Monica Vaughan

Monica Vaughan
Personal information
Born (1952-04-15) 15 April 1952
Sport
Country  United Kingdom
Sport Paralympic swimming, volleyball
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Swimming
1976 Toronto[1] Women's 100 m Freestyle D
1976 Toronto Women's 100 m Backstroke D
1976 Toronto Women's 100 m Breaststroke D
1976 Toronto Women's 100 m Butterfly D
1976 Toronto Women's 4x50 m Individual Medley D
1980 Arnhem[2] Women's 100 m Freestyle C-D
1980 Arnhem Women's 100 m Breaststroke D
1980 Arnhem Women's 100 m Butterfly D
1980 Arnhem Women's 4x50 m Individual Medley D
1980 Arnhem Women's 100 m Backstroke C-D
Volleyball
1976 Toronto[3] Men's Standing

Monica Vaughan (15 April 1952) is a retired British athlete and multiple gold medal-winning paralympic swimmer. She was Britain's most successful Paralympian at the 1976 Games in Toronto, winning five gold medals in swimming and a silver medal as the only woman in the British volleyball team.[3][4] She returned for the 1980 Games in Arhnem, winning a further four gold medals and a silver.[2]

Vaughan had a leg amputated at the age of four and as a teenager she competed against able-bodied athletes for her swimming club, Portsmouth Northsea SC. She worked as a podiatrist before retiring.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "IPC Historical Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "IPC Historical Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Monica Vaughan". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Brittain, I.S. (2012). "From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford: A History of the Summer Paralympic Games" (PDF). p. 128. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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