(1961-06-20) 20 June 1961 (age 63) Wellington, New Zealand
Sport
Country
Fiji New Zealand
Sport
Swimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton
200 m freestyle
1978 Edmonton
200 m indiv. medley
1978 Edmonton
400 m freestyle
1978 Edmonton
800 m freestyle
Rebecca Vivian Mary PerrottMBE (born 20 June 1961) is a swimmer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres freestyle at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. She was fourth in the women's 400m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In the 1980 New Year Honours, Perrott was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to swimming.[1] She was considered a possible medallist for the 1980 Summer Olympics but was denied the opportunity due to the boycott by the majority of New Zealand Olympic sports associations.
At 15 she was the youngest person to represent New Zealand at the Olympics.[2] At 12½ she was the youngest competitor at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games; swimming for Fiji as her father was Registrar at the University of the South Pacific.[3]
In 1994 she won a silver medal at the world surf championships in Britain.[3] In 2011, she broke six New Zealand Masters swimming records.[4]
^"No. 48043". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1979. p. 27.
^Miles, Penny (25 June 2009). "Rebecca Perrott reflects on grand swim career". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ abWellington’s swim queen in "The Wellingtonian", 21 March 2013 p12
^Tanya Wood (8 September 2011). "Perrott shows her class". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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