Full list of South Africa's medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
South Africa walked away with six Olympic medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The 33rd Summer Olympics in France finally concluded on 11 August during its closing ceremony on Sunday.
For the past two weeks, millions of people have been glued to their TV screens as athletes from around the world competed in a variety of sports, looking to make their countries proud and claim their Olympic medals.
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Out of more than 10,00 athletes, 150 of those represented our beautiful country, South Africa.
This was Team South Africa's 21st appearance at the Olympic Games from 26 July to 11 August.
Coming into the 2024 Games, the country was looking to improve on the three medals it received at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - and improve they did.
In Tokyo, South Africa claimed three medals, with gold and silver from Tatjana Smith (Schoenmaker) and silver from Bianca Buitendag.
In 2024, Team South Africa managed to double that, bringing home six Olympic medals.
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The medals included two bronze, three silver, and one gold.
Here is the full list of medals Team South Africa claimed:
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