A biography for Natalie du Toithasn’t been written yet.
“When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.”
“I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.”
“Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.”
“I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.”
“Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.”
“The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.”
“Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.”
“By 9:30 at night, I go to bed.”
“I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.”
“I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.”
“I'm probably the most negative person around.”
“It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.”
“Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.”
“Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.”
“I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.”
“It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.”
“I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.”
“I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.”
“Swimming is my passion and something that I love.”
“I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'”