{"id":604015,"date":"2025-01-30T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=604015"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:54:59","slug":"11-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-sophie-pascoe-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/11-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-sophie-pascoe-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"11-Time Paralympic Gold Medalist Sophie Pascoe Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

11-Time Paralympic Gold Medalist Sophie Pascoe Retires<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophie Pascoe,<\/strong> an 11-time gold medalist at the Paralympics, announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The native of Christchurch, New Zealand, turned 32 in January. She competed at four Paralympic Games, from 2008 to the Tokyo Games in 2021, though she didn\u2019t compete at the Paris Paralympics in 2024 after giving birth to her first child<\/a> in the spring. Pascoe instead worked in commentary for the Games on TVNZ.<\/p>\n

The most decorated Paralympic athlete in New Zealand history made the announcement on social media.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Dame Sophie Pascoe PLY (@sophpascoe1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n