Sarah Rose (swimmer)

Sarah Rose (born 18 February 1986) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born in Sydney with dwarfism.^[1][2] At the 2004 Athens Games, she competed in four events and won a bronze medal in the Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 event.^[3] At the 2008 Beijing Games she competed in four events.

Sarah Rose

Sarah Rose in November 2012
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Rose
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1986-02-18) 18 February 1986 (age 39) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Classifications	S8, SB7, SM8
Medal record Women's paralympic swimming Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 50 m butterfly S6 World Championships (LC) 2006 Durban 50 m butterfly S6

At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, she won a silver medal in the Women's 50m Butterfly S6.^[2]

Rose at the 2012 London Paralympics

Rose with Ellie Cole and Jason Hellwig at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony

In 2012, she made a comeback after a serious back injury and achieved her aim of selection for the Australian team to represent at the 2012 London Games.^[4][5]

She was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder from 2004 to 2009.^[6] She works as an administrative assistant for The House with No Steps, an organisation set up to help the disabled.^[2]

In 2016, she was awarded Speedo Services to the Australian Swim Team at the Swimming Australia Awards.^[7]