Simoné du Toit

Simoné du Toit (born 27 September 1988) is a South African shot putter.

Simoné du Toit

Personal information
Nationality	South Africa
Born	(1988-09-27) 27 September 1988
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put, Discus Throw
College team	Southern Methodist University
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  South Africa World Youth Championships 2005 Marrakesh Shot Put 2005 Marrakesh Discus throw All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers Shot put

Her personal best throw is 17.13 metres, achieved in October 2005 in Naboomspruit. In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	8th	Shot put	14.14 m
			13th (q)	Discus throw	38.86 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	13th (q)	Shot put	15.16 m
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Shot put	16.33 m
			2nd	Discus throw	52.10 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	6th	Shot put	16.52 m
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	4th	Shot put	16.95 m
			6th	Discus throw	52.39 m
2007	All-Africa Games[1]	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	Shot put	16.77 m
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	4th	Shot put	16.80 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	5th	Shot put	15.33 m
			3rd	Discus throw	47.10 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	9th	Shot put	14.75 m
			14th (q)	Discus throw	51.27 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	8th	Shot put	16.78 m
			8th	Discus throw	53.97 m
	World Championships[2]	Daegu, South Korea	24th (q)	Shot put	15.83 m

Simone's all time furthest throws include the furthest throw for a 13-year-old in the world. World leading distance in Morocco at the World Youth Games 2006. African Record in discus Second best distance of all time in South African history in both events, shot put and discus.

Simone graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas December 2011. She achieved as an NCAA athlete and collected several C- USA athlete of the week awards. Simone was the recipient of the prestigious Student athlete of the year 2010 award for All sports at SMU.[3]

She used to working at QuickBooks as the manager of HR and payroll. Nowadays she takes a more relaxing approach to life since being engaged to Henry Brown, a successful business man from Centurion, Pretoria. Simone also coaches athletics at Hoerskool Kempton Park. Her athelic group consist of about 20 athletes from which there are several SA champions.

Simone has two sisters, Danell du Toit and Chane du Toit who both live in Kempton Park. Danell du Toit, age 16,goes to the same highschool that her eldest sister went to in Kempton Park.

Simone's father, Boesman du Toit, an old Northern Transvaal and Transvaal rugby player was also her coach. He is married to Mariaan du Toit and they live in Kempton Park.

Mariaan and Boesman has an insurance company Y2k Finance situated in Kempton Park.

References

• Simoné du Toit at World Athletics

1. http://www.africathle.com/perso/events/ALGER_2007/ALG_results.html
2. Simon Barclay (2011). 13th World Athletics Championships – Daegu 2011. Complete Results & Athlete Reference. *Lulu.com*. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4709-4779-8.
3. http://www.supernews.co.za/uj-scoops-international-sports-star/

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