Sophie Pascoe

Infobox Person
name = Sophie Pascoe
birth_date = birth date and age|1993|1|8
birth_place = Canterbury, New Zealand
education = Lincoln High School
nationality = New Zealand

Sophie Pascoe (born 8 January, 1993 in Christchurch, New Zealand)cite web |url= http://beijing.sparc.org.nz/nz-athletes/paralympic-athletes/aquatics.htm |title= Paralympic Athletes - Swimming |date= |accessdate= 2008-09-12] is a New Zealand paralympics swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold and a silver medal for the 100 m breaststroke and 100 m butterfly respectively and later a gold for the women's 200 m individual medley.cite web |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/4689575a1823.html |title= Second gold for Pascoe in the pool |publisher= |date=2008-09-12 |accessdate= 2008-09-12] Pascoe then had to share a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke when she drew first with South African Shireen Sapiro.cite web |url= http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/417227/2074220 |title= Gold and silver for NZ swimmers |publisher= NZPA |date=2008-09-14 |accessdate= 2008-09-14] A lawn mower accident at the age of 2 led to the loss of one of her legs below the knee. At only 15 years of age, Pascoe was New Zealand's youngest at the Beijing paralympics,cite web |url= http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/417227/2068983 |title= Pascoe wins gold for grandad |publisher= TVNZ |date=2008-09-11 |accessdate= 2008-09-12] and the youngest ever New Zealander to win a medal.cite web |url= http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/417227/2064492 |title= Kiwi teen takes silver |publisher= TVNZ |date= 2008-09-09 |accessdate= 2008-09-12] Pascoe has just recently claimed the title of New Zealand's favorite Paralympic Athlete in a nationwide voting competition. For this she has won an Mitsubishi VRX outlander.cite web |url= http://olympicoutlander.tvnz.co.nz/indexS.php|title= New Zealand's favourite Paralympic athlete: Sophie Pascoe |publisher= TVNZ |date=2008-09-19 |accessdate= 2008-09-19]

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