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Pauline Foulds

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Pauline Foulds
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportParalympic swimming
Medal record
Paralympic Games (incomplete)
Swimming
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Women's 50 m Crawl Complete class 4[1]
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Women's 50 m Backstroke Complete class 4[1]
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Women's 50 m Freestyle Supine Complete class 4[2]
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Women's 50 m Breaststroke Complete class 4[2]
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Women's 50 m Freestyle Prone Complete class 4[2]

Pauline Foulds is a retired British swimmer who won five Paralympic gold medals representing Great Britain. Foulds, who was injured in a riding accident and paralysed from the waist down,[3] won two golds in the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome and then three gold medals in Tokyo 1964.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Swimming at the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Swimming at the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Retro: November 1964 - Runaway train crash". Yorkshire Evening Post. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2018.