{"id":657186,"date":"2026-11-10T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=657186"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:06:39","slug":"olympic-champion-tatjana-smith-changes-allegiance-to-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-champion-tatjana-smith-changes-allegiance-to-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Champion Tatjana Smith Changes Allegiance to Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic Champion Tatjana Smith Changes Allegiance to Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n

South African Olympic champion Tatjana Smith<\/strong> has changed her sporting allegiance to the Netherlands, she announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Smith, who won four Olympic medals for South Africa with the first two as Tatjana Schoenmaker,<\/strong> made the announcement in a video on social media that she termed a Letter to South Africa.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by -TATJANA SMITH (SCHOENMAKER)- (@tatjanaschoen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n