Tatjana Schoenmaker is our new world record holder in the women’s 200m breaststroke!

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By Liesl Smit


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Star swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker has claimed South Africa’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo as she won the women’s 200m breaststroke final this morning – setting a new world record in the process.
Swimming in lane 4, Schoenmaker timed her race to perfection, making her move, over the last 100-metres.
The 24-year old from Roodepoort makes history by becoming the first South African woman swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Penny Heyns at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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