Twenty-six-year-old Schoenmaker has been crowned at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Student Games and continental galas, but this is her first world championship gold medal.
Tatjana Schoenmaker. Picture: facebook.com/tatjana.schoenmaker
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker has won her first-ever world title in the 200m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on Friday.
The Olympic champion touched the wall in 2:20.80 to finish ahead of American Lilly King in 2:21.23 and Tes Schouten of the Netherlands in 2:21.63.
????????Tatjana SCHOENMAKER wins her first ever world title in the 200m Breast // ⏱️ 2:20.80 #AQUAFukuoka23 pic.twitter.com/dOBRvhTZtx
‘ World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 28, 2023
Earlier in the week, SA’s top swimmer bagged a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke.
Twenty-six-year-old Schoenmaker has been crowned at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Student Games and continental galas, but this is her first world championship gold medal.
She became the first SA woman to win a world championship medal in the long-course competition in 2019 when she took the 200m breaststroke silver, but now she is the country’s first female world champion.
Tatjana Schoenmaker makes history for South Africa as the first female world champion with her 200m breaststroke gold medal! #AQUAFukuoka23
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‘ NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 28, 2023
???? ¡???????? TATJANA SCHOENMAKER CAMPEONA DEL MUNDO DEL 200m BRAZA!
???????????? Tatjana Schoenmaker – 2:20.80
???????????? Kate Douglass – 2:21.23
???????????? Tes Schouten – 2:21.63 (Récord nacional @KNZBned)#Fukuoka2023 pic.twitter.com/rzqS8afqgQ‘ Olatz Zubia Zeberio (@Olatz_Zu_Ze) July 28, 2023
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