Penny McCarthy

Penny McCarthy is a New Zealand swimmer. She won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres butterfly representing her country at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, recording a time of 1:02.27, and finishing 0.35 s behind the winner, Wendy Quirk from Canada.^[1][2] She also competed in the 200 metres butterfly at those games, but finished ninth in the heats and did not progress further.^[3]

Penny McCarthy

Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 100 m butterfly

At the 1978 World Swimming Championships in West Berlin, McCarthy finished 12th in the women's 100 metres butterfly.^[4] The following year, at the 1978 Australian national swimming championships in Perth, she was second in the women's 100 metres butterfly, behind fellow New Zealander Rebecca Perrott.^[5]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)