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"I feel like I've left the sport proud": Dame Sophie Pascoe talks hanging up the goggles

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Sat, 1 Feb 2025, 3:00pm
New Zealand Para-Swimmer Dame Sophie Pascoe poses during a media opportunity on January 30, 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Pascoe is New Zealand's most successful Paralympian, with a total of 11 gold medals, 7 silver and 1 bronze across 4 Paralympic Games. (Photo by Joe Allison/Getty Images)
New Zealand Para-Swimmer Dame Sophie Pascoe poses during a media opportunity on January 30, 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Pascoe is New Zealand's most successful Paralympian, with a total of 11 gold medals, 7 silver and 1 bronze across 4 Paralympic Games. (Photo by Joe Allison/Getty Images)

"I feel like I've left the sport proud": Dame Sophie Pascoe talks hanging up the goggles

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九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 1 Feb 2025, 3:00pm

Dame Sophie Pascoe has called time on her career. 

New Zealand鈥檚 most successful Paralympian, Pascoe claimed 19 medals, including 11 golds, throughout her career as a competitive swimmer.  

She joined Piney to reflect on her career, and discuss how she arrived at this decision.  

鈥淚 think it was a pretty natural evolution for me,鈥 Pascoe said. 

She said that presenting the Paralympic Games last year helped her decision, as she was still part of the team but in a different capacity. 

鈥淚 was right where I needed to be, which was to be a mother to my son and to be a wife and just be a family unit, but I also have the opportunity to still have a voice for the Paralympic movements and to showcase our incredible athletes.鈥 

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