Sarah Rose (swimmer)

Sarah Rose

Sarah Rose in November 2012
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Rose
Nationality	Australia
Born	18 February 1986 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Classifications	S8, SB7, SM8
Medal record Women's paralympic swimming Competitor for  Australia Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 50 m butterfly S6 World Championships (LC) 2006 Durban 50 m butterfly S6

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]

Rose with Ellie Cole and Jason Hellwig at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony

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]

References

1. Australian Paralympic Committee (2008). Media guide : 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee.
2. "Athlete Profile - Sarah Rose". IPC Swimming Website. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
3. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
4. "Showdown for London berths". Sydney Unio Sport & Fitness. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
5. "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Swimming Website. Australian Swimming. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
6. "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Retrieved 2 April 2012.