Pam Foley
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Pam Nugent (née Foley) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was studying to be a nurse at Mater Hospital in Townsville, when she became paralysed from the waist down at the age of 19 after her new motorbike crashed over Castle Hill.[1][2] She took up swimming after the accident to strengthen her arms.[2] At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, she won two silver medals in the Women's 25 m Freestyle 2 and Women's 3x25 m Medley 2 events.[3] She has been married to Paralympic athlete and wheelchair manufacturer Mike Nugent since 1975.[4]
References
- ↑ Stapleton, Marjorie (26 March 1972). "They turn tragedy into triumph". The Sunday Sun.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pam may swim at Munich". The Courier-Mail. 18 March 1972.
- ↑ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ↑ Epstein, Vicki. Step by Step We Conquer. Keeaira Press. p. 48. ISBN 0958529191.