same year, her courage and achievements were acknowledged with a nomination for the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year 2004 with Disability Award. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she repeated her previous performance by winning the same two golds as she had in Manchester. In 2006 Du Toit also won six gold medals at the fourth IPC World Swimming Championships, finishing third overall in a race which included 36 males and 20 females. On 3 May 2008, Du Toit qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after finishing fourth in the 10 km open water race at the Open Water World Championships in Seville, Spain. Her time was only 5.1 seconds off the winner in a race that made its first Olympic appearance in Beijing. At the Beijing Olympics women's 10 km race, she finished in 16th place, 1:22.2 minutes behind the winner. She also took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning five gold medals. 13 June 2008 On 27 August 2012, just three days before the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she announced her intention to retire at the end of the event. 2008 Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremonies South Africa's Olympic Committee chose Du Toit to carry their flag at the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, making her the first athlete to carry a flag in both Olympics and Paralympics in a single year. Major sporting achievements 200 m SM9 individual medley swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2012) 100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2012) 400 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2012) 100 m S9 freestyle swimming silver medal – Paralympics (2012) 100 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal – Commonwealth Games (2010) 100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal – Commonwealth Games (2010) 50 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal – Commonwealth Games (2010) 50 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2008) 400 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2008) 200 m SM9 individual medley swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2008) 100 m S9 freestyle swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2008) 100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2008) 100 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability) gold – Commonwealth Games (2006) 50 m freestyle swimming EAD (multi-disability) gold – Commonwealth Games (2006) 100 m S9 backstroke swimming silver medal – Paralympics (2004) 100 m S9 butterfly swimming gold medal – Paralympics (2004) 100 m S9