Gillian Pollock
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| Full name | Gillian Pollock | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S8, SB8, SM8 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Greendale Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Noel Hardgrave-Booth | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gillian Pollock (born 1984) is a former paralympic swimmer from New Zealand. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympic winning a silver medal.
Pollock was classified S8 for freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, SB8 for breaststroke and SM8 for medley.[1]
At the IPC Swimming World Championships Christchurch 1998, Pollock gained three 4th place finishes in the 200m metre individual medley, 100 metre backstroke and 100 metre butterfly.[2]
Pollock was part of the New Zealand team that made the short trip to Sydney for the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[3] There she won a silver medal in the 200 metre individual medley in a time of 3:04.12, behind Hungary's Dóra Pásztory who set a new games record. Gillian placed in the 100 metre backstroke finishing 5th and 400 metre freestyle finishing 6th . She also competed the 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre butterfly although missed out on the finals.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gillian Pollock #131". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Gillian Pollock - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Paralympics: High hopes for big medal haul". NZ Herald. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Gillian Pollock at Paralympics New Zealand
- Gillian Pollock at the International Paralympic Committee
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