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Pam Foley

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Nationality	Australia
Medal record Swimming Paralympic Games 1972 Heidelberg Women's 25 m Freestyle 2 1972 Heidelberg Women's 3x25 m Medley 2

Pam Nugent (née Foley) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was studying to be a nurse at Mater Hospital in Townsville, when she became paralysed from the waist down at the age of 19 after her new motorbike crashed over Castle Hill. She took up swimming after the accident to strengthen her arms. At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, she won two silver medals in the Women's 25 m Freestyle 2 and Women's 3x25 m Medley 2 events. She married Paralympic athlete and wheelchair manufacturer Mike Nugent in 1975; who died in May 2024.

References

1. Stapleton, Marjorie (26 March 1972). "They turn tragedy into triumph". The Sunday Sun.
2. ^ "Pam may swim at Munich". The Courier-Mail. 18 March 1972.
3. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
4. Epstein, Vicki (2002). Step by Step We Conquer. Keeaira Press. p. 48. ISBN 0958529191.
5. "Michael Alwyn "Mike" Nugent – Death Notice". Courier Mail. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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