Sarah Bowen

Sarah Bowen, OAM^[1](born 15 April 1984)^[2] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Geelong with achondroplasia dwarfism.^[3] She competed in four events at the 2004 Athens Games and won a gold medal in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 event,^[4] for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.^[1] At the 2008 Beijing Games, she competed in three events and won a silver medal in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 event.^[4]

Sarah Bowen

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1984-04-15) 15 April 1984 (age 41) Geelong
Medal record Swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 2008 Beijing Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 IPC Swimming World Championships 2002 Mar de Plata Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 2002 Mar Del Plata Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 34 pts 2006 Durban Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6

At the IPC Swimming World Championships, she won gold medals in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB56 and Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay (#4 points) in 2002 and silver medal in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 in 2006.^[3]

From 2002 to 2008, she was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.^[5] She was coached at Geelong City Aquatic Club by Lucky Weerakkody and trained with Daniel Bell.^[6]

In 2004, she received the McHugh-Henderson award for her outstanding performances in the sport of swimming. The award is given out annually by the Short Statured People of Australia [SSPA] organisation.^[3]