Awards and Honours
In August 2002 she was awarded the Western Cape Golden Cross. During the award ceremony Western Cape Premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said she had gone "beyond gold and swam her way into the hearts of not only South Africans but the whole world".
Du Toit was voted 48th in the Top 100 Great South Africans in 2004 by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She won the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award in 2008.
In December 2009 she received the Order of Ikhamanga in Gold "for her exceptional achievements in swimming."
On 10 March 2010, she was awarded the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for "breaking down the barriers between disabled and able-bodied sport".
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