Rebecca Perrott

{{short description|New Zealand swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Rebecca Perrott

|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=100%}}

|birth_name = Rebecca Vivian Mary Perrott

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|6|20}}

|birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

|death_date =

|death_place =

|sport = Swimming

|country = Fiji
New Zealand

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1978 Edmonton | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 1978 Edmonton | 200 m indiv. medley}}

{{MedalBronze| 1978 Edmonton | 400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 1978 Edmonton | 800 m freestyle}}

}}

Rebecca Vivian Mary Perrott {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (born 20 June 1961) is a swimmer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres freestyle at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. She was fourth in the women's 400m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In the 1980 New Year Honours, Perrott was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to swimming.{{London Gazette |issue=48043 |date=31 December 1979 |page=27 |supp=3}} She was considered a possible medallist for the 1980 Summer Olympics but was denied the opportunity due to the boycott by the majority of New Zealand Olympic sports associations.

At 15 she was the youngest person to represent New Zealand at the Olympics.{{cite web|last=Miles |first=Penny |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2532831/Rebecca-Perrott-reflects-on-grand-swim-career |title=Rebecca Perrott reflects on grand swim career |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=2009-06-25 |access-date=2015-10-07}} At 12½ she was the youngest competitor at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games; swimming for Fiji as her father was Registrar at the University of the South Pacific.Wellington’s swim queen in "The Wellingtonian", 21 March 2013 p12

In 1994 she won a silver medal at the world surf championships in Britain. In 2011, she broke six New Zealand Masters swimming records.{{cite web|author=Tanya Wood |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/horowhenua-mail/5584792/Perrott-shows-her-class |title=Perrott shows her class |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=2011-09-08 |access-date=2015-10-07}}