Sarah Rose (swimmer)
 Sarah Rose in November 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sarah Rose | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 February 1986 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S8, SB7, SM8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sarah Rose (born 18 February 1986) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born in Sydney with dwarfism.[1][2] At the 2004 Athens Games, she competed in four events and won a bronze medal in the Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 event.[3] At the 2008 Beijing Games she competed in four events.
At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, she won a silver medal in the Women's 50m Butterfly S6.[2]
In 2012, she made a comeback after a serious back injury and achieved her aim of selection for the Australian team to represent at the 2012 London Games.[4][5]
She was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder from 2004 to 2009.[6] She works as an administrative assistant for The House with No Steps, an organisation set up to help the disabled.[2]
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- ↑ Australian Paralympic Committee (2008). Media guide : 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Athlete Profile - Sarah Rose". IPC Swimming Website. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ↑ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ "Showdown for London berths". Sydney Unio Sport & Fitness. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ↑ "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Swimming Website. Australian Swimming. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Retrieved 2 April 2012.