Tatjana Smith

Tatjana Smith

Personal information
Birth name	Tatjana Schoenmaker
Nationality	South African
Born	(1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  South Africa Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke 2024 Paris 100 m breaststroke 2020 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke 2024 Paris 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2023 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 2019 Gwangju 200 m breaststroke 2023 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 100 m breaststroke 2018 Gold Coast 200 m breaststroke 2022 Birmingham 200 m breaststroke 2022 Birmingham 100 m breaststroke African Games 2015 Brazzaville 50 m breaststroke 2015 Brazzaville 100 m breaststroke 2015 Brazzaville 200 m breaststroke Summer Universiade 2019 Naples 100 m breaststroke 2019 Naples 200 m breaststroke 2017 Taipei 200 m breaststroke African Youth Games 2014 Gaborone 50 m breaststroke 2014 Gaborone 100 m breaststroke African Junior Championships 2013 Lusaka 50 m breaststroke 2013 Lusaka 100 m breaststroke 2013 Lusaka 200 m breaststroke 2013 Lusaka 4×100 m freestyle 2013 Lusaka 4×200 m freestyle 2013 Lusaka 4×100 m medley

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. She is also a World Championships gold medalist (2023) and two-time silver medalist (2019, 2023).

Smith is the former world record holder in the long course 200-metre breaststroke and is the African record holder in the long course and short course 100-metre breaststroke, as well as the short course 200-metre breaststroke.