Sophie Pascoe
Sophie Pascoe is a paralympian who has set many world records and received heaps of medals. She is one of New zealands most sucessful paralympians ever. So far she has won nineteen medals attending 4 Paralympics. She has eleven gold, seven silver, and one bronze. When Sophie was two she lost her leg due to a lawn mower accident. Sophie was born in Christchurch, NewZealand on the 8th of January 1993, and raised in Halswell. She is currently 28 years old and is competing in the summer Paralympics. Which began on the 28th of August and ends on the 5th of September.
Sophie appeared in the paralympics due to her competing in the CCS Independence games, Other paralympians Roly Crichton and Graham Condon impressed by her skills invited her to join the QEll Swim club and her Paralympics began from there.
2008 Bejing Paralympics
-Gold-Womens 100m Breastroke SB9
-Gold-Womens 200m Individual Medley S10-Gold-Womens 100m Backstroke S10
-Silver-Womens 100m Butterfly S10
2012 London Paralympics
-Gold-Womens 200m Individual Medley SM10 (World Record)
-Gold-Womens 100m Butterfly SM10 (World Record)
-Gold-Womens 100m Freestyle S10
-Silver-Womens 50m Freestyle S10
-Silver-Womens 100m Backstroke S10
-Silver-Womens 100m Breastroke S10
-Gold-Womens 200m IM Sm10 (World Record)
-Gold-Womens 100m Backstroke S10
-Gold Womens 100m Butterfly S10
-Silver-Womens 50m Freestlye S10
-Silver-Womens 100m Freestyle S10
-Gold-Womens 100m Freestyle S9
-Gold-Womens Medley SM9
-Silver-Womens 100m Breastroke SB8
-Brownze-Womens 100m Backstroke S9
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