Pam Foley

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.^[1][2] She took up swimming after the accident to strengthen her arms.^[2] 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.^[3] She married Paralympic athlete and wheelchair manufacturer Mike Nugent in 1975; who died in May 2024.^[4][5]

Pam Foley

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