Joel Smith, the brother of Siya Kolisi’s wife Rachel, married Olympic swimmer Tatjana Shoenmaker this past weekend. The pair tied the knot at the Pat Busch Mountain Reserve in the Western Cape.
Tatjana shared photos from the wedding on Instagram. In the post, Siya and Rachel’s two kids Nicholas (9) and Keziah (6) can be seen celebrating the newly weds. Take a look…
“Mr & Mrs Smith 🤵🏻👰🏻♀️,” she captioned the post.
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Joel revealed that he was in a relationship with Tatjana via an Instagram post on Valentine’s Day.
“My Valentine ❤️,” he captioned the post.
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However, this was not their first post together. Joel added a photo of Tajana to an album post in January.
Tatjana also went “Instagram official” with her bae as she shared a photo of them at what appears to be a rugby stadium on 1 March. Take a look…
“..and then you came along and everything changed..,” she captioned the post.
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WHO IS TATJANA SHOENMAKER?
Tatjana, formerly Shoenmaker is a South African Olympic swimmer. According to The Citizen, Tatjana won gold in the 100m and 200m breaststroke finals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland, Austrailia.
Before Joel, the Olympic swimmer was reportedly in a relationship with fellow swimmer Ruan Ras. Tatjana earned a Bcom in financial sciences at the University of Pretoria.
The swimmer made her Olympic debut in Tokyo and became only the third South African woman to win an Olympic swimming title. She followed Joan Harrison and Helsinki Games.