Sophie Pascoe

Swimming

Aged just 15, Sophie Pascoe was the youngest member of the New Zealand team at Beijing 2008 where she won three gold and one silver medal in the Water Cube.

Her success in Beijing earned her four awards at the 2009 Canterbury Sportsperson Awards, including the prestigious Sportsperson of the Year Award.

At London 2012 she did even better than in Beijing taking home three gold and three silver medals in front of 17,000 people.

"I'm incredibly rapped to finish the games off like that. My ultimate goal was to get on the podium and that's what I've done. I'm finished and had a great campaign," she said after the final race of her second Paralympic Games.

After setting personal bests in all the races she won silver in at London 2012 she was determined to add to her gold medal collection at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada, and came away with an incredible five world titles.

The S10 swimmer had a difficult season in 2015 with the absence of her coach Roly Crichton, but still made the best of the year by adding three world titles to her bulging collection.

Pascoe, who lost her left leg following a lawnmower accident at two years old, shone again at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, taking three golds and two silvers, and breaking one world and one Paralympic records along the way.

Photo Gallery

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and shoulders above the surface

A picture of a woman putting the swimming cap on her head

Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand stands on the podium after winning a gold medal in the women's 100m Backstroke S10 final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

female Para swimmer Sophie Pascoe holds up a gold medal by the pool

New Zealand female swimmer puts hands on hips and prepares to take her mark in pool

two female Para swimmers smiling on the podium

a female swimmer raises her arm in celebration in the pool

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final Round	2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 1	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Final Round	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 2	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Final Round	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 1	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Final Round	2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 1	1

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 2	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Final Round	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Final Round	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 1	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 1	2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Final Round	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 2	1

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10	Heats	12
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Final Round	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heats	13
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heats	10
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heats	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heats	9
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heats	12

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 2	2012-08-30	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Final Round	2012-08-30	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final Round	2012-08-31	2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2012-08-31	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Final Round	2012-09-01	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 2	2012-09-01	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 1	2012-09-04	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Final Round	2012-09-04	2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Final Round	2012-09-06	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2012-09-06	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2012-09-08	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	2012-09-08	2

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Final 1	2013-08-12	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2013-08-12	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2013-08-14	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final 1	2013-08-14	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 2	2013-08-16	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Final 1	2013-08-16	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 2	2013-08-17	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Final 1	2013-08-17	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final 1	2013-08-18	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2013-08-18	1

2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final 1	2015-07-13	3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2015-07-13	2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 2	2015-07-14	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Final 1	2015-07-14	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2015-07-15	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final 1	2015-07-15	3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 1	2015-07-16	2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Final 1	2015-07-16	2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Final 1	2015-07-17	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 2	2015-07-17	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Final 1	2015-07-18	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2015-07-18	2
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Final 1	2015-07-19	7

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final Round	2016-09-09	2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2016-09-09	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 2	2016-09-10	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10	Final Round	2016-09-10	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Final Round	2016-09-11	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 2	2016-09-11	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Final Round	2016-09-12	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 2	2016-09-12	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Final Round	2016-09-13	2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2016-09-13	1

London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	2019-09-09	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Final 1	2019-09-09	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9	Final 1	2019-09-10	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9	Heat 1	2019-09-10	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9	Final 1	2019-09-11	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9	Heat 2	2019-09-11	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	2019-09-15	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9	Final 1	2019-09-15	1

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo, Japan)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8	Final	2021-08-26	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8	Heat 2	2021-08-26	2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9	Final	2021-08-30	3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9	Heat 2	2021-08-30	2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Heat 3	2021-08-31	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Final	2021-08-31	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9	Heat 3	2021-09-01	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9	Final	2021-09-01	1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9	Final	2021-09-02	5
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9	Heat 2	2021-09-02	2