Holiday Hotspot: Charl du Toit

The South African Paralympic champion and world record holder tells all about where he likes to holiday. 14 May 2017

Holiday Hotspot photo of Charl du Toit on the beach in Thailand.

By IPC

This week’s Holiday Hotspot comes from South Africa’s double Paralympic champion Charl du Toit.

2016 was a tremendous year of Para athletics for the 24-year-old – he lowered the 100m T37 world record twice during the season and won gold in the 100m and 400m T37 at Rio 2016.

No wonder he jetted off on a well-deserved holiday not long after the Paralympic Games. But where did he go?

Charl du Toit - My Holiday Hotspot:

Definitely Phuket in Thailand. I went in December and that’s an amazing place – I Iove all the outdoors activities there and the adventures you can do.

My two essential items:

As long as I get my sporting updates I’m happy!

I’ll definitely take a ball to play with… and if my mates are there I’ll be happy – I definitely wouldn’t want to do it alone.