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Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe DNZM (born 8 January 1993) is a New Zealand para-swimmer. She has represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008 , winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals and one bronze medal, making her New Zealand's most successful Paralympian.
Sophie Pascoe is a New Zealand swimmer and the county’s most successful Paralympian, having won a total of 19 Paralympic medals. She has competed in four Paralympic Games, a major international sports competition for athletes with disabilities.
The standard-bearer for Para sport in New Zealand, Dame Sophie Pascoe is a national treasure. She is an eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion in Para swimming. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Sophie won four medals – taking her total tally to 19 Paralympic medals.
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.
Dame Sophie Pascoe is New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian with a staggering twenty medals to her name. At Commonwealth Games level, Dame Sophie has won five gold medals, two at Glasgow 2014, two at Gold Coast 2018 and one at Birmingham 2022.
Paralympian #166 Sophie Pascoe has been appointed a Dame in the 2022 New Year’s Honours. At 29, she is the youngest to ever be given the title. The 11-time Paralympic gold medallist and four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist was recognised for her contribution to swimming.
Sep 2, 2021 · Sophie Pascoe: New Zealand’s Para swimming star glitters at Tokyo 2020. Plunging into Tokyo 2020 a year later than planned may have been Pascoe's greatest challenge, but even that couldn't stop the Kiwi from winning.
