# Double Olympic Champion Confirms Switching Countries Just Before LA 2028

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2 outlets covering · First listed: EssentiallySports, Nov 10, 2026, 11:09 PM · Read it: <https://www.essentiallysports.com/olympics-news-swimming-double-olympic-champion-confirms-switching-countries-just-before-la-two-zero-two-eight/>

Four Olympic medals made Tatjana Smith one of South Africa’s greatest sporting icons. But as she prepares for another Olympic chapter, the swimming champion has made a decision that will see her trade the country’s familiar green and gold for Dutch orange. On November 10, with tears in her eyes, Smith officially announced that she

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- Nov 10, 2026, 11:09 PM: [Double Olympic Champion Confirms Switching Countries Just Before LA 2028](<https://www.essentiallysports.com/olympics-news-swimming-double-olympic-champion-confirms-switching-countries-just-before-la-two-zero-two-eight/>) — EssentiallySports (Sports)
  Four Olympic medals made Tatjana Smith one of South Africa’s greatest sporting icons. But as she prepares for another Olympic chapter, the swimming champion has made a decision that will see her trade the country’s familiar green and gold for Dutch orange. On November 10, with tears in her eyes, Smith officially announced that she
- Nov 11, 2026, 10:23 AM: [Why Olympic champion initially gave up swimming before shockingly switching countries](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/sports/why-olympic-champion-initially-gave-up-swimming-before-shockingly-switching-countries/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States)
  South Africa's most successful Olympian Tatjana Smith retired from the sport before her latest shocking move.