Pam Foley

{{short description|Australian Paralympic swimmer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{MedalSport |Swimming}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1972 Heidelberg|Women's 25 m Freestyle 2}}

{{MedalSilver|1972 Heidelberg|Women's 3x25 m Medley 2}}

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Pam Nugent (née Foley) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was studying to be a nurse at Mater Hospital in Townsville, when she became paralysed from the waist down at the age of 19 after her new motorbike crashed over Castle Hill.{{cite news|title=They turn tragedy into triumph|publisher=The Sunday Sun|first=Marjorie|last=Stapleton|date=26 March 1972}}{{cite news|title=Pam may swim at Munich|publisher=The Courier-Mail|date=18 March 1972}} She took up swimming after the accident to strengthen her arms. At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, she won two silver medals in the Women's 25 m Freestyle 2 and Women's 3x25 m Medley 2 events.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Foley&fname=&gender=all|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=20 June 2012}} She married Paralympic athlete and wheelchair manufacturer Mike Nugent in 1975; who died in May 2024.{{cite book|title=Step by Step We Conquer|publisher=Keeaira Press|isbn=0958529191|first=Vicki|last=Epstein|year=2002 |page=48}}{{Cite web |date=25 May 2024 |title=Michael Alwyn "Mike" Nugent – Death Notice |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/tributes/notice/funeral-notices/nugent-michael-alwyn-mike/6199959/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=Courier Mail}}