Dame Sophie Pascoe

EVENTS: Women's 100m Freestyle S9

Dame Sophie Pascoe is New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian and will make her third Commonwealth Games appearance at Birmingham 2022.

With four Commonwealth Games gold medals to her name, Dame Sophie Pascoe leads the charge in Birmingham where she will compete in the women's 100m freestyle S9 classification, the event in which she won gold in at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 

Dame Sophie was the New Zealand Team flagbearer at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, the position acknowledging for her elite performances and inspiration as a multi-Commonwealth, Paralympic and World Championship medal winning athlete.

Dame Sophie was appointed a Dame in the 2022 New Year's Honours for her services to swimming. She is the youngest person to be awarded the title.