  • South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker broke the 200m breaststroke world record on he way to the Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on 30 July 2021. Picture: Anton Geyser/SASPA/SASI

    'Still so unreal' - Schoenmaker 'shocked' at record-breaking gold

    It made her the first female South African to win an Olympic swimming gold since 1996, when Penny Heyns swept the women's 100m and 200m breaststroke.

    297 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker picked up Team SA's first gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games when she won the 200m breaststroke in a world record time on 30 July 2021. Picture: Anton Geyser/SASPA/SASI

    SA's Schoenmaker smashes 200m breaststroke world record and claims Olympic gold

    Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women's 200m breaststroke in a new world record time of 2:18.95.

    298 days ago
  • The South African men’s hockey team celebrate their first win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after edging out Germany 4-3 on 29 July 2021. Picture: @TeamSA2020/Twitter

    Schoenmaker, Corbett make 200m breaststroke final, men's hockey get first win

    The South African men’s hockey team celebrated their first points of the games. Mustaphaa Cassiem scored a fourth quarter winning goal to secure a 4-3 win over Germany and end their run of three successive defeats.

    298 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker at the FINA Swimming World Cup on 2 August 2019. Picture: @fina1908/Twitter.

    McKeon, Schoenmaker fire warning shots with Olympic swim records

    A new champion will be crowned in the 200m breaststroke with 2016 winner Rie Kaneto not competing, and it could well be SA's Tatjana Schoenmaker.

    299 days ago
  • South Africa's Bianca Buitendag competes during the women's Surfing gold medal final at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, in Chiba, on 27 July 2021 during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Picture: Yuki Iwamura/AFP

    Team SA bags two medals as the hockey and rugby experience lows

    Tatjana Schoenmaker became the first South African woman to scoop up a medal in the pool in 21 years when she finished second in the 100m breaststroke final.

    300 days ago
  • Tatjana Schoenmaker with her silver medal after placing second in the Olympic women's 100m breaststroke final on 27 July 2021. Picture: Anton Geyser/SASPA/SASI

    Schoenmaker bags Team SA's first medal, Buitendag in surf final

    Tatjana Schoenmaker is South Africa’s first woman to get a medal in the pool in 21 years when she clinched silver in the 100 metre breaststroke final.

    300 days ago
  • South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker (right) celebrates her second-place finish in the 100m breaststroke final at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on 27 July 2021. Picture: Anton Geyser/SASPA/SASI

    USA's Jacoby beats SA's Schoenmaker to Olympic women's 100m breaststroke gold

    The 17-year-old swam a scintillating final 50m to touch in 1min 04.95sec and edge South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker (1:05.22) into second, with King having to settle for bronze in 1:05.54.

    301 days ago
  •  South Africa’s 100 metre breaststroke gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker set new record in the 100m breaststroke heat on Sunday, 25 July 2021 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. Picture: Twitter/@TeamSA2020

    Tatjana Schoenmaker sets an Olympic Record in the 100m Breaststroke

    Swimming out of lane 5, Schoenmaker finished her heat in a time of 1:04.82 - beating American Lilly King's record from Rio 2016.

    302 days ago
  • Ahead of the race, Tatjana Schoenmaker didn’t focus on winning a gold medal or even beating her competitors. Credit: AFP

    #EWNSportingMoments: Fearless Schoenmaker's golden triumph

    Armed with faith and cleansed of doubt and fear, SA's swimming sensation Tatjana Schoenmaker's breakthrough moment at the Commonwealth Games in Australia will live long in the memory.

    767 days ago
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