Tatjana Smith

Tatjana Smith, born Tatjana Schoenmaker on 9 July 1997, is a retired South African swimmer who specialised in breaststroke. She is a two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history. At the 2020 Olympic Games she won gold in the 200-metre breaststroke and silver in the 100-metre breaststroke, setting Olympic records in both and a world record in the 200 metres. At the 2024 Games she won the 100-metre breaststroke and took silver in the 200 metres. She also won world championship gold in 2023, was twice a silver medallist at the world championships, and has held African records in the 100-metre breaststroke in both long course and short course.