Pauline Foulds

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]

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]

References
  1. "Swimming at the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. "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.
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