Penny McCarthy
New Zealand swimmer
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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]
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)
References
- ^ Penny McCarthy at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Swimming 100m butterfly – women Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Swimming 200m butterfly – women Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Women 100m butterfly swimming world championship 1978 West Berlin". 1 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Record swim lost by timing failure". Canberra Times. 25 February 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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1978 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
- Paul Ballinger
- Barbara Beable
- Wendy Brown
- Rod Dixon
- Graeme French
- Howard Healey
- Noeline Hodgins
- Penny Hunt
- Terry Manners
- Phillip Mills
- Dennis Norris
- Mike O'Rourke
- Karen Page
- Mike Parker
- Ross Pownall
- Dick Quax
- Euan Robertson
- Kim Robertson
- Kevin Ryan
- Robert Sadler
- Graham Seatter
- Bevan Smith
- Robin Tait
- Heather Thomson
- Alan Thurlow
- Phil Wood
- Gail Wooten
- Alison Wright
- Alison Branfield
- Ross Livingston
- Mary Livingston
- Bryan Purser
- Richard Purser
- Allison Sinton
- Steve Wilson
- Gaulua Folasi
- David Jackson
- Ronald Jackson
- Dean Rackley
- Perry Rackley
- George Stankovich
- Garry Bell
- Kevin Blackwell
- Stephen Cox
- Anthony Cuff
- Mike Fabish
- Vern Hanaray
- Neil Lyster
- Eric McKenzie
- Kevin McComb
- Mike Richards
- Blair Stockwell
- Jack Swart
- Ann Fargher
- Graeme Shaw
- Lynette Brake
- Neil Davies
- Rowena Davis
- Kirsty Durward
- Deborah Hurst
- Gregory Robertson
- Terry Sale
- Richard Wilkins
- David Baldwin
- Kerry Clark
- Ivan Kostanich
- John Malcolm
- Bob McDonald
- Morgan Moffat
- Phil Skoglund
- Ian Ballinger
- Brian Cumings
- Maurie Gordon
- John Hastie
- Brian Lacey
- Bruce Lassen
- Bruce McMillan
- Barry O'Neale
- Barrie Wickins
- John Woolley
- Ian Bullock
- Andrea Hawcridge
- Gary Hurring
- Melanie Jones
- Penny McCarthy
- Brett Naylor
- Rebecca Perrott
- Paul Rowe
- Barry Salisbury
- Rory Barrett
- Tony Ebert
- Brian Marsden
- Precious McKenzie
- George Newton
- Phillip Sue
- Murray Avery
- Robert Hoffman
- Raymond Katting
- Barry Oldridge
- Ken Reinsfield
- Stephen Robinson
- Nigel Sargent
Team manager: Jack Prestney
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