Rebecca Perrott

Rebecca Vivian Mary Perrott MBE (born 20 June 1961) is a swimmer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres freestyle at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. She was fourth in the women's 400m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Rebecca Perrott

MBE

Personal information
Birth name	Rebecca Vivian Mary Perrott
Born	(1961-06-20) 20 June 1961 Wellington, New Zealand
Sport
Country	Fiji New Zealand
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 200 m freestyle 1978 Edmonton 200 m indiv. medley 1978 Edmonton 400 m freestyle 1978 Edmonton 800 m freestyle

In the 1980 New Year Honours, Perrott was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to swimming.[1] She was considered a possible medallist for the 1980 Summer Olympics but was denied the opportunity due to the boycott by the majority of New Zealand Olympic sports associations.

At 15 she was the youngest person to represent New Zealand at the Olympics.[2] At 12½ she was the youngest competitor at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games; swimming for Fiji as her father was Registrar at the University of the South Pacific.[3]

In 1994 she won a silver medal at the world surf championships in Britain.[3] In 2011, she broke six New Zealand Masters swimming records.[4]